Color Mode

[Auto (Color/B&W)]*, [Color], [Black and White]

This setting enables you to set the colour mode you want to specify when printing.

[Auto (Color/B&W)] or [Color]

The machine automatically detects whether the page is reproduced using black (K) only or all four colours: cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K).

[Black and White]

Data is printed in black (K) only, even if the original is in colour.

NOTE
If different colour data is overlaid, the machine may not distinguish colour from monochrome, even if you select [Auto (Color/B&W)] or [Color]. For example, although the printout looks monochrome, if different colour data is overlaid, it is printed in colour mode, thereby using the colour toner cartridges to print, not the black toner cartridge. Furthermore, if the data is created as colour data in the application you are using, it is printed in colour mode, even though the data looks monochrome.

NOTE

If different colour data is overlaid, the machine may not distinguish colour from monochrome, even if you select [Auto (Color/B&W)] or [Color]. For example, although the printout looks monochrome, if different colour data is overlaid, it is printed in colour mode, thereby using the colour toner cartridges to print, not the black toner cartridge. Furthermore, if the data is created as colour data in the application you are using, it is printed in colour mode, even though the data looks monochrome.