I already own this printer. Is there a toner that allows me to print in color?
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No. You need four different toner cartridges and software that separates the print image by color (Black, magenta, cyan and yellow) to print color. Color laser printers are a whole lot larger than black/white laser printers for this reason.
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No. Color laser printers need not only color cartridges, but the harware that allows 4 different colors of toner (3 primaries and black) to be metered separately but applied in one pass. Then the waste of throwing the color cartridge away when the most-used color runs out. Same problem with color inkjets. I now print only in black. For color photos, I email files to CVS or Walgreens and in 1 hour I can pick up ACTUAL 4x6 PHOTOS made on $50,000 machines for 19 cents each
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Yes. You set your default for grayscale. See your printer manual for exact directions. You can print for approximately 1 month with a missing color cartridge with this setting.
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Not that I know of, I haven't seen one, BUT one cool thing is when it starts to print light and you know you need a new toner cartridge, you can take out the current cartridge, shake it a few times, put it back in, and it works for quite a while longer, you can repeat this process for a long time, giving plenty of time to order a toner cartridge.
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Well, I took out the Color Ink and the printer just sits with an error message. A color ink cartridge must be in place. The only thing I can suggest is to let the color cartridge run out of ink, then choose a "faxable print" option in the program if it's available. You can try the greyscale option, but I don't know if the greys use the black (lighter) or if they use the color ink. If you already own this printer, play around with these options. If you HAVEN'T already bought this, try a different printer. If you do A LOT of printing, you may want to consider a LASER printer. The BLACK ONLY ones have become quite affordable and the toner roll lasts a very long time.
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yes. in my experience with this printer you have to replace colors before you can print again. i have tried going to black and white only and greyscale like the support pages ask you to do but i have had no luck.
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No. It can also print with color carriages as well. It is a color printer after all ... but is that what you meant to ask? You might have meant to ask, "Can it print with only a black cartridge installed?" That's a different question, and I don't know the answer to that one.
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any of the black box toners(color of the box) should be fine. I am seeing a lot of people showing pictures of the black box's but sending the blue colored ones which are pretty old, I would not recommend using.
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You have the option to print in grayscale instead of color. However, ink from the three color cartridges are used up in a process the machine uses to make sure the cartridges don't dry up. So, bottom line: you will need color cartridges, and you will have to replace them from time to time. I use generic cartridges, so the cost is minimal.
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Yes, toner comes with printer. I cannot remember if it is already loaded or if I had to install it.
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I take it to kinkos and it prints in black or white or color. Depends what kind of printer you have
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Well, I took out the Color Ink and the printer just sits with an error message. A color ink cartridge must be in place. The only thing I can suggest is to let the color cartridge run out of ink, then choose a "faxable print" option in the program if it's available. You can try the greyscale option, but I don't know if the greys use the black (lighter) or if they use the color ink. If you already own this printer, play around with these options. If you HAVEN'T already bought this, try a different printer. If you do A LOT of printing, you may want to consider a LASER printer. The BLACK ONLY ones have become quite affordable and the toner roll lasts a very long time. Well, I took out the Color Ink and the printer just sits with an error message. A color ink cartridge must be in place. The only thing I can suggest is to let the color cartridge run out of ink, then choose a "faxable print" option in the program if it's available. You can try the greyscale option, but I don't know if the greys use the black (lighter) or if they use the color ink. If you already own this printer, play around with these options. If you HAVEN'T already bought this, try a different printer. If you do A LOT of printing, you may want to consider a LASER printer. The... » Read More Well, I took out the Color Ink and the printer just sits with an error message. A color ink cartridge must be in place. The only thing I can suggest is to let the color cartridge run out of ink, then choose a "faxable print" option in the program if it's available. You can try the greyscale option, but I don't know if the greys use the black (lighter) or if they use the color ink. If you already own this printer, play around with these options. If you HAVEN'T already bought this, try a different printer. If you do A LOT of printing, you may want to consider a LASER printer. The BLACK ONLY ones have become quite affordable and the toner roll lasts a very long time. « Show Less
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Yes - it comes with starter toner for all colors. They are less page yield than the ones you buy later, but at least they start you with something. I can only speak for the x476dn.
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Yes, a toner cartridge comes with the printer. It might be a starter cartridge, but I'm not sure.
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it's been quite a while, but i somewhat remember a toner included. it worked perfect and at least 3 months worth. i checked my history and sure enoughi ordered a new toner 3 months after buying the printer.
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You can set to print black and white only and it does only use black and white toner, but you have to have color cartridges in the machine for it to work. I don't know if it will keep printing black if out of color toner--I seem to remember that most HP don't allow this. Most laser printers when they do cleaning cycles will use up a bit of color ink no matter what. It's not terribly much, but it can eat away at cartridges over time. They do cleaning cycles when turned on and when waking up. The black toner is also more spendy compared to a black and white only only. We have this for color stuff and a HP N521DN which we use for black and white. The black and white only is twice as fast and the black ink is about 1/3 more economical.
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I'm not sure. I threw the printer out a year or so ago. Even though the toner could be added, the Drum was so expensive, it was cheaper to buy a new printer.
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You have to go to the printer settings and select print in grayscale or black only. There's a setting to do that in the printer settings under preferences. If you need additional help, visit Hp.com support and type in the printer model and find the manual or you can call and ask HP also.