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Printing color pdf on monochrome laser

2010-09-17 20:05:18

jrh0

Registered: Sep 17 2010

Posts: 2

I am trying to print a pdf that has pastel yellow and darker gold elements along with black type. Only the black type prints, with some faint shadows where the gold should be. Is there a way to make the colored areas darker so they will print as medium gray? I tried importing the file in to WordPerfect and Photoshop, but the file is a government form and it is password protected.

My Product Information:
Reader 9.3, Windows

2010-09-18 04:40:15

UVSAR

Registered: Oct 29 2008

Posts: 1357

You can ask Reader to print all the colors on a page using pure black, but you won't get shades of gray, just black and white (so if you've got black text on a yellow background, you won't be able to read it):

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/332/332720.php#main_Color%20as%20black

2010-09-18 08:01:58

gkaiseril

Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4307

Here is the working link Printing tips - Acrobat, Reader.USVAR new posting codes are located at Compose Tips. Format for links is <a href"href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/332/332720.php#main_Color%20as%20black">Printing tips - Acrobat, Reader</a>.

George Kaiser

2010-09-18 08:37:34

jrh0

Registered: Sep 17 2010

Posts: 2

Actually, I found that clicking on Advanced in the Print dialog and choosing Print as Image made the gold print as grayscale, although I'm still missing the pastel yellow. Print as black wouldn't work, as yellow is used to highlight text areas.

2010-09-18 17:36:13

UVSAR

Registered: Oct 29 2008

Posts: 1357

@George: I know, but since the upgrade link formatting isn't working properly with URLencoded strings, which is why I didn't tag it. As you can see, the entire message is chewed up and the URL is decoded twice.