Question? How to print B&W only on a canon W8400 wide format

[Penvy]

I am trying to print on large vinyl banner a Digital High res B&W photo.
The Canon Poster software is really good for color but were not finding a selection to just print true B&W.
greyscale and monochrome are the only selections we find.

I will keep looking for the black only selection, we have to keep stopping the print because the printer is trying to use color
and were wasting a lot of expensive banner material.

What we were told to do by Canon techs is to select the synthetic paper selection to print banners on the vinyl banner media.

It should be a simple process to do this but no luck so far.
Thats as clear as I can be on this.

A freaking RIP !!! should not be necessary

[V-P]

Get a freaking RIP !!!

When you select "photo paper" the printer WILL USE more than BK to print black.

[Penvy]

Thanks T,
The main idea is a real b&w photo printed just like the photo in true B&W, black PK ink
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[teckat]

so u mean Full Color Black ??

The Suitable Black Ink for Media
-You can select either photo black ink or matte black ink as the printer black ink to use. The two types of black ink differ in their suitability for different media types, and in their
characteristics. Carefully examine the print frequency by media type and the print application before selecting the type of black ink to use.

If you print with the black ink that is not suited to the type of media, this can cause unsatisfactory results in printing and foul the media or printer with ink


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Black Ink Types and Characteristics
Photo Black (Bk) Ink (BCI-1421Bk)
This ink has excellent gloss and black density for glossy media and proof media. Nearly all types of media can be printed, including glossy media.
Matte Black (MBk) Ink (BCI-1441MBk)
This ink has excellent black density for standard paper, fine art media, and matte media. It cannot be used for glossy media.

Color Adjustments
Open the printer driver dialog box from the Print dialog box of the application.
Confirm that the Main sheet is displayed.
On the Main sheet select Color Mode >> then Color
Color Mode presents these following items for selection.
Important
**Monochrome (Photo) can be selected for Color Mode
only if one of the following types of paper is selected:
Glossy Photo Paper/Semi-Glossy Photo Paper/ Heavyweight Glossy Photo Paper/Heavyweight
Semi-Gloss Photo Paper/Fine Art Photo/Fine Art Heavyweight Photo/Fine Art Textured/Japanese Paper Washi
Color Mode--------- Content
Color Prints---------- in color.
Monochrome (Photo):Provides stable monochrome photo printing with minimal tone change
and enables detailed adjustment of gray scale gradations and color tones.
Monochrome Prints------ in monochrome.
Solid Color----------------Printing is limited to colors only. Use to print sharply thinly-colored fine lines.
Black Only---------------All colors other than white are printed black.

-Select Manual Color Settings then click the Color Settings button.
Manual Color Settings are enabled when Color,Monochrome (Photo), or Monochrome is selected
for Color Mode.
The Color Settings dialog box opens.
Confirm that the Color Adjustment sheet is displayed, then click the Object Adjustment... button.
The Object Adjustment dialog box opens.
Select the item that you want to adjust: Image, Graphics, or Text.
Note that for this printer driver all the items (Image, Graphics, Text) are selected as the default settings.
Click the OK button to close the Object Adjustment dialog box.
Drag the slide bar for the custom settings to the left or right to perform adjustment.
Alternatively, click the arrow buttons in the field for entering values, or enter the value directly, to perform adjustments.
Color Adjustment presents the following items for selection.
Color Adjustment----------Content
Cyan,Magenta,Yellow----------You can calibrate the hues for Cyan,Magenta,Yellow-
Brightness----------Adjusts brightness from the darkest to brightest colors so none are lost in
the brightness of the printed image.
Contrast----------Adjusts the relative contrast from brightest to darkest colors.
Saturation----------Adjusts the vividness of colors from dull to extremely vivid.
Gray Tone Adjustment----------Adjusts grayscale from cool colors (blue tones) to warm colors (red
tones).

As you change each item, the image of the Preview on the left changes to reflect the adjustment. The
Original shows the appearance of the initial settings, and the Preview reflects the current settings.
Even after the settings have been changed using the Color Adjustment sheet, if the Manual Color
Settings check box is not selected, the Color Adjustment sheet settings will be disabled. If you do
not want to adjust the colors, un-check the check box.

Click the OK button to close the Color Settings dialog box.

[Penvy]

What I am getting is blue shades or purple
Canons poster software or Adobe photoshop, or pdf
I an looking to print real B&W Only

Greyscale or monochrome just give blueish or purple tone.
Just pure b&W pictures
Thanks
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