The following ways can help you reduce ink consumption.

- Reducing the print resolution
- Using Ink Save Mode

The following way can help you reduce colour ink consumption.　

- Printing the document only with Black ink

- Reducing the print resolution
Choosing the lower quality for printing reduces the print resolution. This can help you reduce ink consumption. However please note that the printed result will not be as sharp.

• For Windows Users:
  1. For Windows 2000 users:
     Click Start => Settings => Printers.
     For Windows XP users:
     Click Start => Printers and Faxes.
     For Windows Vista users:
     Click Start => Control Panel => Hardware and Sound => Printers
  2. Click on the printer icon for your machine and choose Printing Preference.
  3. Click the Basic tab.
  4. Choose Fast in the Quality selection.
  5. Click Apply => OK.
     
     
• For Mac OS X Users:
  1. Choose Print Settings from the print box.
  2. Click the Basic tab.
  3. Choose Fast in the Quality selection.

- Using Ink Save Mode
The machine prints the colours lighter and emphasizes the outlines of the images like an example shown below. The amount of ink that is saved varies depending on the type of documents that are printed.

• For Copying
  1. Press the Copy button.
  2. Load your document.
  3. Enter the number of copies you want.
  4. Press up or down arrow key and choose Ink Save Mode.
  5. Choose On.
  6. Press OK. (For touchscreen models, skip this step.)
  7. Press Mono or Colour Colour Start.
     
     
• For PC printing (For Windows users only)
  1. For Windows 2000 users:
     Click Start => Settings => Printers.
     For Windows XP users:
     Click Start => Printers and Faxes.
     For Windows Vista users:
     Click Start => Control Panel => Hardware and Sound => Printers.
  2. Click on the printer icon for your machine and choose Printing Preference.
  3. Click the Advanced tab and check the Ink Save Mode.
  4. Click Apply => OK.

- Printing the document only with Black ink
When you print a black and white document data, if you choose the Colour mode and the media type except Plain Paper, the colour ink is wasted unnecessarily. Because when your documents include colour information even if documents appear in monochrome, the document will be printed in colour, and in addition when your documents include grey-coloured contents, the document may also be printed in colour by colour processing reason.

For more information please refer to the Related FAQs at the end of the page.

To choose Greyscale and Plain Paper, follow the steps below:

• For Windows Users:
  1. For Windows 2000 users:
     Click Start => Settings => Printers.
     For Windows XP users:
     Click Start => Printers and Faxes.
     For Windows Vista users:
     Click Start => Control Panel => Hardware and Sound => Printers.
  2. Click on the printer icon for your machine and choose Printing Preference.
  3. Click the Basic tab.
  4. In the Media Type section, verify that Plain Paper is selected.
  5. Click the Advanced tab.
  6. In the Colour/Greyscale section, verify that Greyscale is selected.
  7. Click Apply => OK.
     
     
• For Mac OS X Users:
  1. Choose Print Settings from the print box.
  2. Click the Basic tab.
  3. Choose Plain Paper in the Media Type.
  4. Click the Advanced tab.
  5. In the Colour/Greyscale section, verify that Greyscale is selected.