MAXIFY B2300 Ink Running Out Too Soon & Color Ink Usage

[DocScott99]

My MB2300 seems to drink the ink.

2470 total sheets used

1514 in B&W

956 in color

Yet I am on at least my 5th set of cartridges,  and I use the XL size.  Have I been misinformed that the cartridges last for several hundreds of pages, or is there an issue with my printer.

Also, why when I print in B&W, does it use the color ink, when there is a black cartridge? 

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Page yield is influenced by many factors, but the primary one is percentage of ink coverage.  An example of this might be printing a text document vs. printing an image.  Page yield is directly affected by how much ink you are throwing down on a page.  This is measured as a percentage. 

[DocScott99]

Yep.  Almost all text.