My option is :
Install *PDFcreator*.or any other which allows similiar or more twaeks.
The options panel can be accesed as follows:(I am not sure if there is a GUI
available associated with the make PDF button*  or option in document
context menu*.)

"PRINT" the document, select PDFC or PDFCreator as the printer.
Click the printer PROPERTIES tab, and toggle to B&W mode.Done.
remember to revert back to color mode, else we are *done* the next
time :) [image:
2010-04-07-PDF2BW.JPG]!

PDF Creator works in background when *commanded* in terminal.


*Additional* *junk*: PDFCreator is recommended for professionals as well. Is
a one-time investment serving simple to advanced use.Some of the PDFconvrtrs
in the arena doesnt allow us to twaek image quality, variable compression of
images embedded in the document etc.

U said you want to make legible B&W copies?? its rather laborious sir! We
have to load the document in a senior image editor like GIMP. either use
Channel wise convertion to B&W, or use a plugin which simulates
ORTHO-chromatic or PAN-chromatic processing of color into B&W. Remember some
old Merlin Monroe posters having pale white lips but others of the same
magnet having dark black ones? its jsut not lipstick :) .Differs based on
color transformation schema: RED> BLACK or not.





On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:02 PM, sanal kumar <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dear all....I've to convert a pdf file having multi color background to
> Black and white to get a legible copy when printed.I'm using Debian
> Gnu/Linux 5.0.4.Thanks in Advance.
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