Why are there two black ink cartridges?
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One of the black cartridges is a pigment-based ink for lower res text printing/copying. The other is dye-based like the color cartridges for higher quality, "business" documents. Hope this helps.
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One is for black-only printing and the other is for darkening color printing
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It makes perfect sense to me. Even though the colors are beautiful and dress up anything you want to print, the black ink is still the workhorse for printing so unless you want to spend all your time changing the cartridges, they installed mostly black ink. And that is okay with me.
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I think if you watch the tank levels the bigger black tank is used for printing, however if you print a lot of pictures, you'll notice the smaller tank being used more. Printers use more black than anything.
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One is a dye base for text printing, and one is pigment base for graphics and photos.
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I think one is used for when you print writing and the other is used in conjunction with the other colors when you print a photo.
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I think one is for normal day to day printing. The other is for photos. However, I truly am not sure.
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Yes. There is one black and one color cartridge that comes with the printer.
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Mine included black in addition to MCY, and if I recall correctly, there were 8 or 9 black cartridges in there.
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I don't think there is any difference between what ink goes into the cartridge. It is just a better value to pay for only ONE cartridge and get twice the ink , rather than the equivalent of 2 cartridges to get the same ink. Better cost/value.
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I have the both the black and orange-bodied pens and both of mine came with black ink.
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You put in 1 black and 3 different color cartridges for a total of 4 cartridges at a time. :)
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I have not had any need to print doublesided documents, but I will try to check it out tomorrow and let you know. I do have a Mac, so my printer menus are considerably different than the ones that pop up on a PC. I have never even seen a "black ink only" option, despite searching. I will try to find it.Thanks for a well thought out and relevant response.
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they have *more* ink than regular cartridges. some ink is used for startup, and after startup the remaining ink is the same as what you'd buy at the store -- 3000 black pages, 2500 CMY.
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There is 2 each of the blacks 2 reg for printing documents and 2 photo black for printing photos.
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Ok 1st of all the reason that you have 2 black carts. is because 1 is for regular printing and the other is for photos. Amazon has'em. Jus be sure to look for the "XL"
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SIMILAR SITUATION..I'M LOOKING FOR PRINTER USING ONLY ONE CARTRIDGE (BLACK)I HAVE NO NEED FOR COLORED CARTRIDGES.THANKS
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The printer comes with a coloured ink cartridge, but it doesn't last for long. The black was the first to run, so a new cartridge had to be bought.
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Who knows. I bought a color and black cartridge and the color one would not work but the black cartridge did.
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Hi J.Young. No, the printer only has one black ink hole. I didn't know about the different black inks at the time I wrote that, but I know now. I have one photo black ink and will try it in the printer when my regular black ink runs out, but don't think it will work. Thanks for the reply. Ken
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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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The black 3rd slot is for either Gray Photo or Black cartridge. I use black. The gray photo did not work well for me.
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There are individual color cartridges inside this multi-pak. Each cartridge is filled with a larger quantity of ink compared to the regular cartridge.