Printing in black & white if desired?

Greetings to all...
I have a Canon Pixma Multifunction printer..it's one of the 3 currently being offered by Apple. (It's the middle one pricewise)..
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to print in black and white when I don't want to waste color ink...I know in Windows there is an easily accessible "print in grayscale" option for most printers...
Is there not such a thing in OS X?
Thanks for any assistance..

When you select File > Print, change the print menu to 'Quality & Media'. In here you should see 'Print Mode: Grayscale Printing'.

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