Quality of black and white imagery

I'd like to make a book incorporating some fine art black and white photographs. I remember five or six years ago when Apple started printing iPhoto books that they discouraged submission of black and white imagery because they reproduced poorly. Does anyone have any recent experience making a book using Aperture that incorporates black and white imagery? If so, please comment on pros and cons, especially regarding reproduction of highlight and shadow detail. Thank you.

I created and ordered a B&W softcover book last year. I was very happy with the image quality. Last week I ordered a hardcover of some high quality (39 megapixel camera) B&W images and just emailed Apple for a reprint. The cover (front and back and flap) images are beautiful. Full detail, crisp blacks, etc... But every image inside has a greenish/bluish tint or overcast to it. All specs are correct with the images so I was very, very disappointed.

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My hp officejet pro 8500 a910 does not give me the option of printing in black and white. How do I choose to print in B&W when the option does not show up under properties?
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From the application being used to print, Click File > Print
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Click the Advanced button at the bottom of the window.
Under Printer Features, Click the Print as Grayscale selection box and set as High Quality Grayscale or Black Ink Only.
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Print black and white only, on Hp photosmart 5514.

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Why have you made it so difficult ? Totally pisses me off but i leave that for the feedback section.
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Hi,
Follow the steps below to print using Black Ink only:
1. From the application used to print, click the File menu and select Print. The Print window appears.
NOTE: The Print window might be minimized: Click the Show Details button to see all available settings.
2. To access the color options, click the lowest selection box listed as the name of the program (e.g. TextEdit)
Will appear as Copies & Pages within Microsoft Office applications.
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I have gone through a ton of colour ink just printing black and white documents. Its cost me a fortune and I've worked out that I can get it done cheaper by going to the print shop.
As far as I am concerned this unbelievable. A printer that doesn't give you the option to print using black ink only! And its not advertised or made known in any way. You have to buy the product and then find out later that it does not have a black and white print option. It seems there are a lot of people out there that are unhappy about this, and the "problem" seems to go quite far back. Why haven't Canon responded by adding this feature?! I wont say it here, but I think it must be obvious. Brings to mind the story of housecleaning product manufacturers that increase the size of the closures so that consumers will use more of the product, which is actually wasteful, so as to increase the purchase cycle.
This leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. I'm flogging mine now, and I am done with Canon for good!

How do I set my printer to only print in black and white?

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can help me. I want to be able to print in just black and white on my printer.
My printer is a HP Officejet Pro 6830, and my computer operating system is Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
I do not have an option on my word program that allows me to 'greyscale' or any type of colour option.
Any help would be great, thank you in advance!
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Follow the steps below to print using Black Ink only:
1. From the application used to print, click the File menu and select Print. The Print window appears.
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Will appear as Copies & Pages within Microsoft Office applications.
3. Select Paper Type/Quality from the drop-down menu.
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6. Set the Grayscale Mode as Black Ink Cartridge Only.
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How to print in black and white

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1. I cannot print selected text by right clicking
Whether or not you can print selected text depends on the application, but that is not something you typically see.
2. and , I cannot print anything in Black and white
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Help, I hope I did not make a mistake in getting a Mac.
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