topic Re: Possible to use ONLY 3 B&W carts. for Pixma Pro-100? help! in Professional Photo Printers

Possible to use ONLY 3 B&W carts. for Pixma Pro-100? help!

photographer100 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 07:21:37 GMT

I dont plan on keeping Canon in $$$$$$ by buying the color carts, rather ONLY the 3 BW carts for my Pixma Pro-100 once the "color runs out"

will this work fine?

remove DEAD colors when dry?

recommendations?

thanks.

I had planned on EVENTUALLY just using this as a professional BW printer for large prints.

Re: Possible to use ONLY 3 B&W carts. for Pixma Pro-100? help!

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:18:20 GMT

Even when printing B&W there are small amounts of color ink being used. If you are only printing B&W then the amount of color ink used won't be great.

If you are interested in solely B&W for professional purchases there may be better printer options (i.e. pigment based inks)

Re: Possible to use ONLY 3 B&W carts. for Pixma Pro-100? help!

photographer100 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:29:21 GMT

well that REALLY sucks donkey logs.

There is NO logical reason one cannot ONLY use the BW carts. OTHER THAN Canon bleeding customers dry for INK $$$$$$

I used to work for Lexmark as a pro technician, and i know its ALL A GAME OF $$$ for INK, same goes for Canon too obviously.

easy way around that, ill NEVER give Canon cart. $$$$, ill only buy 3rd party and refills.

Touche' what a rotten stinker you are Canon.

Re: Possible to use ONLY 3 B&W carts. for Pixma Pro-100? help!

ebiggs1 — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:03:12 GMT

It is not possibile to print the 256 grey-scale with a single black cartridge. A single black cartridge will print black. What about the other 255 shades? I suspect if you are printing a 0'0'0 page of text, you would use little to none of the other cartridges. But if it even has 0'0'1 in it ?

The only thing the printer can do with a single cartridge is, how much ink, the size of the dot and how far apart they are.