Q17. Is it possible to configure so that black-and-white printing is always enabled?
Operation procedure
Display the printer window.
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, open the Start menu, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Printers].
When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click the Start menu, then click [Devices and Printers].
If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed in the Start menu, select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers].In Windows 8.1/10, while pressing the [Windows] (
) key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.Right-click the icon of this machine, and click [Properties] (or [Printer Properties]).
In the [General] tab, click [Printing Preferences] (or [Basic]).
Select [Gray Scale] from [Select Color] on the [Quality] tab, then click [OK].
Click [OK].
The gray scale setting will be applied whenever the printer is used in any application software.
Operation procedure
Display the printer window.
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, open the Start menu, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Printers].
When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click [Devices and Printers] from the Start menu.
If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed in the Start menu, select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers].In Windows 8/8.1/10, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, while pressing the [Windows] () key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.Right-click the icon of this machine, and click [Properties] (or [Printer Properties]).
In the [General] tab, click [Printing Preferences] (or [Basic]).
Select [Gray Scale] from [Select Color] on the [Quality] tab, then click [OK].
Click [OK].
The gray scale setting will be applied whenever the printer is used in any application software.