How to print using only the color cartridge?

Question

My printer ran out of black ink, but the color cartridge still has a lot of ink. I want to print using only ink from the color cartridge. I used to be able to do this using advanced printer settings of the printer driver in Windows 7. I was wondering if and how it can be done using Ubuntu. I'm also new to Ubuntu,so I have no idea how to fiddle around with advanced settings.

My printer is a Canon iP2770 inkjet.

Solution

1. Open up the Printers utility.

2. Right click on your printer and select Properties.

   

3. From the list on the left side, select Printer Options. Then scroll down to the Printer Features Common section and change the Ink Set option to Color.

   

4. Hit Apply. The printer will now print using only the ink from the color cartridge.

Comments

[Admin]

Regardless of system, you could convert your image to contain only colors. This online tool can do that: supertool.org/… (Or you could do this in Photoshop or similar)

[Nathan J.B.]

:( My Ink Set only has None as an option.

[Daniel]

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! While this could be valuable input, it would be more suited to a comment until the concept can be verified for Ubuntu. You can test this on your own by downloading VirtualBox for Mac and installing Ubuntu as a VM.

[Calmarius]

The form is totally different on my PC there is no such setting.