[Annalee (OP)]

Well obviously, its quicker to photocopy a document instead of printing a copy, but does a photocopier machine use lesser ink? and why? come on Physics geeks this is your time to shine

[evan_au]

It probably depends what you are printing.
- A photograph (eg a landscape) covers the whole page with ink, for both photocopy and printing
- A text document when printed will just put black where the text is located. But from the examples I have seen, a photocopy will put a light grey background over the entire page (not just on the black text).

What probably matters more is the paper you use. A gloss printer paper will absorb less ink (and your photo will look better).
- Photocopiers seem to use matte paper, so will absorb more ink (but matte paper is cheaper)

[Wishywashy]

It all depends on what quality you print/copy at. The lower the quality, the less ink it will use. However, both modes (print or copy) use about the same amount of ink.

[ZoyaDibirova]

Hi....using a rather ancient Epson C46 printer, rather slow but still works ok. Of late I have noticed that it is using the three colours to print black despite there still being sufficient ink in the Black cartridge. On a previous Epson printer I seem to remember seeing a tab to set the default colour to black but as the screenshot shows, there does not seem to be that option with my current one. Any suggestions please.  Thank you Dave.

[RichardSmith]

I would recommend a photocopy. In my opinion, Copier toner is better than printer toner. I recently bought a SPAM REMOVED. I am satisfied with the product. It's been 1.5 years and I haven't faced a single issue. I recommend you buy a copier machine and copier toner. Hope it helps, thanks!

[Colin2B]

Hope it helps, thanks!

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