Colour vs black and white printing
When to pay for colour pages, when black-and-white is enough, and how mixed-page printing on Printvity keeps long documents affordable.
Black and white
Best for notes, drafts, forms, legal text and any page where information is in the words, not the colour. It is the default on PDF Print.
Colour
Use colour for photographs, branded covers, maps, CAD screenshots and charts that encode meaning in hue (not only in labels). Screen colours will not match ink exactly.
Mixed pages on one job
A typical college project might be 70 text pages and 10 colour figures. Mark only the figure pages as colour in Print Store. The live price updates before you pay.
Covers
A colour cover with black-and-white insides is a common book and thesis setup. Choose a thick colour cover where the product allows it.