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How do you print background images and colors in Internet Explorer? I've recently been asked this by a couple of different people, so I thought it might be a good idea to do a quick write up on it in case anyone else needed the information. Typically, most of us try to save a little ink and we have this option turned off. But if you ever have a need to print a web page with the backgrounds, here's how to do it.

With Internet Explorer open, go to the Tools menu and choose Internet Options, as shown below.

Once you click on Internet Options, you will get the following:

Click on the Advanced tab as shown above. You will need to scroll down to the section about printing. Check the box that says "Print background colors and images". Then click OK.

Now you're all set. Once you've printed the page you wanted, you may want to turn this option off again in order to save ink.