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.
So basically, you can have a colour pdf or a black and white pdf. Not both.

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