can you use printer without colored ink cartridges
1715243
Well, I know you can operate the printer with empty color cartridges and it will still print, I am not sure that it would let you print with them removed.
1715244
No, my XP-600 will not let me do anything until all ink cartridges are installed correctly.
1715245
There is a setting to use black ink only but you do not want to take and leave out color cartridges because it will damage your print head.
1715246
I cannot use my printer without the color ink is possible to make black copies but to print something you need all colors
1015201
Check the end of the box for a listing. If you printer is not there the answer is "No" and, believe me, the printer knows. My printer would not use this box of ink and I wish it would. My printer does not use all these colors.
300438
No. The printer requires that all cartridges be in place to operate; otherwise, you get an error message. And the printer's technology can tell exactly which color cartridge is missing.
1973067
No. It can also print with color carriages as well. It is a color printer after all ... but is that what you meant to ask? You might have meant to ask, "Can it print with only a black cartridge installed?" That's a different question, and I don't know the answer to that one.
1968041
you can but If you are out of color, it won't let you print until you replace the cartridge...even if you switch it to black only.
493950
There is an answer to this question. No. The 8550 does not allow for solo Black printing without the "color ink Cartridges". According to HP there is nothing that can be done. But owners of the HP8550A have experimented. See http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Printing-Questions/Officejet-Pro-8500-How-can-you-print-without-color/td-p/124181/page/5
1855539
Absolutely. You just choose color on the printer options before sending it off to be printed. All color printers can print in black and white. You just need to see if they print black and white separately. Some printers will mix all colors to make black and white printouts, others have a dedicated black and white cartridge or drum. It is more ideal to have a separate unit for black and white as mixing the colors to make black and white eats the levels of ink or toner very quickly. I hope that makes sense.- Damon
1315149
no in my case, I only use my printer to print in black and white and my color cartridges get empty in less than a year and I am unable to print in gray scale, I need a printer that I can use to print only black ink but unable to find a good one.
1315147
No. This printer will ensure you must purchase ink cartridges even if you intend to print greyscale only and even though there is NO COLOR INK needed to print greyscale!
1850564
You can select to print in b/w only or color therefore using the color cartridges less frequently. Comes with a set of color cartridges.
1161250
I too am concerned that my colored ink continues to show that it is being used when we rarely use it. Can we run the MX700 without the color cartgridges installed?
198592
No ink required. This printer uses heat to print on thermal labels. So while you'll save on ink and toner you'll still need to buy the thermal labels
1374179
Yes. The printer comes with black + colors. If you use only black, it will be happy. If you use up the colors, leave the empty color cartridges in place. It will nag you to replace the empty ones but you can ignore that. There are super-size black cartridges available and I suggest you use them for lower cost. I have 2 of these printers used mostly for scanning and printing 11x17 engineering drawings and have no complaints after about 2 years.
2044816
No, the printer needs special sheets of thermal paper, which Brother also sells. The main benefit is there is no need to use any ink cartridges.
1157467
Yes! The HP 60 Black Ink Cartridge will provide color free prints. It is for black print. The Tri-color cartridge is for color prints.
1995258
Short answer: No, not automatically. However, there are clumsy ways to work around it. I leave the empty ($$$) color cartridge in; ignore the constant bitching; and try to print everything B&W, using Print Preferences for my System, WordProcessor or Document. I've had a long battle with this F4480 printer, after having a wonderful relationship with a similar HP 1200 series printer. The 1200 had cartridges that I refilled dozens of times -- it was easy, and low color simply didn't seem to be a problem. Yes, my F4480 constantly complains about the ($60) cartridges being out of ink. Yet I have found almost no way to simply tell it to print everything Black & White. Only deep in my (Mac OS or WORD or Document) Print Set-up options can I set "Draft" and "Print B&W" etc. (by System, Application or by Document). Generally I just ignore the constant complaining about low color ink -- however, printing an occasional document with any color text will not print that text -- often the most critical data (Date and Time, etc). Note: there are several levels of "Clean Print Heads" - all of which waste increasing amounts of precious ink. You can't win with this printer. So yes it's a problem, and a damned nuisance. A salesman suggested trying to install the latest HP Print Drivers (Fooey, I think they're designed to sell ink). Look through all of your Page Setup or Printer Preference Settings (both System-wide, Word-processor, and Document, Etc). Search for any "Black" Settings, either permanent or per document; and WORST CASE: buy a color cartridge now and then, but NEVER use it. &gt;&gt; And tell HP how unhappy you are.
433733
It should print without the others. I have had one of the colors run out and just picked the black print option and I was fine.