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

Question

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

In: Technology

Answer 1

If your printer is a 4-color, you have a black cartridge, and should have a “grayscale” option in the settings that forces it to only use the black cartridge for everything in a print job.