DCP-185C

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting
  • Date: 04/06/2014
  • ID: faq00002015_002

When selecting grayscale printing in the printer driver, does this use only the black ink or all the ink cartridges to produce the grayscale image?

It depends on the following conditions:

Paper Type Setting

Machine Operation Mode

 

 

B/W PC Printing Mode

 

Plain Paper  Black
Inkjet Paper  Cyan + Magenta + Yellow + Black
Brother BP71 Photo Paper/  
Brother BP61 Photo Paper/
Other Photo Paper  		 Cyan + Magenta + Yellow
Transparencies Cyan + Magenta + Yellow
Slow Drying Paper   Cyan + Magenta + Yellow + Black

 

 

       

 

B/W Copy Mode

 

Plain Paper    Black
Inkjet Paper    Black
Brother BP71 Photo Paper/  
Brother BP61 Photo Paper/
Other Photo Paper    		 Cyan + Magenta + Yellow
Transparencies  Cyan + Magenta + Yellow

 

 

 

B/W Fax Reception Mode

 

Plain Paper Black
Inkjet Paper Black
Brother BP71 Photo Paper/  
Brother BP61 Photo Paper/
Other Photo Paper    		 Cyan + Magenta + Yellow

 

   


 

 

The machine uses color ink to clean the ink jet nozzles.
Refer to the Related FAQ at the end of the page for detail of "Cleaning" and "Grayscale Printing".

 

 


 

Related FAQs

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