Can this printer print in gray scale or black and white only as a setting selection? Can it print in economy mode to reduce ink usage?
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It has black & white printing. I'm not sure about economy printing but I did have mine set on the lowest ink usage.
1821117
Print Quality = High, Standard or Draft (Draft would be economy) you also can choose gray scale to save on color. XL cartridges are available with larger ink capacity as well.
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.
1344789
It only prints, both grey tone and color. It will duplex print which is two sided printing. Not an all in one machine.
2215268
you can set it to print in 'draft' mode all the time- don't see anything called economy mode though, you could scan a book or something thick, but it would require leaving the top part open which is fine but any area not covered on the scanning bed would scan as black
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.
2006848
It has a B&W; option that you can use from the computer when you go to print something, and it does a good job of converting to grey scale.
1995258
Short answer: No, not automatically. However, there are clumsy ways to work around it. I leave the empty ($$$) color cartridge in; ignore the constant bitching; and try to print everything B&W, using Print Preferences for my System, WordProcessor or Document. I've had a long battle with this F4480 printer, after having a wonderful relationship with a similar HP 1200 series printer. The 1200 had cartridges that I refilled dozens of times -- it was easy, and low color simply didn't seem to be a problem. Yes, my F4480 constantly complains about the ($60) cartridges being out of ink. Yet I have found almost no way to simply tell it to print everything Black & White. Only deep in my (Mac OS or WORD or Document) Print Set-up options can I set "Draft" and "Print B&W" etc. (by System, Application or by Document). Generally I just ignore the constant complaining about low color ink -- however, printing an occasional document with any color text will not print that text -- often the most critical data (Date and Time, etc). Note: there are several levels of "Clean Print Heads" - all of which waste increasing amounts of precious ink. You can't win with this printer. So yes it's a problem, and a damned nuisance. A salesman suggested trying to install the latest HP Print Drivers (Fooey, I think they're designed to sell ink). Look through all of your Page Setup or Printer Preference Settings (both System-wide, Word-processor, and Document, Etc). Search for any "Black" Settings, either permanent or per document; and WORST CASE: buy a color cartridge now and then, but NEVER use it. &gt;&gt; And tell HP how unhappy you are.
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.
861766
yes that is possible. when printing from your computer you will select advanced and select "grey scale only" also use the draft quality option to save on ink as well.
399287
It is a color priter, but if you set your computer settings to black and white or grayscale it will print that way.
753426
You have the option to print in grayscale instead of color. However, ink from the three color cartridges are used up in a process the machine uses to make sure the cartridges don't dry up. So, bottom line: you will need color cartridges, and you will have to replace them from time to time. I use generic cartridges, so the cost is minimal.
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.
1602715
Yes, but you have to specifically select "Gray scale" in the printer properties. The default behavior is to not print when a cartridge is empty. So when my color cartridges went out I just switched to gray scale to continue printing and I have no plans of replacing the color cartridges.
1855537
Absolutely. You can go to settings and print in either color or black and white for both single and duplex printing.
1722461
You need all the color cartridges installed to be able to print in black and white. Also they have to have ink in them. If any of the color cartridges is out you won't be able to print.
2063046
Adjust settings in prnter preferences to print in black only or change to darker tone using your printer panel buttons
498338
If you are low on a color ink, the black will come out streaky. It uses a bit of the color inks even in B&W; mode. Avoid this printer.