Getting a full colour PDF to print in just Black

Is it possible [other than changing your pc print settings] to force a PDF document, that is in colour, to print in 'black and white' and only print in colour if this setting is overridden?
Any help much appreciated.

To print always in black & white, you will need to change a couple of settings in the print dialogue that opens when you select print.
1 - In the print window select Advanced, the first options should be for Output, where it says Color you will need to change that setting to Composite Gray in the drop down menu.
2 - In the same Advanced settings window you should find a drop down at the top that says Custom, with a button next to it that says Save As...
Save the setting you have just changed and name it something you will understand i.e. - Moll's Black/White. With this new setting selected click OK.
3 - Back in the original Print window is a menu called Presets... again select Save As and name it something you understand. With that Preset selected click Print.
That should do it, now whenever you need to print something black and white just select the Preset you have just created in the Print window and then Print. The settings should all remain and your print will be black and white.

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Or is there some other software that I am missing or that I could add?
It's not in the printer driver, it's part of the OZS/Colorsync/Quartz... been so long I forget, but...
See if in the Print Dialog you have Print settings & an option for grayscale.
B&W is supposed to be a default filter...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColorSync
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Black & White.icc
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http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/theinside_wire_colorsync_andquartz
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Can I print in just black and white from my iPad to an hp5510 photosmart printer?

Can I print in just black and white from my iPad to an hp5510 photos mart printer?
It seems ePrint is no longer available and now forced to use HP Connect. I am not seeing the option to print in black and white. Printing email messages in color is a waste of ink. Any help would be appreciated.
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I was using ePrint however that is auto-directing me to HPConnected and I no longer have the option to change the printing options to Black and White or Color. This is a recent change for me.
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when I type a document and try to save it, there are black lines over my sentences, as if it had been highlighted, and that's how it prints out, just black lines

Hi Vickey, S,
Sorry for the delay in response. Is it happening with all the files?
Also, please write the steps you are taking to type in the document.
You might try uninstalling and re installing the Reader in case it is happening with all the files.
URL to install the Adobe Reader is Adobe - Adobe Reader download - All versions
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Getting a web based colour PDF to print in greyscale

Not sure if this is something that would be done in Indesign at export stage or if it's something for Acrobat......
This is a question for PDFs to be used on the web for when Internet users want to print that PDF....
Is it possible [other than changing pc print settings at the print stage] to force a PDF document, that is in colour, to print in 'black and white' and only print in colour if this setting is overridden?
Any help much appreciated.

Yes it's up to whoever downloads it to make the call on how they print it and what settings to use, in my opinion.
If it is a problem with click charges as suggested, then that company needs to set protocols.Our companies IT department went around each computer setting the default print settings to Grayscale for everyone.
The option is on most print devices to print Grayscale, requesting that the PDF prints grayscale but is viewed full colour is a crazy concept.
As I said at first, the PDF is a final file format. It's either colour or it's grayscale. It can't be both.
If it was grayscale then you couldn't print is a colour because the colour isn't there to print, there's no info there for the printer to print.
But a colour page can be printed as grayscale, as most print devices come with this option.
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Hi there
I have a PostScript file that consists of four pages, one for each of the CMYK colour separations. I’d like to merge these pages into a single full-colour page. Any ideas on how to do this?
Creating a new PDF in Acrobat or with Distiller creates the four-page PDF. I’m sure I could figure out how to do it with PhotoShop, but I don’t want to rasterise it and I’d like to work out how to do it efficiently, as I’ll need to do this to a whole lot of other files as well.
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You can use alternative, but quality inks, and alternative quality papers. Wether using these or Epsons, you will need a print profile.
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Can I print in just black and white from my iPad to an hp5510 photos mart printer?

Blac and white only from iPad to hp printer

Hi Tigmay,
Welcome to the HP Support forums. I understand that you would like to print black and white from your iPad to your Photosmart 5510 printer.
AirPrint doesn't support many print settings, such as grayscale and black only but don't worry there is a way it can be accomplished. If you download the HP ePrint Mobile app to your iPad one of your print settings allows you to choose between color and grayscale and if the printer supports it, black only. I have included a screen shot from my iPad of the HP ePrint app that shows the setting. The printer I had chosen (I don't have any of the Photosmart 5510 series printers) had the option of black only. I've also included the HP ePrint Mobile App FAQ document for your reference.
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HP deskjet 990cxi - won't print in just black and white

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I've currently run out of coloured ink and don't have any budget to buy more at this time however I do have plenty of black. Unfortunately despite changing the print settings in the control panel and in word to black and white only, the printer is still not printing in greyscale but still trying to use the last bit of colour ink and so therefore simply not printing the bits that are in colour at all. Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix this?
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I would also like to know how to print without any colored ink.
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