Opening PDF Outside of Browser

Issue/Question

Some PDFs do not load properly in my browser.

When I open a document in Chrome or Edge it usually opens as a pdf. The printing options are black and white or color. I would like the option to print grayscale but am unable to find a setting to change it to that.

Error: The document you are trying to load requires Adobe Reader 8 or higher. You may not have the
Adobe Reader installed or your viewing environment may not be properly configured to use Adobe Reader.

Environment

  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge

Cause

Need to open PDF file outside of Browser

Resolution

Chrome

  1. Click at top right
  2. Click Settings
  3. Click Privacy and Security on the left
  4. Click Site Settings
  5. Click Additional content settings
    Note: This drops down more options
  6. Scroll down and click PDF documents
  7. Click next to Download PDFs
  8. PDF will then download and open in your default application

Edge

  1. Click at top right
  2. Click Settings
  3. Click Cookies and site permissions
  4. Click PDF documents
  5. Click slider to enable Always download PDF files
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