Does it deplete the color toner cartridges when printing in black and white?
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.
2079819
it comes with a starter toner ink cartridge. It does quite a lot of pages before needing to be replaced. In fact I gave it to my brother to finish out the toner in his machine after ordering a new high capacity toner cartridge for myself. This is a great machine for all your Black and White printing.
974195
Yes it does. The toner cartridge is a sample cartridge and does not last very long.
1335789
I would say no. If I go to change a toner, it knows if one is missing, and it wont print until one is put in it, and the chip on the toner tells the printer its status. on the other hand, you could simply turn off the color printing part thru its printer driver, and print just B&W, and choose color just when you want it. I am happy with mine. we have HP and Konica Minolta's at work, and this printer prints, and looks every bit as quality as the big business models do. In fact, sometimes I print from home and take it in, and no one can tell, so I don't tell.... spreadsheets, charts, graphs, digital pictures, screen shots, power point, Visio, its all A+!
5040
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.
300438
No. The printer requires that all cartridges be in place to operate; otherwise, you get an error message. And the printer's technology can tell exactly which color cartridge is missing.
1867574
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.
1717808
I'm not sure . That never happen to me . Ran out of black ink and was able to still print in color. But not sure if it works the other way around.
1379469
If you are out of black ink the printer won't be able to print in black and white. The color cartridge only has colored ink. It is very likely that the two cartridges will not run out at the same time. In the case you describe I believe you would have to buy a new black cartridge to resume printing in black and white.
123708
I seldom use my printer and have never removed my cartridge. As far as I know it does not cause any problems. If you are concerned with the cartridge drying out - it would do that either way. (maybe)
58463
No, if any of the color cartridges are empty it doesn't print black (as in text). It doesn't print anything. p.s. Just happened to notice the black print option on the actually printer, and tried it out (the printing option is the only one that doesn't seem to respond to this option) but copying certainly did. Sorry for the incomplete answer.
1157468
if you tell your printer to print in black and white the black cartrdge is all it will use
455736
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.
1306149
I would just think you would put the black and white cartridge and leave the color one out and on your settings on the printer just put it on either grayscale or black and white and it might work that way. Sometimes, however both cartridges have to be in to work at all. Maybe the Canon site would have some information on that for you.
591402
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.
304837
I had asked the same question and could not find the answer online - so I ended up calling Dell Support and they said yes - it will continue to print in monochrome (black/white) if one of the color toners runs out.
300439
I have printed in only black and white. Just now, I removed the 3 color cartridges, and it would not print. May be missing something, but I think all the cartridge slots must be filled.