Never had an inkjet printer. Does 1 cartridge contain both black &amp; color?
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No, the cartridges are separate. For many inkjet printers there's a cartridge for black and a cartridge for color. For others (like this printer), there's a cartridge for black and separate cartridges for different colors.
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Carl! I just did it... took out the color cartridge and it printed a B/W image....hey thank YOU it is good to know just for general purposes. BTW it is darn good little printer and if you can find it on sale as I did (40 bucks) also there is a vendor here that sells both cartridges for under 20 bucks including shipping...they wanted 48 bucks at Staples for the dang cartridges themselves for cryin' out loud........:>}
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We purchased a new unit. I believe it does come with all four starter ink cartridges. We've had the unit in our office for about a year and have gone through a few of the color cartridges and the black.
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One side is for color ink and the other side is for black ink. I have never tried to use only one cartridge.
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I believe only the black ink cartridge is XL with the idea that most printing will be done using the black ink. Better chance all the cartridges will get low on ink around the same time, possibly. For the price, (all ink for printers seems to be expensive), it would be nice if they were all XL.
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Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't impress me at all. Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't... » Read More Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't impress me at all. « Show Less
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It included one cartridge of each color. I print fairly often, the cartridges lasted over 6 months. I purchased third party cartridges for replacements and have not had a problem. I bought the printer last summer, and 10 months later, I am only on the second cartridge of each color. Note - The printer will not print at all if any one cartridge is empty.
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I have not had any need to print doublesided documents, but I will try to check it out tomorrow and let you know. I do have a Mac, so my printer menus are considerably different than the ones that pop up on a PC. I have never even seen a "black ink only" option, despite searching. I will try to find it.Thanks for a well thought out and relevant response.
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Cheryl,Not sure, just bought the printer. I print in Black and White and use color only when I need to. They offer an "XL" ink cartridge for each color which offers additional ink over the standard cartridge thus lasts longer, but at a higher price.
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SIMILAR SITUATION..I'M LOOKING FOR PRINTER USING ONLY ONE CARTRIDGE (BLACK)I HAVE NO NEED FOR COLORED CARTRIDGES.THANKS
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Yes. The printer comes with black + colors. If you use only black, it will be happy. If you use up the colors, leave the empty color cartridges in place. It will nag you to replace the empty ones but you can ignore that. There are super-size black cartridges available and I suggest you use them for lower cost. I have 2 of these printers used mostly for scanning and printing 11x17 engineering drawings and have no complaints after about 2 years.
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So, does this come with black and color cartridges? Can you adjust the amount of ink used in printing? Do I have to have special paper for a laser printer? Thanks you.
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Yes. For example if your red, yellow and blue cartridges were empty, it would print black as long as the black cartridge has ink. You can look into the ink levels from any computer, love this printer. I use the Inktoneram Remanufactured Ink Cartridges sold on Amazon. They work great and save me a ton of money which I used to spend on my old HP printer.
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I have not tried black cartridge only. The color cartridges last a long time and remain useful even with limited use (not like ink jet cartridges) so I'd suggest not worrying ....
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after reading all of this im still confused....will THIS PRINTER IN PARTICULAR print black & white even if the color ink isn't in the printer?
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No. cartridges seem to have a short life. Wish they were longer. Black is extra long which is good.
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When you buy it, it does come with both black and color ink. But it's said that the ink that comes with printers is not as long lasting as the ink you buy in the stores...so it won't be long before you are buying some