The following methods can help you to reduce ink consumption.

- Reducing the print resolution
- Using Ink Save Mode

The following method can help you reduce colour ink consumption.　

- Printing the document only with Black ink

- Reducing the print resolution
Selecting a 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. Open Printing Preferences. (Click here to see the details of how to open Printing Preferences.)
     
     
  2. Click the Basic tab.
     
     
  3. Choose Fast for the Quality option.
     
     
  4. Click Apply => OK.
     
     
• For Mac OS X Users:
  
  
  1. Choose Print Settings from the print box.
     
     
  2. Choose Fast in the Quality selection.

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

• For PC printing (For Windows users only)
  
  
  1. Open Printing Preferences. (Click here to see the details of how to open Printing Preferences.)
     
     
  2. Click the Advanced tab and check the Ink Save Mode.
     
     
  3. Click Apply => OK.

- Printing the document only with Black ink
When you print a black and white document, if you choose the Colour mode or any media type except Plain Paper, the colour ink will be wasted unnecessarily. When your documents include colour information, even if the document appears in monochrome, the document will be printed in colour, in addition when your documents include gray-coloured contents, the document may also be printed in colour due to the colour processing.

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

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

• For Windows Users:
  
  
  1. Open Printing Preferences. (Click here to see the details of how to open Printing Preferences.)
     
     
  2. Click the Basic tab.
     
     
  3. In the Media Type section, verify that Plain Paper is selected.
     
     
  4. Click the Advanced tab.
     
     
  5. In the Colour/Grayscale section, verify that Grayscale is selected.
     
     
  6. Click Apply => OK.
     
     
• For Mac OS X Users:
  
  
  1. Choose Print Settings from the print box.
     
     
  2. Choose Plain Paper in the Media Type.
     
     
  3. In the Color/Grayscale section, verify that Grayscale is selected.