MG5350 and Greyscale printing with black.

[newnoob]

Hello, I have a Pixma MG5350 and am wondering if there is a way I can print in greyscale using only the black ink?

Like alot of pritners I have had before when I select the "greyscale" option and print it converys all the colors on the page into shades of gret but it still uses all the color cartridges to print those shades.

I know printing with only black will be of a lower quality but i'm not converned with that, and in alot of the pages I actually find using the colors to print the greys annoying as i'm reading this B&W document but i'm seeing these cyan and magent specs all over the place where it's trying to print a light color instead of just black specs.

This is quite annoying as I only print B&W text documents with the occassional B&W graphic in them yet i'm having to constanlty waste money replacing the color cartirdges.

I know it will use some of the ink when the printer comes on and cleans the heads etc but i'm almost replacing the color cartirdges as often as the black one which is just rediculous.

Some printers I have used have a "black only" option you can check that will not use the color however I see no option for that in the settings. Is there some way that I can print in greyscale without having to waste color ink?

[Stephen]

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[DougR]

My printer is a MG8220 and I have the same issue along with not being able to use the two-sided print feature.

I CAN use these features if I print via wireless connection. These features are not available to me when I try to print using a USB connection. I have not idea if this will work for your printer. I am currently looking for a answer as to why these features are not available when printing via USB.

[Ramona]

Hi DougR,

The two-sided printing function is available when printing both wirelessly and via USB cable.  So we can better assist you, please reply with what operating system is on your computer.

If this is a time-sensitive matter, additional support options are available at Contact Us.

[aeb001]

Did you ever get an answer to your question? I have the same problem. I blaze through the colour cartridges even though i print mostly greyscale.