I need to know what the default color settings are

There are settings on the scan mode menu. You can select there default to color.

You need to open the printer properties by right clicking on the icon for the printer in the control panel. Then select the advanced tab and click on the "printing defaults" then click on "color" and select greyscale. This will reduce color use but may no eliminate as it may print some grey scale by combining colors.

Set it to default picture state. Refer its user manual for details. In most cases, the default picture will have more color than normal. Reduce the color intensity, as you like to see.

Hello Gary
On the main copy display your device is probably set to the factory defaults which means that when you press reset the device is in "AUTO COLOR". Touch the "AUTO COLOR" tab on the screen and a drop down menu will show. Select "BLACK AND WHITE". Now press the "ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS"key. Select COPY SETTINGS located at the top right. Scroll down till you see STANDARD SETTINGS and select it. Press STORE. You are fixed!!! Please let FIXYA know I helped. :-) SPINAL

Restoring the factory-set defaults
Restoring the factory-set defaults returns all of the settings to the factory defaults.
To restore the factory-set defaults
1 (LEFT ARROW) or the (RIGHT ARROW) button to select Service, and then press
Use the
(SELECT).
2 (LEFT ARROW) or the (RIGHT ARROW) button to select Restore defaults, and then
Use the
press (SELECT).
The device automatically restarts.

Then you need to change the default settings back to what they were.

To select a specific document to print in color, open the document, Photo, etc, to print, select "print", then select "printing preferences" in the dialog box, select "color". This will print that specific document in color, but the setting will default back to B&W
Now, just FYI,
You absolutely need to set the default color, in your printing preferences - usually to Black and white -to save extra costs. The default setting is ALWAYS color when the driver is installed.. so even if you are printing a word document, the printer will "make" black out of the other colors, thus costing a lot of extra $$. Your settting has apparently been changed appropriately.
This is how it's set the default color should you ever want to change it, "right click" your printer icon in "Printers and faxes" select properties, select "printing preferences", and you will see, in the bottom left corner, the color selector, select "B&W", then select "apply", and close your dialog box. EVERYTHING will now print in B&W, unless you select otherwise, or vice versa if you swith it to color.
I hope that clears it up. Please rate my response

press menu to get to system settings
use > to get to restore default
ok
Eric

you need to set you initial copy screen up as auto colour select then go into copy settings and store them like that.

I am not sure what out of position refers to but if it is a setting in the printer this should fix it.
Restoring the factory-set defaults returns all of the settings to the factory defaults. Restore the factory-set defaults

1. Use the (LEFT ARROW) or the (RIGHT ARROW) button to select Service, and then press (SELECT).
2. Use the (LEFT ARROW) or the (RIGHT ARROW) button to select Restore defaults, and then press (SELECT). The device automatically restarts.
3. Hope this helps

Yes. Any printer's default options can be set as desired. Open the printer's properties (Start/Control Panel/Printers/right click the printer and left click Properties), and change the setting as you wish, then click OK. Those settings should be used each time you use the print command, unless you change the settings for that particular print job.

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Good luck!