Restrict PDF to only print in black & white

[RichardD1]

Hello,

I want to restrict a specific PDF so that it can only be printed in black & white, but on-screen is full colour.

Is that possible?

Thanks.

[Amal.]

Hi RichardD

Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that.

Please open the PDF in Acrobat/Reader DC > go to Print > Select 'Print in greyscale' and see if that works for you.

You may also go through the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-black-white-acrobat-reader.html and check.

Let us know if you are referring to something else.

Regards

Amal

[RichardD1]

Hi Amal,

Thanks for that.

Will the greyscale setting save with the document, and so if I sent the document to someone else, would it also print in black & white for them?

Thansk,

Richard

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

If you want to automate it, you will probably need a Print button with some custom JavaScript, but I suspect someone can bypass it by using the standard print functions directly. 

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can't do that. You can only convert the actual file itself to B&W, but you can't force someone to only print it in B&W if it has colors.