Grey scale

nimbo

Hi,

I have just set up my new printer - whoo hoo it works - however I cannot for the life of me remember how to set it to conserve ink...

answers on a post card please - and many thanks.

PS I did a quick search but got nothing that I needed back.

Any help greatly appreciated.

My PC runs on I think Vista??????

westferret

Normally something called print quality or similar. It depends of what printer you have

Apples2

Press the "ink conservation" button, normally green.

alternatively, throw us a bone and tell us the model number of the printer.

nimbo

sorry I thought it might be a print property from the PC that I needed to do...

it's an Epson SX425W.

davb

Look for the print quality under the printer settings on the PC and set it to draft.

Apples2

Grey scale is detailed here (for win7)

http://www.epson.co.uk/Store/Printers-and-All-in-Ones/Epson-Stylus-SX425W/Drivers-Support?target=article&extn=.html&articleId=1409

1. Open the printers folder.
   • Windows 2000/XP: Click Start > Control Panel. In Control Panel, open Printers, Printers and Faxes, or Printers and Other Hardware.
   • Windows Vista: Click Start > Control Panel. In Control Panel, select Printer from under Hardware and Sound (Category View). If Control Panel is in 'Classic View', double-click on Printers.
   • Windows 7: Click the start button and then click on Devices and Printers. Alternatively, type device in the Start Search box and press Enter or click on Devices and Printers.
   • If you require help with this step, see the following Related Article: How to open the Printers or Printers and Faxes folder in Windows
   
   
2. Right-click your Epson printer icon and left-click on Printing Preferences.
3. Printing Preferences should open on the Main tab. Follow the instruction which matches the layout of tabs at the top of the printer driver window:
   • 'Main', 'Paper', 'Layout', 'Utility' tabs: Under Ink, click in the radial beside Black and click OK.
   • 'Main', 'Page Layout', 'Maintenance' tabs: Click on the Advanced button located in the bottom right-hand corner. Click 'Continue' if prompted.
   • 'Main', 'Advanced', 'Page Layout', 'Maintenance' ('Shortcuts') tabs: Click on the Advanced tab.
     'Black Ink Only' or 'Grayscale' is on the left of this screen. Click into this check box to tick it and click OK to save these settings.
     
     
     
     Note:
     • Any changes made in this manner i.e. entering the Properties via the printers folder, will be saved as the default settings unless changed. If you want to print in colour in the future, you will have to revert the changes.
     • For help with resetting the printer driver to the default settings, see the following Related Article: How to change or reset the default printer driver settings (Windows)
     • Any changes made in the printer Properties/Printing Preferences via an application you are printing from will be for that print job only or only for that session in the application. Subsequent prints will use the default printer driver settings unless these are changed again.

Spank

Download & install Preton ink saver http://www.preton.com/ you can choose how much ink to save/quality of finished print your self