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How to set hp deskjet 3550 inkjet printer to print in only black and white by ignore the color ink,for the important document. endliam< [email protected]>

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To Save the color ink you can change the printer settings to Black Only.

To Setup:

  1. Press START Button.
  2. Select RUN Command.
  3. Type these commands in CAPS.
  4. CONTROL PRINTERS and press OK or Enter.
  5. Now you will get Printers & Faxes Window.
  6. There you select the ink jet printer which you want to change the color settings.
  7. Right Click on it and Select Printer Properties later.
  8. Select Printing Preferences
  9. There you can see lot of window tabs (just like a worksheets). Depends on printer in any of the TAB you can see the option Black Only / GrayScale Printing Only.
  10. Choose the appropriate option and Select APPLY.
  11. Then give a test page for it.

That's it...

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Make sure your both the cartridges are working properly and it is not dry just remove the color cartridge and clean it with tissue paper and fix it again and when you give print command make sure it is not in grayscale printing. If still there is problem change the color cartridge.

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