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Black and White Printing

To easily print black and white photos in high quality in Professional Print & Layout, select Black and White Photo for Color Mode.

On Canon PRO series inkjet printers, you can perform black and white printing suitable for black and white photos. In black and white printing, a stable gray balance is achieved since more gray ink and black ink are used compared to color printing, and thus black and white photos are printed with rich gradation and little color shift.

Printing Black and White Photos in Black and White

Print photos shot in black and white or images converted to black and white in image editing software, in black and white, in Professional Print & Layout.

Steps

  1. Prepare a black and white photo.

    Prepare a photo shot in black and white or an image converted to black and white in image editing software.

    Tip

    Adjusting Black and White Photos

    Adjust black and white color tones in Professional Print & Layout. For conversion of data to black and white, brightness adjustment, and other adjustments, use Professional Print & Layout or image editing software.

    Black and White Printing on Canon PRO Series Inkjet Printers

    The black and white printing on Canon PRO series inkjet printers is suitable for printing data whose color space is sRGB. Gradation will be printed smoothly when the color space is set to sRGB at the time of RAW development.

  2. Open image in Professional Print & Layout, and then select Black and White Photo for Color Mode.

  3. Adjust the colors of the photo according to how you want it to look.

  4. Print.

Note

In Professional Print & Layout, when Black and White Photo is selected, images are converted to black and white data suitable for Canon PRO series inkjet printers to perform highly accurate color adjustment. Therefore, the color tones of images cannot be retained. If you want to adjust tones such as Warm Tone and Cool Tone or color tones, adjust them after selecting Black and White Photo in Professional Print & Layout.

Printing Color Photos in Black and White

In Professional Print & Layout, you can print color photos in black and white without turning them into black and white in image editing software.

Select Black and White Photo for Color Mode, and then print.

Printing Monotone Photos

By printing as color photos, you can print images whose colors have been adjusted to a monotone color such as sepia or red in image editing software while retaining the adjusted color tones.
Sepia Blue
Purple Green

Steps

  1. Open image in Professional Print & Layout, and then select Driver Matching for Color Mode.

  2. Print.