is black & white only printing also doable
1855537
Absolutely. You can go to settings and print in either color or black and white for both single and duplex printing.
1855538
I never thought about it, so I didn't know fore sure. However, thanks to Melvin E. Mitts and Damon Downing, myself and others now know. Thanks guys.
1855539
Absolutely. You just choose color on the printer options before sending it off to be printed. All color printers can print in black and white. You just need to see if they print black and white separately. Some printers will mix all colors to make black and white printouts, others have a dedicated black and white cartridge or drum. It is more ideal to have a separate unit for black and white as mixing the colors to make black and white eats the levels of ink or toner very quickly. I hope that makes sense.- Damon
489559
As long as you have black ink, you can make black and white copies. The color cartridge is only needed for color copies. Also, if you don't have a color cartridge and try to print a color copy, it will just come out black and white.
1315147
No. This printer will ensure you must purchase ink cartridges even if you intend to print greyscale only and even though there is NO COLOR INK needed to print greyscale!
1226575
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.
1968041
you can but If you are out of color, it won't let you print until you replace the cartridge...even if you switch it to black only.
551997
It does. The main purpose of this printer is to print photographs, either color or black and white. But it can print anything you ask it to do, including true black text.
1121932
I don't know the answer when you're printing full color, but when you print grey scale or B&W;, you can force the printer to use black only (through the print options.)
477357
I'm not sure you can do it from the printer, but if I wanted a BW print from a color page, I'd open the document in an image editor, such as Photoshop, and make it an all BW document. Good luck.
1264919
There is a black and white printing function, but I have not measured the difference between using that function and not using that function. What I can say is I do very little color printing and I replace the black cartridge 2-4 times before replacing any of the color cartridges.
1505040
You can set your printer to just print in black and white only, this possibly would cut down on using the color inks.
1923660
Howdy doody! Yes you can print only in black ink if you wish. You have the option to switch. Hope this helps!!!
2006849
Yes, it has support for black and white printing, and prints documents with plain text extremely fast. It uses very little ink for this kind of work. This is pretty similar to other printers that have dedicated blank ink tanks.
2178105
Normally you don't set the *printer* to print black&white; only. Instead you select the black&white; printing option on the print menu of whatever application (IE browser, Chrome browser, Acrobat (pdf) Reader, etc.) you are using. You have to do this each time you print a document.
1020081
Mr. Coleman:I only print photographs with this printer and it does an excellent job with color prints. However, Black and White prints are a bit iffy, as they may include color casting, i.e., green, blue, red.
380344
Doesn't matter which side (or both) of the paper you print on. Your printer needs to be capable of double sided printing or you know how to manually print double sided.
1264909
no it is not but if you can get along with black and white is is one heck of a printer for the $$$ and very easy to set up and run. cartridge lasts and lasts!
1057464
Yes, you can do duplex printing. Go to printer preferences or printer settings and choose "print on both sides."