Do I have to have the color ink cartridge for black and white prints?
999430
I can fine no information which says that both cartridges have to be installed to print black and white prints. However, I am thinking that it is probably a good idea to have both cartridges installed. It may well be as Donald Graham suggested, though I cannot verify that.
999431
When the color ink cartridge runs out it still prints but will not print color content. When the color cartridge is out, the printer will not work.
999432
As far as I know, you need both cartridges for the printer to operate properly.
999433
If you are asking will the printer work without a color cartridge in place in the printer to print B&W; the answer is no. The printer has to detect both ink cartridges to work. However, the printer comes with both Black and color ink cartridges and when the color runs out the printer will still print in B&W; as long as you leave the empty cartridge in place (until the black ink runs out).
1315149
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.
1335789
I would say no. If I go to change a toner, it knows if one is missing, and it wont print until one is put in it, and the chip on the toner tells the printer its status. on the other hand, you could simply turn off the color printing part thru its printer driver, and print just B&W, and choose color just when you want it. I am happy with mine. we have HP and Konica Minolta's at work, and this printer prints, and looks every bit as quality as the big business models do. In fact, sometimes I print from home and take it in, and no one can tell, so I don't tell.... spreadsheets, charts, graphs, digital pictures, screen shots, power point, Visio, its all A+!
1344509
No. You need four different toner cartridges and software that separates the print image by color (Black, magenta, cyan and yellow) to print color. Color laser printers are a whole lot larger than black/white laser printers for this reason.
1850563
You can set to print black and white only and it does only use black and white toner, but you have to have color cartridges in the machine for it to work. I don't know if it will keep printing black if out of color toner--I seem to remember that most HP don't allow this. Most laser printers when they do cleaning cycles will use up a bit of color ink no matter what. It's not terribly much, but it can eat away at cartridges over time. They do cleaning cycles when turned on and when waking up. The black toner is also more spendy compared to a black and white only only. We have this for color stuff and a HP N521DN which we use for black and white. The black and white only is twice as fast and the black ink is about 1/3 more economical.
753425
Yes you can print "Gray scale", which is black & white. This a great feature since black ink is cheaper than colored. FYI...I had mine for 5 years now & have no problem finding affordable ink. I just bought a 20 pack of black & colored for $11.00 on Amazon. I have always bought "compatible" in cartridges & have not had one problem.
1306149
I would just think you would put the black and white cartridge and leave the color one out and on your settings on the printer just put it on either grayscale or black and white and it might work that way. Sometimes, however both cartridges have to be in to work at all. Maybe the Canon site would have some information on that for you.
1752906
Depending on the kind of printer you bought, you will need a black cartridge and the 3 colors cartridges, if you bought an HP color laserjet.
378911
SIMILAR SITUATION..I'M LOOKING FOR PRINTER USING ONLY ONE CARTRIDGE (BLACK)I HAVE NO NEED FOR COLORED CARTRIDGES.THANKS
1306153
I don't think this is possible. The printer software needs to detect a color cartridge. But you can use the software to turn off color and print only in black and white.
2008526
If you are specifying "grayscale" or "black & White" in the print command, you have right to expect the printer to print it so. If you leave it to s/w to decide whether you need yellow, it won't.
1830532
Great question . . . on my previous inkjet printer, I could turn off the color ink and print only in black and white, but on this one I can't figure out how to turn off the color ink, and although I normally print only black and white, it still uses up the color ink somehow.
5040
Black and white only. But it turns out that is great for 90% of what I print so I use it as my default printer and have a color inkjet multifunction for when needed. Saves a lot on ink as the toner cartridge lasts for thousands of prints.
1548853
No and Yes. NO YOU CANNOT print if it is the Black cartridge. The printer prevents all printing if the Black cartridge signals empty. In truth, there is plenty of ink left to use. It's a serious problem and was the subject of a lawsuit which Epson settled in the USA. The PRINTER WILL ALLOW you to continue if one of the COLOR cartridges is out.
1711758
Color and black and white are two separate cartridges. If you're not printing in color, then the color won't empty.
885965
Many printers today come with both a color and black ink cartridge. A printer will only print black ink if there is the only cartridge is the black ink cartridge, the color cartridge has run out of ink, or you select the print option to print either in black and white or grayscale.
1972448
No, not all at the same time, but you need to have all operative. It is to say, if you don't have red and you want to print only in black or grayscale you won't be able. The HP machine has some stupid function that won't allow you. I mean, that will happen to this printers with all kind of cartridges not only with these ones.