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General question not directly Apple related. I use a Canon MG4250 printer and always use genuine Canon ink cartridges. (In the U.K. there is very little saving to be had using non-Canon ink). This printer has 1 x Black ink cartridge and 1 x Multi-Colour ink cartridge. The colour cartridge is now empty again and as I very rarely need to print in colour I have set the printer to Black Only printing. Has anyone on here done the same with their printer? I think I read somewhere, a long time ago, that coloured ink cartridges are depleted even when printing black text documents, is that correct? It is difficult to know if it is less expensive to have both ink cartridges in use all the time or to have just the black setting on. I mainly print black text documents for my own use and occasionally print an old-fashioned letter that needs to go into the postal system!