topic Re: printing in black and white in Desktop Inkjet Printers

printing in black and white

heaney — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:09:12 GMT

I have a Pixma MX452. I am running macOS Sierra on a Mac desktop.

How do I print in black and white? Whenever the printer page comes up when I want to print, there is no option for black and white.

Thanks in advance.

Re: printing in black and white

ArthurJ — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:01:55 GMT

Hi heaney,

Please click HERE for steps on how to set black and white printing on your Mac.

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Re: printing in black and white

heaney — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:28:16 GMT

This does not work for me. My print command window does not have the same options. I managed to find "grayscale printing" and it was turned off, but I cannot figure out how to turn it on.

Re: printing in black and white

heaney — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:29:53 GMT

I don't know whether its the Canon or the Mac, but this seems overly complicated just to print in black and white.

Re: printing in black and white

ArthurJ — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:18:14 GMT

Hi heaney,

Since the qualify & media option is not showing in your picture, I recommend checking the printer driver. Please open your system preferences and then select printer and scanners.

From that screen, select the MX450 series printer on the left side and press the minus button to remove the printer. Once the printer and any copies of it are removed, click the + button and select add a new printer. This will open the add printer window.

If you have the printer setup wirelessly, then two options will appear in this window MX450 series Bonjour and MX450 series IJ Network. Make sure you select the one with IJ Network. If you have the printer connected via a USB cord it will appear as MX450 series USB.

Once the printer is added back on, please try to print again and let us know if the Quality and Media option is still missing.

We look forward to your reply.

Re: printing in black and white

heaney — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 19:12:31 GMT

That did not work.

when I choose to print a document, this is the box that pops up.....

By selecting the "Presets" drop down menu, and selecting "show presets", I can get to a menu that has a "quality and media" option....

But, even by selecting "Grayscale Printing", there is no way I can find to change the setting from off.

Re: printing in black and white

ArthurJ — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:11:07 GMT

Hi heaney,

Click on the preview box below orientation and let us know if anything appears in the drop down menu or if preview is the only option.

We look forward to your reply.

Re: printing in black and white

heaney — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:29:17 GMT

yes. If I do that, I can get a "Quality and Media" option. When I click that, then a Gray scale box appears. Thank you.