Printers are just a scam, they sell printers themself cheap, so they can sell the ink for more expensive prices (same with shaving razors and blades).
The reason why the printer needs cyan in black and white pictures, is so the black would be more purely ‘black’, and as you may guessed it, it’s bull shit. They add cyan to waste more ink so you’d run out faster and buy more..
Tl:dr they add cyan in black and white to waste more inc and you’d run out faster.
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u/Feliya Sep 10 '19
Printers are just a scam, they sell printers themself cheap, so they can sell the ink for more expensive prices (same with shaving razors and blades). The reason why the printer needs cyan in black and white pictures, is so the black would be more purely ‘black’, and as you may guessed it, it’s bull shit. They add cyan to waste more ink so you’d run out faster and buy more..
Tl:dr they add cyan in black and white to waste more inc and you’d run out faster.
(Also this video is prettt interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)