The printer is only printing in gray, not black. I don't have the grayscale checked, color is selected. Any ideas?
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I have not had the same problem. My printer prints great in color and black & white.
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Ha! Mine prints black, but colors are sketchy at best. These printers are fatally flawed and HP views them as disposable. I had to pony up for another printer over a year ago.
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You don't . This printer is notorious for NOT working when printing black. I was sent new printing heads& new cartridges, neither of which solved the problem
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I have not had this problem, when my ink runs low I pick either blk or color to make my copies. The printer has 2 black so it should still work, try pressing the color button to copy.
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Please make sure your printer is set on black and white and color mode. In the on line instructions there is also a nozzle cleaning program you can try. If you get is to print, print a full color photo of some kind and set your printer on photo quality and print at least 5 pictures. This should clear up your issue.Thank you Freddie
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If you do mean can it print with only a black cartridge only, the answer is no. When it prints grayscale it actually uses some colored ink as well. It's annoying because when a color cartridge has a "replace" status you will no longer be able to print in B&W; until you replace that cartridge.
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Most printers can be set up to run in black or grey scale only mode through the printer set up options, but I suspect that the printer will not operate with the units missing. It may run with the color cartridges empty because HP printers often will ask you if you want to continue printing in black or grey scale only if a color cartridge is empty.
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I don't know the answer when you're printing full color, but when you print grey scale or B&W, you can force the printer to use black only (through the print options.)
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When you decide to print, Use the &lt;Control key&gt;, hold it down and press P at the same time. This opens the printer dialog box. Open the printer properties or preferences, click the advanced tab. then place the dot into the greyscale. This allows only "Black Printing".
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Try going into your printer options and checking print in black and white or grayscale when you are printing things that are only text. I think that the printer automatically prints in color mode otherwise, which is why the black CYMK cartridges always run out of ink so fast.
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If the black is not empty, it will print in black even with one of the colors is empty. It seems all ink is expensive. Sell the printer cheap, and make your money off the ink.
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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.
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Why won't printer print in black. Cleaned heads several times and nothing helps. All ink cartridges are over half full. Colors print great, but black won't print. Not an answer, the same question as asked before. Can't find answer to question someone else asked.
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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 is a color priter, but if you set your computer settings to black and white or grayscale it will print that way.
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After some googling, it seems that printing in black won't use the color toner. However, if ANY of the toner runs out, it won't print. I suppose if you just want to print in black most of the time, use the color toner sparingly.
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When the printer will not let me print due to color ink (yellow) being low - I am able to change my printer preferences to print in GREYSCALE and it works!!