if one of the color toners run out, can you still print in black &amp; white
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Yes, they are independent if inr another. Btw, still love my machine. Just learned how easy it is to print envelopes. Never handwriting another one again!
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Hello, yes, the printer can print both in color and in black and white. Hope this helps. Thanks
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Black and white only. But it turns out that is great for 90% of what I print so I use it as my default printer and have a color inkjet multifunction for when needed. Saves a lot on ink as the toner cartridge lasts for thousands of prints.
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As long as you have black ink, you can make black and white copies. The color cartridge is only needed for color copies. Also, if you don't have a color cartridge and try to print a color copy, it will just come out black and white.
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Yes - but I cannot tell you how many prints I got. Two things - when one of the colors ran out the printer was not responsive even in black and white - bought the new color cartridge and all was fine again. Two - the cost of a new set of cartridges - longer lasting one (2000 copies black and 1400 color) cost nearly as much as the printer and original cartridges. It is a ripoff, but all the copier companies do the same thing (I previously had HP) Hope this helps.
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Yes, if you run out of the colored ink, you must select "grayscale printing" from the print options on your computer, in order to just use the black ink to print. If you don't select "grayscale" it will not print if colored ink is missing.
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It will continue to print color will be degraded due to the missing color. Black will not be affected.
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No. Color laser printers need not only color cartridges, but the harware that allows 4 different colors of toner (3 primaries and black) to be metered separately but applied in one pass. Then the waste of throwing the color cartridge away when the most-used color runs out. Same problem with color inkjets. I now print only in black. For color photos, I email files to CVS or Walgreens and in 1 hour I can pick up ACTUAL 4x6 PHOTOS made on $50,000 machines for 19 cents each
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You can set to print black and white only and it does only use black and white toner, but you have to have color cartridges in the machine for it to work. I don't know if it will keep printing black if out of color toner--I seem to remember that most HP don't allow this. Most laser printers when they do cleaning cycles will use up a bit of color ink no matter what. It's not terribly much, but it can eat away at cartridges over time. They do cleaning cycles when turned on and when waking up. The black toner is also more spendy compared to a black and white only only. We have this for color stuff and a HP N521DN which we use for black and white. The black and white only is twice as fast and the black ink is about 1/3 more economical.
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Watch what you buy. There is only one Black toner, but for the colors, there are two each - a Standard and a High Yield. You'll get a lot less prints with the Standard toners...
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The one thing I love about the HP F380 was that if the color runs out, I CAN STILL PRINT WITH BLACK ! ... Many printers will not print If one cartridge is out (even I only want to print in B&W;)
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No. After it runs out of a certain amount of color ink it will absolutely refuse to print, even with a full new black ink when you are trying to print in just black. It's really a rip off and I don't plan on buying one of these again. Right now I have a complete paperweight until I can afford some color ink, even though I never print in color.
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If you look at the slot your black comes out of, you will see that the black is almost twice the size of the other colors. The way the toners are setup, you can ONLY use one size for each slot. So, the color slots are narrower than the black slot so you get more ink with the black. Hope this helps!! I just love my photo printer!
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Just to clarify any mixed messages you may have received, the answer is "yes" as long as you have the printer set to "Mono" mode. Here is a quote directly from the pamphlet that comes with the printer: "If either the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner reaches the end of its life while printing a color document, the print job cannot be completed. You can cancel your print job and choose to start the print job again in Mono mode, as long as Black toner is available."
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Printing in black only will not use any of the other toner colors, so you can print in black and white just as with any other printer. There are also options for "Mono" printing, so that you can print any document (even color documents) in only black, if you wish.
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You cannot print further. I've tried to print just black but the printer will not allow the setup just black and white. Beware of using aftermarket ink cartridge as the printer is picky. If you must use aftermarket brand to save money, use LD brand ( ldproducts (dot) com).
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just remove the color cartridge and answer ok ok ok, ignore warning signs of color out and print on.