The only thing I can suggest is to go into Printer "Properties" then "preferences" then under "print quality" set it to the Draft setting. It uses less ink. Your still not going to be happy though but it helps some
I'm stunned and made a huge error by buying a new printer before investigating the cost per year for the cartridges. By the time I set it up since it required me to repeat various testing and cleaning on the unit several times, I could see the color ...