From 256be6471ec5d696922ea37a4424c5f29c582a59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamie Lemon <jamie.lemon@artifex.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:48:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Updates with an example on how to check for black &
 white pages.

Also some updates to file conversion section & docs README
---
 docs/README.md      |  2 +-
 docs/the-basics.rst | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 9792bae72..09efb894a 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Note: subsequent runs can omit the `-a` parameter to speed up builds (it will ju
 
 Note: When build the corresponding `.mo` binary files will also be generated - these updated binaries should also be committed to Git.
 
-### Depoloying
+### Deploying
 
 Docs will be automatically deployed to RTD once pushes are made to relevant branches.
 
diff --git a/docs/the-basics.rst b/docs/the-basics.rst
index 36a9f276c..927934ab7 100644
--- a/docs/the-basics.rst
+++ b/docs/the-basics.rst
@@ -1085,9 +1085,58 @@ Another example could be redacting an area of a page, but not to redact any line
 Converting PDF Documents
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-We recommend the pdf2docx_ library which uses |PyMuPDF| and the **python-docx** library to provide simple document conversion from |PDF| to **DOCX** format.
+See :doc:`converting-files` for more information.
 
 
+.. note::
+
+    **PDF -> DOCX**
+    
+    We recommend the pdf2docx_ library which uses |PyMuPDF| and the **python-docx** library to provide simple document conversion from |PDF| to **DOCX** format.
+
+
+.. _The Basics_Checking_Black_and_White:
+
+Detecting if a page is black and white
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A simple check to determine if a page is black and white or has color can be done by checking for whether a page is monochrome. 
+
+This can be done by using the :meth:`Page.get_pixmap` method to get a pixmap of the page and then checking the `is_monochrome` attribute of the pixmap. We need to ensure that there is no anti-aliasing applied to the pixmap, so we set the anti-aliasing level to 0 using :meth:`Tools.set_aa_level`.
+
+
+The following example demonstrates how to do this for each page in a |PDF| document:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import pymupdf
+
+    pymupdf.TOOLS.set_aa_level(0) # prevent anti-aliasing
+
+    def analyze_pdf(path):
+
+        results = []
+
+        with pymupdf.open(path) as doc:
+            for i, page in enumerate(doc):
+                pix=page.get_pixmap(colorspace=pymupdf.csGRAY)
+                bw = pix.is_monochrome
+
+                results.append(bw)
+                label = "black & white" if bw==1 else "has color"
+                print(f"Page {i + 1}/{len(doc)}: {label}")
+
+        return results
+
+    if __name__ == "__main__":
+        import sys
+
+        if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+            print("Usage: python detect_bw_pages.py <file.pdf>")
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        pdf_path = sys.argv[1]
+        analyze_pdf(pdf_path)
 
 
 .. include:: footer.rst