Disable Color Cartridges on M475dn

I'm looking for a way to make sure that color toner is not used for printing Black & White.
I've selected Grayscale in printer preferences, and I've also read that even with that selected it will use color to make a true black & white - this is unacceptable to me.

Hi,
Sorry, I can't see the image (waiting for approvals). Please refer to page #142 of its manual to setup "Black only". You can download the manual from the following link:
   User guide for M475
Regards.
BH
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