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Colour Laserjet Pro MFP M281fdw
Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)

I would like to turn my device into a black and white printer only, and allow the device to virtually ignore colour. Is this possible on the MFP281FDW?

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The best you can do is to change your device type in the driver to monochrome, set default copy to black and white. This will not completely stop the printer from using color as a little is used during normal maintenance and once the cartridges are empty you would still need to replace them.

 

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