White turns gray when saving PSD as PDF in Photoshop

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February 14, 2020
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I have a Photoshop CC image file, mostly black lines and text on a white background, CMYK mode. When I save as PDF and print on a B&W laser printer, the whites appear pale gray. (The image is larger than the paper, so it appears in a big, gray rectangle.) Any theories why?

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Correct answer mcboatner

Thank you for the reply! Your question about print settings was good! I was printing with Windows 8.1 Reader. Now I've printed with Acrobat Reader and the result is better.

Sahil.Chawla

Adobe Employee

Hi there,

That does not sound good, Are you saying blank areas of the page are coming off the printer with toner in them, or are you putting some sort of background behind the entire page? What sort of printer is this? What are your print settings? What version of Photoshop and what OS are ypou working with?

Regards,

Sahil

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mcboatnerAuthorCorrect answer

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Thank you for the reply! Your question about print settings was good! I was printing with Windows 8.1 Reader. Now I've printed with Acrobat Reader and the result is better.