Can you set it up just to print in black and white? And therefore not have to purchase color ink as well?
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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.
1850564
You can select to print in b/w only or color therefore using the color cartridges less frequently. Comes with a set of color cartridges.
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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.
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.)
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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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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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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.
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It will not. You can set it to print black only if you have a low color cartridge or color only if you have a low black cartridge but it requires both cartridges to run and will not print at all if one of them runs empty.I have had some bad experiences with this model. If you don't have it already, I wouldn't invest in it. Just a suggestion.
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No, it doesn't. According to tech support it mixes color in with the black to get a "richer" black. So even if you only print black and white, you are still going to have to buy color cartridges to have it run.
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I cannot use my printer without the color ink is possible to make black copies but to print something you need all colors
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Sure. Just about any inkjet color printer will allow you to set the printer properties before you print. When you hit print, look next to the printer name. It should say properties. Click on that and set your default to black/white. When you want color, just return and change the properties for that document. I can't speak for all printers, but this is how it worked for the Lexmark pictured above and all of the hp printers I have owned.
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No, not all at the same time, but you need to have all operative. It is to say, if you don't have red and you want to print only in black or grayscale you won't be able. The HP machine has some stupid function that won't allow you. I mean, that will happen to this printers with all kind of cartridges not only with these ones.
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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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No. After it runs out of a certain amount of color ink it will absolutely refuse to print, even with a full new black ink when you are trying to print in just black. It's really a rip off and I don't plan on buying one of these again. Right now I have a complete paperweight until I can afford some color ink, even though I never print in color.
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Yes. Just turn the black and white on and turn color button off. I love this printer
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Yes, you can use this to print plain text in black and white, but it is slow and uses expensive pigment inks. I use both a B&W; laser and an inexpensive dye-based ink jet on my home network for general printing. The Pro-10 is really a photo printer for pros and serious amateurs. I use it exclusively for photos.
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http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/us/us/en/faq/faq/000000/002400/000061/faq002461_005.html?reg=us&c;=us〈=en∏=mfcj870dw_us_eu_as&Cat;=103It looks like the printer will print in black and white if the printer is set to print in grayscale or black and white only mode. Otherwise it will try to mix the colors to produce black. I am not sure how long it will allow this before requiring you to replace the color cartridges though, because it still requires enough color ink to perform the print head cleaning operations.
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I'm not sure what you mean. If you want to use just black you need to go into properties or settings on our printer and (or computer at print) and click on black only.