diff --git a/src/printing/kateprinter.cpp b/src/printing/kateprinter.cpp
--- a/src/printing/kateprinter.cpp
+++ b/src/printing/kateprinter.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    KatePrinterPrivate(KTextEditor::DocumentPrivate *doc, KTextEditor::ViewPrivate *view = nullptr);
+    KatePrinterPrivate(KTextEditor::DocumentPrivate *doc, KTextEditor::ViewPrivate *view = nullptr, bool setPrintingScheme = false);
     ~KatePrinterPrivate();
 
     bool print(QPrinter *printer);
@@ -58,12 +58,16 @@
     PrintPainter *m_painter;
 };
 
-KatePrinterPrivate::KatePrinterPrivate(KTextEditor::DocumentPrivate *doc, KTextEditor::ViewPrivate *view)
+KatePrinterPrivate::KatePrinterPrivate(KTextEditor::DocumentPrivate *doc, KTextEditor::ViewPrivate *view,
+                                       bool setPrintingScheme)
     : QObject()
     , m_view(view)
     , m_doc(doc)
     , m_painter(new PrintPainter(m_doc, m_view))
 {
+    if (setPrintingScheme) {
+        m_painter->setColorScheme(QStringLiteral("Printing"));
+    }
 }
 
 KatePrinterPrivate::~KatePrinterPrivate()
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@
 bool KatePrinter::printPreview(KTextEditor::ViewPrivate *view)
 {
     QPrinter printer;
-    KatePrinterPrivate p(view->doc(), view);
+    KatePrinterPrivate p(view->doc(), view, true);
     QPrintPreviewDialog preview(&printer);
     QObject::connect(&preview, SIGNAL(paintRequested(QPrinter*)), &p, SLOT(paint(QPrinter*)));
     return preview.exec();
@@ -173,7 +177,7 @@
 bool KatePrinter::printPreview(KTextEditor::DocumentPrivate *doc)
 {
     QPrinter printer;
-    KatePrinterPrivate p(doc);
+    KatePrinterPrivate p(doc, nullptr, true);
     QPrintPreviewDialog preview(&printer);
     QObject::connect(&preview, SIGNAL(paintRequested(QPrinter*)), &p, SLOT(paint(QPrinter*)));
     return preview.exec();
diff --git a/src/render/katerenderer.cpp b/src/render/katerenderer.cpp
--- a/src/render/katerenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/render/katerenderer.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
     setShowTrailingSpaces(false);
     setShowSelections(false);
     setDrawCaret(false);
+    config()->setSchema(QStringLiteral("Printing"));
 }
 
 void KateRenderer::paintTextLineBackground(QPainter &paint, KateLineLayoutPtr layout, int currentViewLine, int xStart, int xEnd)