Why your printer needs magenta just to print in black and white?

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I get printers are way advanced now… but why do I need color(magenta) to simply print in black and white.

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The “black” that gets printed often has a magenta in it to enrich the color and make it seem darker.

You *should* be able to go into the print settings somewhere and force it to print greyscale, but some manufacturers (IME particularly for inkjets) don’t allow this with their default drivers.

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