does it print black and white if color cartridge is empty
269571
Yes it does, but you will still get the error message letting you know to change the cartridge.
269572
It will use both cartridges. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoTy;pe=FAQ&oid;=183405&prodoid;=63091352&foid;=192563
269573
Stella, good question! My memory is that when a cartridge begins to get low, there is a warning. I recommend running the cartridge completely until it is indeed out since there is still considerable ink left. Once out, the printer will not let you print. At least that is my memory, however good that is any more. I am on the second printer. The first one ceased to function. I don't recommend Epson on the basis of the issues I have had with this machine. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
1995259
It won't print unless you have both in but just set your preference to black print and even if your trip color is getting empty it should still print for you.
885965
Many printers today come with both a color and black ink cartridge. A printer will only print black ink if there is the only cartridge is the black ink cartridge, the color cartridge has run out of ink, or you select the print option to print either in black and white or grayscale.
229301
While I have not yet tried this scenario, I have the feeling that it will scan when ink is low or empty. It printed with an empty cartridge. It might be different without the cartridge installed, empty or not.
2008526
If you are specifying "grayscale" or "black & White" in the print command, you have right to expect the printer to print it so. If you leave it to s/w to decide whether you need yellow, it won't.
58463
No, if any of the color cartridges are empty it doesn't print black (as in text). It doesn't print anything. p.s. Just happened to notice the black print option on the actually printer, and tried it out (the printing option is the only one that doesn't seem to respond to this option) but copying certainly did. Sorry for the incomplete answer.
997225
Yes it does. It does not copy in color though (since it only prints 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.
25717
I don't know but the printer "decides" that cartridges need to be changed even with little use. We have some of these at our office and they are set to print Black and White only. The printer still forces us to change the color cartridges once in a while.
301649
I do not know how to override the empty cartridge indication. My print allowed me to continue to print until it went empty again. I use 240xl or 241 for my printer
300437
I have run the color toners "low" which means less than 50 copies left per toner. The message now says color toner is low and that the printer will print in black and white. It appears that it will continue to print B&W; as long as the cartridges are left installed but empty.
591403
In my experience, no it doesn't. Also the printer stops working when the cartridges are "shown" to be empty - when in actuality they aren't. There is a way to work around this though. Google this on youtube - for resetting printer cartridges. My cartridges claimed to be empty just two months after I purchased this printer. I reset them and they've been running on the same ones for a few weeks now without a problem.
1264919
There is a black and white printing function, but I have not measured the difference between using that function and not using that function. What I can say is I do very little color printing and I replace the black cartridge 2-4 times before replacing any of the color cartridges.
999430
I can fine no information which says that both cartridges have to be installed to print black and white prints. However, I am thinking that it is probably a good idea to have both cartridges installed. It may well be as Donald Graham suggested, though I cannot verify that.
399287
It is a color priter, but if you set your computer settings to black and white or grayscale it will print that way.
1787228
Yes the printer requires having ALL ink cartridges installed (and none empty) to print, if you run out of a color you cannot print (even in black) until the color cartridge is replaced..
1562438
just remove the color cartridge and answer ok ok ok, ignore warning signs of color out and print on.