Expert: Ken Black - 9/30/2008

Question
I am with crye-leike and use pre designed forms on line for contract etc.  The areas of "fill in" for specific information are always in blue.  When I print, I need it to print in black & white due to scan,fax and print of the blue is too light and cannot be read after sending via one of the above.  How can I change the print to always print in black & white on my Lexmark 5000 all in one printer.

Answer
Hello Donna,

To print always in black & white, you will need to change a couple of settings in the print dialogue that opens when you select print.

1 - In the print window select Advanced, the first options should be   for Output, where it says Color you will need to change that setting to Composite Gray in the drop down menu.

2 - In the same Advanced settings window you should find a drop down at the top that says Custom, with a button next to it that says Save As...
Save the setting you have just changed and name it something you will understand i.e. - Donna's Black/White. With this new setting selected click OK.

3 - Back in the original Print window is a menu called Presets... again select Save As and name it something you understand. With that Preset selected click Print.

That should do it, now whenever you need to print something black and white just select the Preset you have just created in the Print window and then Print. The settings should all remain and your print will be black and white.

Thanks,

Ken Black

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