TP2 and dual black management

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smogol
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TP2 and dual black management

Post by smogol »

Hello,
Since I installed TurboPrint 2, I noticed that my "color" black cartridge is emptied often than the bigger one.
My question is: how can I setup TP2 to use less of my small back cartridge even if I print in color?

OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Printer : Canon MP540
TP2 version : 2.26-2

Thanks in advance for the answer

Best regards
zedonet
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Re: TP2 and dual black management

Post by zedonet »

Hello,

The Canon MP540 printer (and most other Canon printers that have both "pigment black" and "foto black") use only one of the black inks at a time dependend on the media setting:

plain paper -> larger cartridge with pigmented black (PGI...)

other paper -> smaller cartdridge with foto black (CLI...)

This is defined by printer firmware - the driver can only set the media type.
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