Canon BJC-50, User Manual

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Color and cost
Printing in color costs more than printing in black ink only. To reduce the cost of color printing,
follow these guidelines:
z When printing monochrome images, install the Black BJ Cartridge BC-10.
z When printing spreadsheet-type graphs, choose coloured hatch patterns instead of solid colors.
Hatch patterns typically use less ink and look just as good as solid colors.
z Use lighter colors that use more white space; for example, pink instead of red. Although white
is a color, the printer does not produce white ink; it uses the color of the paper as white.
z
Avoid using full-color backgrounds. For color presentations that do contain a full-color
background, print the background for the final output only, not for drafts.
Some software applications allow you to print several pages of data on one page in condensed size. If
available, use this mode for printing multiple pages quickly at a lower cost.
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