“When printing in B/W does the printer use any of the color toner. My current InkJet (junk) uses up color cartridges even in B/W printing only.”
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Our last HP Laser printer allowed us to print black and white even when the colors were low; however, once the colors get depleted- it does stop printing...Keep in mind with the laser printers there are separate cartridges for RGB and B/W
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have set the default printing mode to black and white; does not appear to be using anything other than black toner; my understanding is that inkjet printers which are not used regularly require cleaning cycles which use a lot of ink and its possible that accounts for some of what you were seeing with use of color cartridges even when only printing in black and white; hope this helps;
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It shouldn't. There's a black toner cartridge for this purpose.
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