I used to be able to print an iMessage conversation with the blue and gray bubbles. Now the bubble colors do not show up when I print. What happened, and how do I get the colors back?
Thank you for that response. My OS is version 10.14.6. PDF also does not show color.
I have tried, to no avail, to find printer settings that I could change. Other parts of the text conversation (like emojis, images, and links) show up in color. Just not the bubbles.
You're probably right about it being a bug in the OS. Odd because it worked fine for me a year ago, but I've had some updates since then.
Your assumption about the screen capture is correct. That is a decent workaround for some situations but some of the conversations I would like to print don't fit on a single page. Is there a good way to get this problem to Apple's attention so they can fix it?
So, I checked with Apple support and was told, "it is expected behavior on the new macOS." So frustrating. He said that maybe it was because people complained about the ink usage from printing the blue and gray bubbles. I can't imagine there are a few million people that care one way or the other, but there must have been some whiners who got it changed. Ugh.
Well take a few million people with you & cross your fingers for a fix somewhere in the next 5 or 6 versions of the OS...
Blue bubbles work here in 10.13.6, no green ones to test, seems like some Printer Setting maybe?
Print>PDF>Save as PDF, does that show color?
Ah, sounds like some bug in the OS, I don't have Mojave here.
I assume a Screen capture with the Green bubble prints the green?
Thanks for the report, 'spose it's possible. :)
Printing iMessage chats with color bubbles
