can you continue to print with black ink only if the color runs out?
758899
Apparently so. I just had the color run very low. In fact, the color red was completely out. The printer didn't care. It continued to print with the colors it had. I did not try to operate the printer with the color cartridge removed.
17959
I have an older Epson and was wanting to replace it for that very reason. I can't print anything when any color is out. So it says I need to replace the light blue and won't let me print anything until I do. Since I never use color, I'm guessing the blue just dried out. At any rate, I can't figure how to override that and just use black. Maybe it is just an Epson thing, as you said, to get us to buy more ink. I'm with you, I want to keep going until the ink fades and I can really see it is almost out.
1920365
My black ink lasted 4 months before I ran out. and I printed approximately 600 pages. My Brother model has a ink saver mode which I use unless I want a very bold print.
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.
295767
I have run out of one of the color cartridges and it still printed for me, so I would say yes, but installing a new color cartridge is the best bet.
1548853
No and Yes. NO YOU CANNOT print if it is the Black cartridge. The printer prevents all printing if the Black cartridge signals empty. In truth, there is plenty of ink left to use. It's a serious problem and was the subject of a lawsuit which Epson settled in the USA. The PRINTER WILL ALLOW you to continue if one of the COLOR cartridges is out.
518387
If you try an run the printer without some ink in the color ink cartridges the printer will shut down until you get color ink cartridges. Besides you would ruin your ability to print in color because it would dry out your print head. I would not recommend not having some ink in my color cartridgesIt doe have a larger black ink cartridge just for black text printing.
566585
Do I have to always purchased color with the black or can I just purchase black ink only
1074961
Yes. You will be notified that color toner is low, and you can choose to print in black (grayscale) only.
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.
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.
495461
I'm really sorry to break your heart here, but you can't! The design is meant to make customers buy unecessary ink. If you want to print color but dont have black ink, it won't let you either. There is no way to bi-pass. I just recycled this printer and decided to buy a different printer by a different manufacturer. Make sure when you buy a new printer, that it has ability to print black and white or colors independently.
1023608
That depends. If you run out of any color you can't print in black. You have to use Brother ink cartridges or it won't work. I'm very sorry I bought this.
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
1393013
The black and color are separate cartridges so if the color goes empty, you can still print in black, one of the options in the print menu is to print in grayscale if no color ink or if you just want to conserve the color ink.
1420823
No. If you run out of Black ink, the unit will ask you if you want it to mix the color ink to make black.
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.