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HYN123
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April 12, 2009
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PRINTING PDF WITHOUT BACKGROUND COLORS

  • April 12, 2009
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I have many pdf files to print and they all have background colors. I want to save on ink and would like to print just the text without the colored boxes in the background. I'm using acrobat 8. would appreciate your help.

Thanks!

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    Allta Media
    Allta Media
    Community Expert
    April 15, 2009

    FYI - Acrobat 9 Pro. has a Preflight Profile that will move text to a separate layer in the PDF, which means you can turn off the other layers and only print the text.

    Allta Media
    Allta Media
    Community Expert
    April 13, 2009

    If you authored the original PDF then you can use layers: like a gray layer set as non-printable and another layer containing all printable objects.

    In Acrobat you can use the Background tool (Document >Background) to add a gray (non-printable) background in your PDF.

    Also, the Print menu does have the option to "Print color as black".

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    HYN123Author
    New Participant
    April 13, 2009

    Thank you!

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    Bill12
    Inspiring
    April 12, 2009

    When I don't want the background, I typically just use the object touchup tool to delete the background. That may not be useful if you have a lot of pages. There is likely a script that can be used to delete the background.

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    HYN123Author
    New Participant
    April 13, 2009

    thanks for your reply- however i do have many files to print and its just too much work. I was hoping that maybe there's a "print text only" or "no BG colors" comand hiding somewhere. didnt find it in the print menu, any ideas?

    thanks so much.

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