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I can't for my life figure this out?! The accepted answer here isn't helping me.

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Found it! It was hidden in the depths of Preview printing options. Select Paper Type/Quality and it's under 'Color Options':

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EDIT - Cullub

In OSX 10.10.3, Preview

Under Quality & Media.

OSX 10.10.3

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  • In Yosemite, I found it in *Imaging* rather than *Paper Type/Quality*. – jonallard Feb 09 '15 at 18:58
  • ... And I found it in *Quality & Media* - A Check box at the bottom. – Cullub May 22 '15 at 18:52
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    In El Capitan, I found it in _Image Options > Output Color > Black and White_. I'm glad OS X makes this consistent. – Steve Swinsburg Mar 11 '16 at 02:20
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    I also have El Capitan and the only menu options I have are "preview", "layout", "color matching", "paper handling", "paper feed", "cover page" and "supply levels". "Color matching" appears to be about encoding? None of the above have a grayscale checkbox. Could this be printer specific? – 2cents Feb 15 '17 at 22:21
  • High Siera try Preview > Print dialog > color settings > none. You need to change it every time you print. fyi: I'm able to greyscale print from Acrobat Reader DC to same printer – historystamp Aug 22 '21 at 06:30
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I have a strong feeling the cause of the variety of locations is due to the printer drivers themselves.

The drivers are provided by the manufacturers, even the ones included with the OS. I don't think they all follow the same human interface guidelines or don't make much of an attempt at uniformity.

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For those of you who don't have the "Grayscale printing" option available on Canon printer: You can set this in "Canon IJ Printer Utility" app. You should be able to find it with Spotlight.

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I am using an Epson printer on a Mac and the grayscale printing option does not show up in the preview app when the file is a jpeg, png, or other image.

When I convert the image to PDF, that option appears.

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