we have recently upgraded our adobe reader software to 8.0 from versions 6 and 7. we have autocad drawings that we have converted to pdf. they view in color, but i want to print them as black. prior versions had an option to force this. when we print the color pdf from version 8.0 on a laser printer, it prints shades of gray and some are too light to see.
printing color pdf as black
2007-07-11 15:07:14
My Product Information:
Reader 8, Windows
Reader 8, Windows
2007-12-11 15:17:59
#2
I've added a comment to your question.
2007-09-16 10:24:30
#3
You also might try the following: go to Edit->Preferences, select the "Accessibility" category. Check "Replace document colors" and choose the "custom color" button. Choose white for the "page background" and black for the "document text." Check the "change the color of line art as well as text". Not sure it'll work in this particular case, but it's an easy thing to try.
2007-12-11 14:22:22
#4
This works out great for viewing the PDF file, but it still prints gray-scale... Why oh why did they take away the print dialog option to "print as black"??? It was a wonderful & REQUIRED functionality to get a legible print!!!
2007-12-11 15:16:41
#5
I've assumed that you have already tried to set the output color in Auto CAD before converting to PDF.
Read this knowledge base article, it may help solve this problem.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb400692&sliceId=1
Read this knowledge base article, it may help solve this problem.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb400692&sliceId=1
2010-02-25 10:27:33
#6
My problem is somewhat the same.
I recently installed Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard (Windows), however, everytime I try to print a PDF document, it comes out too light and is difficult to read.
I have tried everything, including all the suggestions on this page, but nothing works.
I have no problem printing a word document or copying anything, but the PDFs I receive are much too light to read.
I have a HP Laserjet Printer. I do not recall having this same problem with earlier versions of Adobe Acrobat.
Please help.
I recently installed Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard (Windows), however, everytime I try to print a PDF document, it comes out too light and is difficult to read.
I have tried everything, including all the suggestions on this page, but nothing works.
I have no problem printing a word document or copying anything, but the PDFs I receive are much too light to read.
I have a HP Laserjet Printer. I do not recall having this same problem with earlier versions of Adobe Acrobat.
Please help.
2010-02-25 13:48:54
#7
My problem is somewhat the same.I recently installed Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard (Windows), however, everytime I try to print a PDF document, it comes out too light and is difficult to read.
I have tried everything, including all the suggestions on this page, but nothing works.
I have no problem printing a word document or copying anything, but the PDFs I receive are much too light to read.
I have a HP Laserjet Printer. I do not recall having this same problem with earlier versions of Adobe Acrobat.
Please help.
Can we assume you are printing to a monochrome printer? If so, try setting the print dialog to “Printer Color Management“ instead of “Acrobat Color Management.” Any better?I have tried everything, including all the suggestions on this page, but nothing works.
I have no problem printing a word document or copying anything, but the PDFs I receive are much too light to read.
I have a HP Laserjet Printer. I do not recall having this same problem with earlier versions of Adobe Acrobat.
Please help.
- Dov
2010-02-26 13:09:50
#8
Dov
How do I find the print dialog setting?
The only color management setting I could find dealt with icc profiles and the like.
As indicated above, I have an All-In-One HP LaserJet printer, model 3015, and am using Windows XP
Thanks
How do I find the print dialog setting?
The only color management setting I could find dealt with icc profiles and the like.
As indicated above, I have an All-In-One HP LaserJet printer, model 3015, and am using Windows XP
Thanks
Suggestion 1: You may need to adjust Adobe Distiller settings. Try this. Go to Windows Control Panel, click Printers, click the General tab, click Printing Preferences, and set the Adobe PDF settings to the desired output paying particular to the output color.
Suggestion 2: In Acrobat, click Edit Preference, select Convert to PDF, from the list of formats, find the output format for the authoring application of your auto cad drawing and click edit settings.
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