Print to File in Black and White (not in greyscale)

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Published on 2010-10-27T08:18:34Z Indexed on 2011/01/03 0:59 UTC
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Hi all,

I have these pdf files of c++code and they are colored which would be cool, except that the network printer here is b&w and the printed out codes come in various shades of pale grey which makes them essentially unreadable (specially the comments).

I would like everything (text, codes, commands,...) to be printed in the same (black) color.

i've tried fuddling with the printer's properties, but the closest thing i see is the 'level of grey' tab, and there i have the choice between 'enhanced' and 'normal' (and it doesn't make a difference in my case). i've tried 'print to file', but i don't see any options there to print to b&w, I've tried installing the 'generic cups printer', but again no options to print to b&w.

any idea ?

(i'm on 10.10)

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