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Only black-and-white print with the color cartridge - is that possible?

  • Oct 25, 2025
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In many situations it is completely sufficient a colored subject, despite color printer, only black-and-white print. As you can in such a case, your color cartridge save, we can tell you here.

Despite the color cartridge to print black-and-white print

Of course, you can print with a color printer, just black-and-white. The appropriate Option is found in the printer settings of each printer:
  1. Open the Windows control panel. Then click on "devices and printers" or "devices and printers".
  2. In the area "printers", right click on the printer you want to print in black-and-white. From the context menu, then select "printing preferences". In many programs, you can reach the printer settings also, if you click on the Print function, and then after a properties Button.
  3. The display of the print settings will vary depending on the printer model and driver, which is why you need to look at this point a little. The Option should be "output color: Black", "grayscale", "black-and-white," or something similar. If you have found and selected, close the window with the OK Button.
Printer to black-and-white switch
You can now print as usual and then get a printout in black-and-white, despite the inserted color cartridge. If you do not only color, but also the paper-saving printing to, you should also follow these tips.

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