My Pixma MX 850 will not copy in black and white, but copies fine in color. Both black cartridges are virtually full. Any ideas?
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You're not particularly clear on exactly what isn't working. For example, does the button not respond or does the page come through without anything on it? A good debugging step would be to see if it prints in black/white and gray scale. Then you would know it isn't in the cartridges. Another potentially stupid suggestion...have you tried googling the specific problem to see if others have already solved it?
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I realize this may sound like a stupid response, but are you sure you have chosen the "black" button vs. the "color" button when copying?
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I recently discovered that I can't print with this printer in black and white even though I'm out of the yellow ink. I find this needlessly annoying. What has yellow got to do with black? Aaarrgh.
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My cartridges have not run out yet, but I'd bet that if you specify Auto/Color, then it would not work because there is no color available. If you specify (from whatever machine you're printing from) that you want Black, then it should work fine. That's how other printers have worked for me.
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Not sure, I also print 99% of my plans in black & white. So my color cartridges that came with the printer are still full.
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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.
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My printer stopped printing in black and white and will only print in color. I have never experienced anything like this. I've cleaned the printer head and run all diagnostics available and nope. It was great when it worked but this printer is only two years old. The hell.
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Hello, yes, the printer can print both in color and in black and white. Hope this helps. Thanks
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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.
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Ah, that explains why I suddenly cannot print black & white photos, even though the display indicates that I have plenty of Black ink left. The image I get is a reddish-gray. I bought the MP620 last month. I am still able to copy ordinary black text, though, probably because the printer comes with an extra Black ink cartridge (which is larger). So the 620 holds a total of 5 cartridges. I'm aggravated that the 5 cartridges do not come in a 5-pack... you have to buy a 4-pack & a separate pack for the extra Black one. [Just in case you're wondering, re my reddish photos, the ink display shows that I have plenty of ink in BOTH black cartridges.]
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Nope. That's why I hate this printer. Once you run out of color ink, all functionality eventually ceases - can't print in black, can't copy with black, can't even scan (which is perhaps the most amazing of all). Epson software allegedly lets you print with just black, but eventually all those methods stop working.
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nope....it's just the model it is .... it's a Cannon Pixma MG 5220. Uses a 4 pak of #226 assorted colors (one of which is black) and 1 #225 Black which is maybe double the width of the 226's. That's as deep as my knowledge goes on this. I'm sorry....I misunderstood your question. There is a setting to print with just black, not color.
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Pretty sure you still have to buy the color cartridges and install so the machine responds, but as another post said, just select black & white printing.
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Hello, the Canon PC 430 does NOT make full color copies - only black and white,Otherwise this is a very good copy machine. Hope that helps.
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When I had to reinstall Pixma MX310 original software a while back, I think I had to download an updated driver for it to work with Windows 7. Check Canon Tech support who are excellent and respond quickly. I also find the Pixma MX310 software bug free, easy to work with, and comprehensive.
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Rebecca, Very hearening to hear it may not be 'just me'. The real problem seems to be that there are two modes of printing in grayscale with the HP6500. 'Black ink only' is just what it implies; grayscale rendered with the black ink cartridge only - and with perfectly good grayscale quality too. The other option: 'high quality' is actually a color dependant mode that, for some obscure reason, sprays a coat of Yellow ink onto the image area, in addition to black ink. At least that is the explanation given to me by the HP Customer Care people. The real problem lies in my inability to use the 'black ink only' option AND any 'double-sided printing' option both at the same time. You may find relief in using the 'black ink only' mode by making sure the 'double-sided printing' option is set to OFF. If you are still awake after all of this, I include my recent post to all and sundry trying to get someone out there to at least confirm that this phenomenon actually exists, and not just some bizarre short-coming in my specific situation; as HP has implied for almost a week now... In short, my opinion is that it is some bug in their software. Good Luck with your problem... ------------------------------- I need to print grayscale / black ink only AND use the double-sided printing option at the same time. Both have perfect functionality when used seperately, but the 'black ink only' grayscale option automaticaly reverts to the (color dependant) 'high quality' option as soon as any double-sided printing option is invoked. Is it just me ? I trouble you with this only after nearly a week and countless e-mails with the HP Customer Care people - and many, many hours following up on all of their fruitless directions for a fix. They will not even admit to being able to duplicate this printer preference shortcoming. I thank you in advance for any assisstance. Michael Keller
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If the black is not empty, it will print in black even with one of the colors is empty. It seems all ink is expensive. Sell the printer cheap, and make your money off the ink.
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Hi Marc, my machine plays color as well as black & white. I would contact the manufacturer and see what they have to say. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.