If the color ink runs out can you still print B&W?
1717808
I'm not sure . That never happen to me . Ran out of black ink and was able to still print in color. But not sure if it works the other way around.
555335
As far as I know you can't. You have to replace the ink cartridge. Even if you are out yellow and are trying to print in black and white.
17958
The inability to print something when any of the color cartridges is empty may be a difficulty with many (most? all?) color printers these days. I know in the past when one color ran out, I would still be able print something that just used black ink, but that's not possible with my current color ink jet printer (a Brother all-in-one). I do very little color printing, and I find it cheaper though space-consuming to own two printers, the color inkjet and a laser printer for documents that only require black ink.
1327773
It is really difficult to say. While the cartridge is newly installed, it can do about 500 B & W prints in my opinion. But then the ink dries very slowly over a period of time depending upon the heat and humid weather conditions. Regarding color cartridges it is not at all possible to tell. Depends upon size and color nature of the prints. If you can get about 100, consider yourself lucky !
1711758
Color and black and white are two separate cartridges. If you're not printing in color, then the color won't empty.
498335
To be honest, my friend had not run out of any ink so I really don't know, but I suppose you could ignore the message that said ink cartridge needed to replace, and carry on, but I'm not 100% sure, sorry!
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.
999431
When the color ink cartridge runs out it still prints but will not print color content. When the color cartridge is out, the printer will not work.
1283549
Yes, just select black & white when the print selection pops up. Always buy the XXL Ink in B&W; and the color pack. Much cheaper and prints a lot more pages. If U need more on the ink just ask another ?Merry Christmas!Rich
711129
Correct, it stops working. It does not give you the option of printing using the remaining colors. And it doesn't give you much warning before it runs out of ink. Finally, for some reason, Amazon doesn't directly sell the extra-capacity black ink cartridge; it's only offered from Amazon Resellers, so you'll also have to pay for shipping.
2016007
As long as your black ink cartridge has ink, you should be able to print with it. Usually the black runs out before the color though.
1674637
One fault of the printer is when color is empty you CANNOT print either. Must have ink in both in order to print.I usually just print black DRAFT to extend life of ink cartridges. I have 2 printers. I usually use one printer whilemy wife copies with the other printer.
1341712
No. Just the black when black goes out .... but regarding color, lets say the blue goes out then you may have to replace the whole darn color cartridge ... which defeats Kodak's claim at being "easy on ink and easy on your wallet.
546116
No. It warns you when one of the cartridges is getting low, but when that cartridge runs out it won't print at all.
455735
My cartridges have not run out yet, but I'd bet that if you specify Auto/Color, then it would not work because there is no color available. If you specify (from whatever machine you're printing from) that you want Black, then it should work fine. That's how other printers have worked for me.
1558358
I have run out of ink for all three color cartridges (two colors at one time on one instance) and the printer continued to print black and white documents.
1225122
You can change the Color or B&W settings on any printer. Cntl+P Select a printer you wish to use and click Preference Click the Paper/Quality tab and there will be the color option. Selected Black and White and clicked OK Another window may pop out say Incapable Printing Settings, just select "Resolve all conflicts for me automatically." and click OK. If a color ink cartage is out of ink and didn't set it to B&W, it will still try to print it in color and end up with a discolored and faded image on the sheet.