How to print only using the black color printers Canon

Learn how to print only the black cartridge color, follow the steps below and if you have any questions, type a comment.

Set the Canon printer to print only in black or gray scale is fast and without additional drivers. The basic printer driver settings allow us to do as we please, to print constantlythat is all files in the future just black or just a paper space.

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It is from us based on our need to choose the first option to leave all documents to print in black or select each time you want to print documents in only black color, repeat the recommendation is depending on your need.
The process may vary depending on which printer to use and which operating system is installed, then we will try to explain a configuration that can be used in various printers, place settings vary but the meaning is not.

Settings for printers installed on Windows XP

The printer is turned on and fully operational, not present error or documents queued cartridges. (in this and all processes below)

• Click on Windows, located in the lower left of the desktop.
• Let's control panel right of the start menu.
• Select printers and other devices, we can search the content.
• Click on Printers and Faxes.
• Right-click the printer you want to configure, we go to the last option from the available list click on Printing Preferences.
• It's appears menu available for this printer where you can modify what you want the printer.
• At the top are going to principal, at the bottom a selection of black printing / single gray scale displays.

select grayscale printing

Configured to print only black in Windows 7 operating system

In this system only it changes the way to reach the printing preferences, make the printer print only black is the same as we have seen for the Windows XP system.

Windows 7 has a more advanced interface that gives the user the possibility to perform any faster and easier process than other systems. (you will see fewer steps)

• Click on Start located in the left bottom desk
• The start menu appears on the right devices and printers, we click and a window large list of available printers appears.
• Right click configure the printer that will print preference, the second option from the top down.
• The same configuration makes for Windows XP, and in the printer preferences.

Print only black in Canon printers connected to Windows 8

The difference is getting to the printers, operating systems vary interface their systems when they go to market modern versions of their systems.

Windows 8 gives us the ability to print only in black with Canon printers, it really does not depend on system printer settings. Follow the procedure below to go to printers and devices on this operating system.

Getting locate in search configuration from the desktop

We can get faster to find applications in Windows 8 by right-clicking on the lower left of the desktop. Just around the corner a number of options will open select search. see image below...

select the search option

Go to settings and select printing devices

In the search window, first select settings in this way only appear results available for options that you can configure. We write in the search devices and printers, on the right side of the window and choose devices printers, double-click. view image...

select devices and printers (right)

Devices and printers is the same folder as in the previous systems have all printers available to configure, just as selected printing preferences, second option from the top down and configure the printer as it earlier systems.

If you want to print just one page with this configuration should be when the dialog box just before printing preferences to print the procedure before as it appears.

print only one page in black

The advantages of choosing the latter option is that it will not be the configuration, the downside is that we will be spending color ink unless we want and it only works for a printed document.