it uses colour to make black only from software

[valyfilm]

Hello. My printer uses colour to make black only from software even if I choose not to use colour.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

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@valyfilm wrote:

Hello. My printer uses colour to make black only from software even if I choose not to use colour.

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@valyfilm

As you know mixing right amounts of 3 prime colors will give us at least 16 million colors from black to white and YES, normal printers will do that way: mixxing colors to make B&W printouts UNLESS we tell it to use Black Ink Only.

The setup may vary from printer to printer but basically (for Windows):

(a) Double click printer icon on desktop,
(b) Click Set Preferences,
(c) Click Advanced,
(d) Select "Black Ink only" for Print in Grayscale
(e) Click Ok/Apply ...

Note: Printer still needs all color inks and it will consume a very small amount of inks during the warming up process.

Regards.

[valyfilm]

Thank you for the answer but it wasn't the solution. I told I chose not to use color but the printer uses it anyway.

[valyfilm]

Yeah! That was the solution. Evidently the printer doesn't make black with black if the color cartridge lacks of some color. That should be corrected.