Shade background before printing a form

Hi,
I have a single page form which need to be printed twice, the first copy with a white background ( standard ) the second copy needs to have the page shaded with a yellow Background.
Reason to save having to put a white paper and yellow paper into printer. Will then only need two sheets of white paper.
I know the printing javascript just need the code for shading the background before printing.
Thanks
panos

Don't forget that a bit of yellow paper is probably a lot cheaper than the ink. Don't know if the cost or the conveninece was your goal.

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