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Grayscale PDF
Make every colour in a PDF grey, ready for black and white printing. The words stay selectable. Nothing is uploaded.
Drop your PDF here
They stay on your computer. Nothing is sent to a server.
How to make a PDF grayscale
Some offices and print shops only take black and white, and a colour PDF printed on a grey printer can come out with light text that is hard to read.
- Drop the PDF on the box at the top.
- Press Make it grey.
- Press Save the PDF.
What it changes
The colours of text, lines, shapes and pictures are all turned to their grey of the same brightness. The words stay real text, so they can still be searched and copied, and the pages are not turned into pictures.
Good to know
- Will it make the file smaller?
- Often a little, because grey pictures need less room. Compress PDF does that job properly.
- Is the PDF uploaded?
- No. It is changed in your browser.