Colored content appears in black and white when print previewed in Microsoft PowerPoint

Color preview is not applied when driver preference is set to “Print B/W”

Issue description

The content appears in grayscale or black and white when viewing a colored presentation in Print Preview using Microsoft PowerPoint

Expected Print Preview behavior	Current Print Preview behavior

This issue occurs when Print in black and white
is selected under the Quality
tab in Printer Properties or Printing Preferences
.

Switching from color to grayscale does not change the preview in actual time.

Solution

Unselect the Print in black and white
option to avoid encountering this issue

Explanation

Microsoft PowerPoint treats the driver as a black-and-white printer when the Print in black and white
option is selected from outside the application.

Changing the settings to Color within the application does not affect the Print Preview since it generalizes the overall settings.

This issue is considered as an Application Limitation.