--- poppler-git-23feb12-wb/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc-	2012-02-23 02:23:10.653508935 +0100
+++ poppler-git-23feb12-wb/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc	2012-02-24 04:53:21.186337879 +0100
@@ -3104,7 +3104,7 @@
   delete state;
 
   // set up the SplashOutputDev
-  if (mono) {
+  if (mono || level == psLevel1) {
     paperColor[0] = 0xff;
     splashOut = new SplashOutputDev(splashModeMono8, 1, gFalse,
 				    paperColor, gFalse,