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Can not print in grayscale

Community Beginner ,
Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023

I recently upgraded my computer and installed adobe on it.  On my old computer when printing a PDF I used to be able to click the options "print in grayscale and save ink toner" but they are not working.  In order to printer in black and white everytime I have to go into properties and change it or have to permantley change my printer settings.  Is there a fix to this?

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General troubleshooting , PDF forms , Print and prepress
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Community Beginner ,
Sep 02, 2025 Sep 02, 2025

I ended up having to ask our IT consultant for help because I use Adobe in over 50% of the work I do and had to get it working ASAP.  He said he used Acroclean and then the Full Standalone installer in order to repair Adobe.  Then he had to manually install the Preflight piece of Adobe and I can now print black & white pdfs using that.

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New Here ,
Nov 26, 2024 Nov 26, 2024

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! After hours of trying I finally solved this problem. Thanks!

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New Here ,
Nov 26, 2024 Nov 26, 2024

This worked for me too!  Thank you so much!

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Adobe Employee ,
Nov 27, 2024 Nov 27, 2024

Hi @gifted_Serendipity6552 @gae_3557,

 

Glad to know that it worked for you.


-Souvik

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New Here ,
Dec 06, 2024 Dec 06, 2024

Adobe, hire this man to lead your support. This took way longer to find until I stumbled on this comment. Thank you Norman for the easy fix!

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Adobe Employee ,
Dec 08, 2024 Dec 08, 2024

@devon_4049

 

Thanks for letting us know what worked for you.

 

-Souvik

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New Here ,
Apr 15, 2025 Apr 15, 2025

Thank you!  That is the only thing that was the issue and changing that worked!  I can now print in grayscale!

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New Here ,
Jun 19, 2025 Jun 19, 2025

My print as image is not checked, but when I check print in greyscale, my HP 6970 still prints Adobe pdfs in color.  It does not do this with other programs, only on pdfs.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 19, 2025 Jun 19, 2025

did you try a solution that I had posted above? 
 Under Menu [top left of screen], under Preferences, under Color Management, under Working Spaces, at Greyscale: select "Sgray".  And, then when you print, select: print in grayscale. )

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 20, 2025 Jun 20, 2025

Hi miles_1717,

 

Thank you for reaching out.

 

Please let us know if you experience this issue with a particular file. Have you made any recent changes to the application or the system?

Could you please share a screenshot of the print window and printer settings? Please also share the details of the Acrobat, printer, and OS version. 

 

Feel free to let us know if you need any help.

 

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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