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Black and white images are printing with poor quality. Black areas are printing gray or with color cartridge instead of black. (Bravo II or XR, BravoPro, LX800)

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Black and white images are printing with poor quality. Black areas are printing gray or with color cartridge instead of black. (Bravo II or XR, BravoPro, LX800)

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Black and white images are printing with poor quality. Black areas are printing gray or with color cartridge instead of black. (Bravo II or XR, BravoPro, LX800)

The best print setting for nearly all situations is displayed below. Even black and white images print best with the color cartridge only!

Optimal Disc Publisher II Settings
Optimal BravoPro and LX800 Settings

Setting Ink Cartridge to Monochrome black for black and white images is not usually recommended. The black cartridge is generally meant for black text and in some situations for large solid color black. It does not produce grayscale images well. See the examples of various settings below.

BravoPro Color Cartridge Only
BravoPro Black Cartridge Only

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Views: 6419 Created on: May 24, 2014
Date updated: Apr 12, 2016

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