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How To Post Print-only Slides

Overview

Print-only slides are grayscale copies of a lecture's original color-background slides. While dark backgrounds are suitable for projection in the lecture hall, grayscale versions are optimal for note-taking and laser printer functionality.

Reasons to Provide Print-Only Versions

The white background provides ample space for note-taking and comments
Grayscale-formatted slides have a significantly reduced impact on printer maintenance and components, e.g., toner refill and fuser replacement
When color lecture slides are posted as Adobe PDF files, students are unable to change the settings to a black and white print version

What to Do

Provide grayscale slides in PDF format (See Fig 1)

Fig 1: Example of lecture slides converted to grayscale Print Version
State "View Only" and "Print Only" in document titles (See Fig 2)

Fig 2: Example of dual document listing: "For Print" in red text next to "View Only" color version

What to Avoid

Fig 3: Lecture slides example, dark background

Only posting lecture slides with dark backgrounds (See Fig 3)
Only posting lecture slides with dark backgrounds in Adobe PDF format
Posting a print version of the slides, but without the "Print Only" designation

What to use

Win2PDF
An application to convert color PowerPoint slides to grayscale slides, PDF file format

Microsoft Support
Convert documents between Word & PDF

Support

If you have any questions, please contact:
Susan Mrozowski
410.955.2359
oac@jhmi.edu