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Cost and Colour, jobs, use the Black BJ Cartridge BC-80 and the Color BJ Cartridge BC-81.

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Cost and colour Printing in colour costs more than printing in black. To reduce the cost of colour printing, follow these guidelines: s If possible, do not add colour to your graphics (especially fills) until you are ready to print the final version of the drawing. s Instead of fill, you can set the option to fill coloured hatch patterns. Hatch patterns require less ink for printing. s Use lighter colours created with more white space. For example, use pink instead of dark red. The printer does not produce white ink; it creates lighter colours by alternating colour dots and white dots so the lighter colours consume less ink. s Avoid using full colour backgrounds. If you have to use a full colour background, do not set the background for colour until you are ready for the final printing. s Use the primary colours: black, cyan, magenta and yellow. Complex colours like red or blue, require more than one primary colour and consume more ink. s Some software applications allow you to condense several pages of data onto one page for draft printing. If this mode is available, use it for viewing and draft printing to reduce ink consumption. s When the BJ Cartridge is set for Black/Colour printing in the printer driver, install and use the Black BJ Cartridge BC-80 and the Color BJ Cartridge BC-81. s Use the Color BJ Cartridge BC-82 Photo only for special print jobs that require higher quality like colour photographic images. For other print jobs, use the Black BJ Cartridge BC-80 and the Color BJ Cartridge BC-81. s The Ink Optimizer is used only for printing on Plain Paper and is not used for print jobs on special media like Transparencies, High Resolution Paper, and so on. s If you select draft mode for a print job with the Black BJ Cartridge BC-80 installed, the print job will use only the black ink of the Ink Tank BCI-8BK and not the ink in the Ink Optimizer Tank BCI-8WF. 112 Canon BJC-8500 User's Manual

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Canon BJC-8500 User’s Manual
Cost and colour
Printing in colour costs more than printing in black. To reduce the cost of
colour printing, follow these guidelines:
■
If possible, do not add colour to your graphics (especially fills) until you
are ready to print the final version of the drawing.
■
Instead of fill, you can set the option to fill coloured hatch patterns. Hatch
patterns require less ink for printing.
■
Use lighter colours created with more white space. For example, use pink
instead of dark red. The printer does not produce white ink; it creates
lighter colours by alternating colour dots and white dots so the lighter
colours consume less ink.
■
Avoid using full colour backgrounds. If you have to use a full colour
background, do not set the background for colour until you are ready for
the final printing.
■
Use the primary colours: black, cyan, magenta and yellow. Complex
colours like red or blue, require more than one primary colour and con-
sume more ink.
■
Some software applications allow you to condense several pages of data
onto one page for draft printing. If this mode is available, use it for view-
ing and draft printing to reduce ink consumption.
■
When the BJ Cartridge is set for Black/Colour printing in the printer dri-
ver, install and use the Black BJ Cartridge BC-80 and the Color BJ
Cartridge BC-81.
■
Use the Color BJ Cartridge BC-82 Photo only for special print jobs that
require higher quality like colour photographic images. For other print
jobs, use the Black BJ Cartridge BC-80 and the Color BJ Cartridge BC-81.
■
The Ink Optimizer is used only for printing on Plain Paper and is not
used for print jobs on special media like Transparencies, High Resolution
Paper, and so on.
■
If you select draft mode for a print job with the Black BJ Cartridge BC-80
installed, the print job will use only the black ink of the Ink Tank BCI-8BK
and not the ink in the Ink Optimizer Tank BCI-8WF.