Does the MP640 print true black & white photos? My Canon MP190 will only print sepia tone images, even when the original is a true black & white.
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You may be printing in graycale mode (Under quick set up Tab, and Main Tab). There is also a sepia setting under Effects Tab. Unclick all these settings. Ask yourself, why aren't all these settings on one Tab?
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Canon PG 50 &51. I set mine to monochrome and just print in black with a generic PG50 cartridge that costs about 20% of what Canon cartridges cost. I've been doing it for ten years without a single problem.
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According to Lexmark to print true black you need a bit of the colors as well. With my Canon I seldom used the color and they go down, it seems to me each time you start the machine it tests and uses ink. I wish they made it so you did not have to install the color tanks.
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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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No, if any of the color cartridges are empty it doesn't print black (as in text). It doesn't print anything. p.s. Just happened to notice the black print option on the actually printer, and tried it out (the printing option is the only one that doesn't seem to respond to this option) but copying certainly did. Sorry for the incomplete answer.
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this printer does not use color cartridges to print B&W--; at least not by default. If you are low or out of B&W; ink the printer will ask you if you want to use the color cartridges to create black. This was a major selling point for me because I used to hate how HP printers required color to print B&W.;
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Yes it will. Change color to greyscale. You will be ready to print black and white. Of all the high end printers I have owned this one is the VERY BEST and a low price also. Would recomment this to anyone and am getting ready to purchase another one for my grandson.
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If you do mean can it print with only a black cartridge only, the answer is no. When it prints grayscale it actually uses some colored ink as well. It's annoying because when a color cartridge has a "replace" status you will no longer be able to print in B&W; until you replace that cartridge.
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No color, black and white only (greyscale also) this is a great printer if you are printing lots of pages w/o color, toner last a ling time as it starts to run our take the cartridge out of printer shake it and put back in printer you will get a lot more use out of the cartridge.
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I suppose you are asking about high quality photos on photo paper. I haven't tried this, but suspect you need a much higher quality printer It does print in color. This printer is about as basic as you can get. It's fine for light home use, but not much more.
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I have this printer and the photo quality depends a lot on the paper you use. Use one of the recommended HP papers and the photos will look surprisingly good. I also have a big, expensive Canon Pixma Pro 9500 Photo printer that drives me insane. It goes through the 10 color cartridges so quickly (they dry out) I'm constantly replacing them at great expense, so I actually prefer to use my HP printer for most photos.
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No, I think you have to scan it to your desktop or whatever and send as an attachment... It prints only in black/white, but is so fast and the cartridges last forever.
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Marvelously. If you let Photoshop handle the colors, get true blacks. If you let the printer handle the colors, there will be a slight blue tint (which you can correct using the printer's color/intensity manual adjustment bars. I do strongly suggest using an 8 x 10 sheet to make a 4 x 5 test print before printing on 13 x 19 paper.
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Printer came with a pamphlet titled "User Settings on Color/Mono" that clearly describes how to print black only and what scenarios cause the printer to print using the color toner. It WILL print black if set to mono, even if a color toner is out.
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I do not know if it has a black and white setting if I want black and white I just print in Black and White.
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Yes it does. It does not copy in color though (since it only prints black and white).
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yes. in my experience with this printer you have to replace colors before you can print again. i have tried going to black and white only and greyscale like the support pages ask you to do but i have had no luck.