Canon MX850 will not print from small Black Ink Cartridge - 8BK. It only uses the large black ink cartridge and I have a drawer full of small 8BK cartridges. How can I get it to use the small black cartridge and not the large black cartridge? Thanks!

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Can i put canon 8bk ink in the 5pgbk slot?

Unfortunately No.
Im guessing you have 2 black ink slots?.
When copying greyscale or printing greyscale it will use the big black however when printing colour it will always use the small black cartridge.

hope this helps

Apr 05, 2011 • Office Equipment & Supplies

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My Canon Pixma MX850 has two black ink wells, one large and one small. During printing, the printer pulls from the large well first and so when it's empty, I can no longer print in black ink even though...

The small black tank is called "Photo Black Ink Cartridge" and is usually only sed when printing color pages or photos. There is no way to bypass that. Use the ********* ink since it is a cheaper cartridge judging by volume. Sets can be purchased on ebay for very low price. Link below:
7 BLACK Printer Ink with chip fits Canon PGI 5 MP600 MP800 MP830 MX850 eBay

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Jun 06, 2017 • Office Equipment & Supplies

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Canon IP4300 - the two black ink cartridges

No!

The large cartridge is used for text only printing.
The smaller black cartridge is used for black in images such as pictures.

You have a "C (cyan) M (magenta) Y (yellow) and B (black) color system. This actually saves the color inks for you. If the Black was not there, you would need to make a composite black from the color inks.

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Jan 31, 2010 • Canon PIXMA iP4300 InkJet Photo Printer

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I have a Canon MX850, I don't understand why my big black ink cartridge is full and it uses only the small one, how can I change to use the big one?

The printer use big PGI-5bk cartridge to print documents and text.When you print photos or some other pictures printer use small CLI-8bk cartridge because this cartridge has a photo ink.If you print text and it print blank page that mean the nozzle on PGI-5 cartridge is clogged.Try cleaning test on maintenance menu on printer.

Oct 29, 2009 • Canon PIXMA MX850 Multifunction Printer

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How do I direct my Canon ip4300 Printer to no longer print from the normal black 5BGBK cartridge (empty) but to print from the 8BK (full)

You can't because CLI-8Bk ink cartridge is use only for photo printing.For text, document or gray scale printing the printer use PGI-5Bk.You need to replace your empty PGI-5Bk.

Oct 19, 2009 • Canon PIXMA iP4300 InkJet Photo Printer

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Canon MX850 Large Black Ink Cartridge - PGI-5BK problem

Just bought new MX318 one chamber gets finished after a few pages. No indicator for finished ink. One compartment of Ink cartridge looks empty the other still full. Tried cleening process but no improvement. Replaced Cartridge but it seems to behave the same as the first after a few prints.

Aug 03, 2009 • Canon PIXMA MX850 Multifunction Printer

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Canon MX850 willnotprint from Large Black Ink Cartridge - PGI-5BK

Ink Carts do act finicky at times. Especially Canon carts.
In many cases, the ink carts have a small fuse built into the back of the cartridge that opens up if the cart has been removed for any reason. Replacement Carts come with the fused portion reset, thus when you insert it into the printer, it works great. If the cart is FULL, it still may not be observed as full or new by the Printer itself. Best way is to use a new cart, not necessarily a Canon Brand. Use an inexpensive company like
https://www.carrotink.com/canon-pgi-5-cli-8-combo-10-pack-ink.html

Feb 15, 2018 • Canon PIXMA MX850 Multifunction Printer

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I have the Cannon Pixma mp620 and I am getting ready for my first ink cartridge change. I am a little confused. There is a small black ink cartridge and a large black ink cartridge. The large blk ink...

The small black ink cartridge is the photo black cartridge. If you're not printing any photos that's why it is still full.

Mar 05, 2009 • Canon PIXMA MP620 All-In-One InkJet...

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Black ink cartridges

Make sure you are not printing with "photo" settings. Reset to defaults from the preferenceies, select plain paper. See if that solves it.

Nov 13, 2008 • Canon PIXMA MX850 Multifunction Printer

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5 PGBK vs. 8BK ink cartridges

No there is no way you can adjust it just to use the small black. When copying greyscale or printing greyscale it will use the big black, When printing colour it will always use the small black so there is no way around it!

sorry, hope this helps

Oct 14, 2008 • Canon PIXMA MP830 All-In-One InkJet...

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For a try you may set your text page as using photo paper in the printer driver.
The small black is only used for photographs and it may fool the printer.

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