Pro-100 prints my B&W in sepia

[otava]

I have now struggeled with this for months. Cannot get desant B&W prints. They all turn out to be sepia or brownish. I print from Photo Shop Elements 11 using Print Studio Pro. Yes the B&W tag is checked. The only way would be to remove all the color cartridges, but then the thing does not print. Should I buy a separate dedicated B&W printer?

Thanks

[dnickson]

Nope; on a PC. A friend had a similar problem with his Pro 100 and was advised to switch out all inks. That solved his problem. I did the same: no change.

I wonder if reinstalling the Pro 100 (with defaults) would remedy the situation?

[jrhoffman75]

It never hurts to redownload and reinstall the printer driver. It sometimes does clear up a problem if something corrupted the installed driver.

[dnickson]

Seems to print OK.

BTW I tried another B&W print on Plain Paper, and now IT has a slight magenta tone.

Still, the printer does fine on color shots.

[picturefan]

I am having the same problem with the sepia toning on B&W prints.  The problem comes and goes which makes it all the more perplexing.  Very frustrating to deal with as I sell B&W prints made from original 8x10 negatives.   I wish Canon could come up with a fix for this problem for the Pro-100.  I also have a Canon TS 8100 model and never have this problem.   I agree with a prior post that the magenta ink overload is likely the source of the problem.