why does printer only use lg black pigment cartridge, becoming very expensive!!!

[poornurse]

We have the Canon PIXIMA MG5320 ink jet printer.  Our printer is using the large pigment cartridge (PGBK 225) for normal printing instead of the small one (BK 226) is this correct? We have never had to replace the small cartridge (BK226) and have had to replace the large pigment cartridge (PGBK225) at least every two (2) weeks, this is becoming quite expensive. Please advise us of how to use the small cartridge for normal printing instead of the pigment cartridge. We thought the pigment cartridge was for printing pictures!

Thank you very much

Mary

[Michael]

Hello poornurse.

The large 225BK black tank is a pigment based tank and is primarily used for standard black text printing or output. 

The smaller black ink tank is dye based like the color inks, and is used for photo and graphics output. 

You can adjust the quality setting to 'fast' in order to reduce the amount of ink that is used.  This will help conserve the ink used from the large black tank with your normal print jobs.

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