Can you select to only use black toner when printing in black and white?
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This is from the user's manual. "If you know your document is black and white and you want to conserve color toner, select Mono mode". Mono: "Select this mode if the document has only black and grayscale text and/or objects. If your document contains color, this mode prints the document in 256 levels of gray using the black toner." I am reading now, The default setting is Auto. With Auto, the machine checks the content of the document for color. if color is detected anywhere in the document, it will mix some of the colors in the toner. So to avoid this, make sure to change the User setting to Mono. I learned something. going to check mine now. BTW, this is a wonderful printer!! I love it. hope this helps. This is from the user's manual. "If you know your document is black and white and you want to conserve color toner, select Mono mode". Mono: "Select this mode if the document has only black and grayscale text and/or objects. If your document contains color, this mode prints the document in 256 levels of gray using the black toner." I am reading now, The default setting is Auto. With Auto, the machine checks the content of the document for color. if color is detected anywhere in the document, it will mix some of the colors in the toner. So to avoid this, make sure to... » Read More This is from the user's manual. "If you know your document is black and white and you want to conserve color toner, select Mono mode". Mono: "Select this mode if the document has only black and grayscale text and/or objects. If your document contains color, this mode prints the document in 256 levels of gray using the black toner." I am reading now, The default setting is Auto. With Auto, the machine checks the content of the document for color. if color is detected anywhere in the document, it will mix some of the colors in the toner. So to avoid this, make sure to change the User setting to Mono. I learned something. going to check mine now. BTW, this is a wonderful printer!! I love it. hope this helps. « Show Less
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When you decide to print, Use the <Control key>, hold it down and press P at the same time. This opens the printer dialog box. Open the printer properties or preferences, click the advanced tab. then place the dot into the greyscale. This allows only "Black Printing".
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You cannot print further. I've tried to print just black but the printer will not allow the setup just black and white. Beware of using aftermarket ink cartridge as the printer is picky. If you must use aftermarket brand to save money, use LD brand ( ldproducts (dot) com).
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Printer settings tips (Windows) "Page 33 & 34 of the Manual"�� To change default print settings, click Set Preferences under Print, Scan & Fax in the HP printersoftware.◦ Print in Grayscale: Allows you to print a black and white document using the black ink only.Select Black Ink Only, and then click the OK button.Leave the color cartridges in place.Never say Never.
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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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Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't impress me at all. Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't... » Read More Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't impress me at all. « Show Less
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I believe in your print settings you can tell it to print in B&W;, but default will print however the document is set up. when you are copying you can choose B&W; or color.
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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.
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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.
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After some googling, it seems that printing in black won't use the color toner. However, if ANY of the toner runs out, it won't print. I suppose if you just want to print in black most of the time, use the color toner sparingly.
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I have run the color toners "low" which means less than 50 copies left per toner. The message now says color toner is low and that the printer will print in black and white. It appears that it will continue to print B&W; as long as the cartridges are left installed but empty.
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Jodi, the imageCLASS MF8580Cdw will still be able to print in black and white even if one of the color cartridges is empty. In order to do this, you would need to adjust the driver settings.
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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.
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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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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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Yes. It only prints in black. The reason I got this is because if u print in black most of the time u use less ink versus the multi-color printers. Multi-color printer uses all colors even if u are printing in black only, therefor ink runs out quicker and its a bigger expense. Hope this helps.
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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.