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Illustrator printing only black and white

  • December 14, 2021
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I have Illustrator 2022 running on MacOS 11.6 (Big Sur).  I am trying to print a color document, but it prints in only black and white, even if I export it as a .jpg or .pdf file.  The files show up as color, but it is printing only black and white.  The previous fixes for this (I found relevant posts from 2016 and 2017) don't work because the dialog boxes are different.  Neither the printer nor the print dialog from Illustrator is set to any kind of grayscale command, or any of the other problems in previous versions.

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manal shanableh
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December 14, 2021
Luke Jennings3
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December 14, 2021

Try printing from Acrobat or Reader.

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December 14, 2021

I did.  That didn't work.

lambiloon
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December 14, 2021

Hi show us video or screenshot of documnt on which you are working...regards

Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional
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Doug A Roberts
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December 14, 2021

The printer settings would be more useful -- both Illustrator's and your printer's dialog.