Canon MultiPASSTM C50 manual Controlling Printing Costs

Controlling Printing Costs

Printing in colour costs more than printing in black. To keep your colour printing costs down, follow these guidelines:

JUse Draft mode with the BC-21/21e Colour BJ cartridge or the BC-22/22e Photo Colour BJ cartridge to print drafts. Or use the BC-20 Black BJ cartridge.

JFor graphs and charts, set the ®ll option to coloured hatch patterns instead of solid colours. Hatch patterns require less ink.

JUse lighter colours that incorporate more white space. For example, use pink instead of red. The MultiPASS C50 produces light colours by alternating coloured dots with white (unprinted) dots, and so uses less ink.

JAvoid full-colour backgrounds. If you must use one, do not set the background for colour until you are ready for ®nal printing.

JSome applications allow you to condense several pages of data onto a single page for draft printing.

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