diff --git a/qt-ui/printlayout.cpp b/qt-ui/printlayout.cpp
index 935a4cc91..0ef37d5a3 100644
--- a/qt-ui/printlayout.cpp
+++ b/qt-ui/printlayout.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ void PrintLayout::printSixDives() const
 		QTransform transform;
 		transform.rotate(270);
 		pm = QPixmap(pm.transformed(transform));
-        painter.drawPixmap(0, 0, pm);
+		if (!printOptions->color_selected)
+			pm = convertPixmapToGrayscale(pm);
+		painter.drawPixmap(0, 0, pm);
 	}
 	painter.end();
 	profile->setPrintMode(false);
@@ -244,3 +246,17 @@ QString PrintLayout::insertTableDataCol(QString data) const
 {
 	return "<td>" + data + "</td>";
 }
+
+// experimental
+QPixmap PrintLayout::convertPixmapToGrayscale(QPixmap pixmap) const
+{
+	QImage image = pixmap.toImage();
+	int gray, width = pixmap.width(), height = pixmap.height();
+	for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
+		for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
+			gray = qGray(image.pixel(i, j));
+			image.setPixel(i, j, qRgb(gray, gray, gray));
+		}
+	}
+    return pixmap.fromImage(image);
+}
diff --git a/qt-ui/printlayout.h b/qt-ui/printlayout.h
index cbb1e42ac..7a1922e4a 100644
--- a/qt-ui/printlayout.h
+++ b/qt-ui/printlayout.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ private:
 	QString insertTableHeadingCol(int) const;
 	QString insertTableDataRow(struct dive *) const;
 	QString insertTableDataCol(QString) const;
+	QPixmap convertPixmapToGrayscale(QPixmap) const;
 };
 
 #endif