Why it print only in collor
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You can go to Print Preferences, then Color and then choose grayscale. The default printing is in color and I don't know how to change that, but it does work to change it for each print job. Hope that helps.Susan
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HP wants to sell a lot of cartridges, so when the printer "thinks" the black cartridge might be getting low, even though it may be an extra large one with plenty of ink left, it switches to color. Then, when you want color, it's all gone. I junked my HP printer and bought a Lexmark.
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It prints in both color and black and white. Our black cartridge would not work for some reason so it would use color instead. Look into a canon pixma. They are cheaper and work much better in my experience. I got one for myself and one for my mom and we both love them.
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Yes, You can choose between Auto, Color or Mono in the Printing Preferences (right-click printer icon) and also on a case-by-case basis by changing the settings on the print dialog. As others have stated, you cannot print if one cartridge is "empty", but this can be bypassed by resetting the cartridge through the printer menu. Google it or check on YouTube for detailed instructions.
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Color and black and white are two separate cartridges. If you're not printing in color, then the color won't empty.
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no in my case, I only use my printer to print in black and white and my color cartridges get empty in less than a year and I am unable to print in gray scale, I need a printer that I can use to print only black ink but unable to find a good one.
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You can only print on one side. I accidentally printed on the back side and the print was faded.
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I wonder the same thing too, I bought the printer for the same reason and am having the same problem, I just bought a tri pack Feb 21 and with almost no color printing it claims to be empty 4 months later. I've heard the printer priming itself from time to time especially when the computer wakes up from sleeping. I gues from now on i'll keep it off until im ready to print
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Means that the printer will only use black to print. So it is only a black and white printer.
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It prints only in black and white - not color. I think :-) I am very happy with mine, if that's any help. FAST and efficient.
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I have to say, a company such as HP disables only black printing hiding behind the fact that they have to use Yellow to give the grayscale tones. Therefore forces you to buy yellow cartridges. I couldn't fix it using the software that came with the HP. Unless I am missing something massively, it is a way for HP to extract money from paying customers such as us who made the mistake of acquiring an HP printer. (in this case a L7580)
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It Prints colors like any other printer if a picture has white in it it will print it white
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Hi J. Criss, The CubeX will only print in one color but the CubeX *TRIO* will allow you to print in three colors. Thank you. Team Cubify.
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No color is incorporated into all printed pages. You can change that by going under the "properties" then "graphics" and change the settings to "grayscale" and verify that the Eco function is turned on.
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My color cartridges always get used up fast even though I only print in grey scale, never in color. I don't understand why. Can anyone give me a clue? Thanks. LG
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Unfortunately you have cartridge that is not compatible with your printer. Printers using gray ink have a specific slot for the color, which will respond to colors downloaded from the computer or scanner.
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From the printer command box, there is an option, after the preview, to print in black instead of color. From pc set your print under from preferences > advanced > set print to grayscale = yes.
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I don't know if it will print in black and white if the color cartridge is empty as I just got the printer and haven't emptied the cartridges yet. I assume it will continue to do black and white if you leave the empty cartridges in.
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Set it to print to Black and White print as a default. It is probable pulling from all the colors. If you are printing web pages, then they come out gray when all the colors are used.