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while printing i get the background color as grey not white. Why?

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when i print from your webpage from mail account and others The background color is printed as grey and the printed matter is not visible clearly. I want the background printed as white so that the printed matter is clear. kindly help

when i print from your webpage from mail account and others The background color is printed as grey and the printed matter is not visible clearly. I want the background printed as white so that the printed matter is clear. kindly help

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  1. Press the ALT key to toggle the text links on (and off).

  2. Click File, then Page Setup

  3. Remove the checkmark from "Print background" (color & images)


You appear to have adware/spyware installed. Click the Firefox button, then go to Add-ons, then Plugins and disable "My Web Search". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_web_search

This may or not have something to do with it, but it is in any event an undesirable add-on.