Policy

Turn on printing of background colors and images

This policy setting specifies whether Internet Explorer prints background colors and images when the user prints a webpage. Including background colors and images might reduce the speed at which a page is printed and the quality of the printing, depending on the capabilities of the printer. If you enable this policy setting, the printing of background colors and images is turned on. The user cannot turn it off. If you disable this policy setting, the printing of background colors and images is turned off. The user cannot turn it on. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can turn on or turn off the printing of background colors and images.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Internet Explorer / Internet Settings / Advanced settings / Printing
Policy ID 2bdd0547d9fe
Internal name BackgroundColors

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Print_Background (enabled) = yes
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Print_Background (disabled) = no

Policy notes

This policy setting specifies whether Internet Explorer prints background colors and images when the user prints a webpage. Including background colors and images might reduce the speed at which a page is printed and the quality of the printing, depending on the capabilities of the printer. If you enable this policy setting, the printing of background colors and images is turned on. The user cannot turn it off. If you disable this policy setting, the printing of background colors and images is turned off. The user cannot turn it on. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user can turn on or turn off the printing of background colors and images.