Draft Print Quality - HP 5180

[lionsnwings]

I have an HP 5180 printer and want to set the print quality to draft to save on ink when printing maps, forms or other items that I don't need good quality on.

Is this possiable? I have searched the HP website and have followed the directions, but quality opiton is not listed in page setup.

 

[eshroom]

This applies to all HP printers one is likely to use in the home or office (professional printers I don't know about).

Essentially you have to choose quality when you choose to print a document. It's a shame you can't set automatic quality in the utility.

See link below.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...cc=ca&dlc=en&docname=c00236210&printable=yes&

PS I wouldn't normally reply to a thread this old, however since I googled the topic and this thread came up second others may find the answer helpful!

 

[katorga]

5180 and black & white

This is probably a dumb question, but does grey scale on the 5180 only use black ink?

I noticed that there appears to be no setting to force the printer to print black and white mode (at least that I can find) for those times I don't want to burn color ink. Grey scale is the only option.

 

[pdiasdasilva]

And others did find it useful! Thanks a lot eshroom, I was a bit puzzled about how to do it.