I am using a Mac and my black ink will not print. How do I fix this?

Go to Canon website put in your printer model number an get the drivers an software for mac! hope this helps !

Depending on your printer software there are two different methods to set grayscale and black ink only.

1. Inside printer preferences, you switch to the Features tab. Here you should see grayscale in the bottom left corner. Once grayscale is selected you may switch quality to black ink only. Then press ok.
2. In printer preferences, you click on the Advanced button. You should see a "Print in grayscale" option set to "Off" switch it to grayscale or black ink only and press ok.

As for with a Mac when you open the print dialog depending on the application there may be a link at the bottom left for the system print dialog. Here you should see a preset option. There is a fast draft black ink only preset. Save that preset and it should become the default option.

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Hi
Follow these steps;
- Open the document you want to print - Go to 'file' - 'Print' - click 'properties' in the print window - in the menu select 'Maintenance' - in the 'Maintenance' click 'Ink Cartridge Settings' - select 'Black Only' - click 'OK' - again click 'OK' - now you can print only using the black ink in the printer.
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Please follow the steps below on how to print using black ink only on your Lexmark S305 printer:
For Windows:

1. With your document/file open, click File.
2. Click Print.
3. Click Printing Preferences/ Properties.
4. In the Lexmark S300 Series Printing Preferences window, select print using black ink only.
5. Click OK to save the settings.
6. Click Ok again to print your file.

For Mac operating system:

1. With your document/file open, click File.
2. Click Print.
3. Expand the arrow pointing down beside printer name if you're not able to see other options for printing. Look for Quality and Media in a drop down box and select print in black and white.

If you wish to set this as your default print setting, please follow steps below:
For Windows:

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Open Printers and Faxes.
3. Right-click on Lexmark S300 Series print object and click on Properties.
4. In the Lexmark S300 Series Properties window, go to Advanced tab. Click on Printing Defaults.
5. Under Ink Use, select Print using black ink only. Click OK.
6. Click OK button in the Lexmark S300 Series Properties window to save the changes.

Your printer will print in black only the next time you send a print job to the printer.

For Mac:

1. With the file (you wish to print) open, click File.
2. Click Print.
3. Expand the arrow pointing down beside printer name if you're not able to see other options for printing. Look for Quality and Media in a drop down box and select print in black and white.
4. Save this as your default print setting. Click Presets option and choose Save as. You can personalize the name for this default print setting (e.g. Black and White Draft or My Setting).

Select this Preset name every time you print your files/documents.
Note: The 100 standard cartridges yield around 175 ISO Pages. You can also save on ink and stretch your ink investment if you use only 100XL high yield cartridges. These contain almost 3x as much ink as a standard cartridge for a small increment in price.

Sorry, steve, that you are experiencing this problem.

According to canon.com's website regarding the i9900 InkJet Photo Printer:

Why color ink may be used when printing in black and white Even when printing in black and white, color ink is used for the following reasons:

1. Automatic cleaning of the print head.
   
   To prevent the print head nozzles from clogging, the print head is automatically cleaned periodically. At that time, a small amount of each color ink is consumed.
   
   Therefore, although printing in black and white is performed, color ink is also consumed.
   
   
2. Color inks may be used to create black.
   
   When printing in grayscale or on photo paper or when duplex printing, although printing appears in black and white, the color black may be created using the three (cyan, magenta, and yellow) color inks. Printers without a pigment black tank / cartridge will print black / grayscale will create a composite black using color ink even on plain paper.
   
   Therefore, although printing in black and white is performed, color ink may be consumed.
   
3. In order to keep the heavy black ink from smearing on the page or in the printer, color ink is used when duplex printing to help create black text.
   
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I might suggest taking out the color ink cartridges leaving only black there, but some printers don't take kindly to this. So, you may have to further experiment with magenta, cyan, and yellow to make it at least seem b&w to your best eye's judgment.

Good luck on this.

I have had the mp600 for 3 years - worked fine on a couple of different pcs. I switched to a mac and encountered 2 issues - scanner stopped working and above problem of no black ink. The newest driver (just google mp600 driver) fixed the scanner issue. The ink issue has a work around - select non plain paper in the media quality tab, instead use any photo paper setting. Finding this area in a mac can be tricky - in the mini print options window you have to click the small chubby arrow and you will then be given a list of options including quality and media. Presto, black ink returns but probably uses more ink and takes longer to print. I have not found a more elegant solution as you have to select this non default paper option every time.

If your using windows OS go to control panel , then printer and fax icon open it you will see canon printer series listed right click on it and go to printing preference tab ,check print all documents in black and white click okay and then try to print....

Good luck...

Hold down the stop/reset button till it prints

Here's what just fixed mine... I was having the same issue...

Mac:
Go to System Preferences
Open Print & Fax
Select your printer and open Print Queue
Click Utility
Select your printer & click Maintenance
Select the "Deep Cleaning"

That worked for my black ink!

are you using windows or mac? on windows go to printers and faxes under control panel, right click on printer and go to printing preferences and under advance put a check mark on the box that will say grayscale or black ink only.

On mac when you click on file print go to advance tab and print setting, select grayscale or black and white.

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