Gray is grayer on some printers than others. It works both ways I often hear from folks for whom even the darkest gray that isn’t exactly black looks obviously gray and washed out on their screen.

It was close enough to black to be mistaken for it. Gray isn’t grayĪnother problem you’re running into is that this particular shade of gray looks different on your printer than it does on your screen.ĭepending on the brightness and contrast settings on your display device (which may or may not be available), that dark shade of gray on the screen probably never looked gray to you at all. That means you’ll be printing grey text from. Unfortunately, ’s “Theme” settings don’t affect the color of text.Īnd when you print an email, it prints the email as displayed. Some allow you to change the color via a setting of some sort. Various sites and designs suffer from this problem. It’s apparently a design trend to avoid using true black on white. 1 On a scale of 0 (black) to 255 (white), it’s approximately 31. The problem stems from the fact that, currently, doesn’t display email in black text. Color options such as printing only in black and white may work differently and get you the result you want. Another option is to try printing to PDF (not saving-as). Look in printer options for the ability to print only in black and white (which may, or may not, still include shades of gray).

When printed gray may appear darker or lighter than it appears on screen. is one of many programs displaying text in dark gray rather than true black.

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