Does this print only in black and white?
1843693
yes, good quality printhas wireless capability also, though I've never used itbut toner cartridges are a devil to try and fit into the slots
1843694
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.
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.)
1480721
Yes, it can print in just black. You will need to set that within your printer settings on your PC. But note, you will still need all 4 color cartridges or the printer will not print.
585262
yes, it copies black and white, if you are not planning on printing hundreds of sheets a day, this is the best B&W; printer on the market. I have 3 of them
624805
Yes, the printer comes with a full set of cartridges for black and white and colour printing.
1586399
If you consider greyscale a color then yes but this printer is only a black and white label printer.
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.
498336
YOU CANNOT PRINT in black and white, you can't clean the heads to see if it actually works WITHOUT ALL COLOR WORKING. Don't buy - it's sucks.
509200
I can select the print options from my computer when I am printing a document. One of the options is to print the document in mono, or black and white. It seems to always default to color, but it only takes a moment to change.
2216335
It prints only in black, but it scans in color. It prints on two sides, but doesn't copy from two sides--the page you are copying just goes straight through.
498334
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.
1973070
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.
1830534
I haven't run out of the color cartridge yet, but I don't think it defaults to black and white. I think the colors just degrade.
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.
1855537
Absolutely. You can go to settings and print in either color or black and white for both single and duplex printing.
509199
You should be able to choose black and white from the print options on your computer (the same place you choose how many copies you need, etc). You can do the same for color.
1830533
I don't know if it will print in black and white if the color cartridge is empty as I just got the printer and haven't emptied the cartridges yet. I assume it will continue to do black and white if you leave the empty cartridges in.