Will it still print black &amp; white if the color cartridge is empty?
1887684
Yes it will! Just don't remove the empty tank. Leave both tanks in order for this to work. First you need to go to the control panel and select hardware and devices, right click on your MX522 printer. You should see a drop down menu. You will then select printing preferences. Then a box will appears with tabs at the top you will select the maintenance tab. Then click on Ink cartridge settings. It will give you a choice to print with whatever ink tank you choose. Then just hit ok and then close out the boxes. Not to worry it will not change any setting other than which tank you want to print from. But remember when you do want to add new ink just make sure to go back and change the setting for your printer to print with color again. hopefully this will help you out.
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.
972498
If you place your black catridge in the correct spot and keep the color catridge empty your printer should operate. Mine does. Hope that helps :)
1715243
Well, I know you can operate the printer with empty color cartridges and it will still print, I am not sure that it would let you print with them removed.
1995260
I think is does. You will need an empty color cartridge without ink. Ignore the blinking light and computer notification that the ink is low or out.
1226575
It prints only in black and white - not color. I think :-) I am very happy with mine, if that's any help. FAST and efficient.
25629
Yes. You set your default for grayscale. See your printer manual for exact directions. You can print for approximately 1 month with a missing color cartridge with this setting.
995406
It probably will for a short period until you replace the color cartridge but long use without all cartridges will probably damage the printer. Even when setting your preference to print only black it uses a little of the color cartridge per Epson. I recommend contracting Epson for exact information. I have not run into this situation since mine is still new. Good luck.
1602715
Yes, but you have to specifically select "Gray scale" in the printer properties. The default behavior is to not print when a cartridge is empty. So when my color cartridges went out I just switched to gray scale to continue printing and I have no plans of replacing the color cartridges.
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.
1197336
I have not tried it without the color cartridges. I'm still working with the original ones that came with the printer. Actually, I'm still using the original black cartridge. I've had this printer since Oct. 2014 and print about (20-30) 42"x30" construction drawings a week. Mostly black. Why not just set the printer properties to black only to save the color ink. If you need the color at some point, you'll have it. I'm assuming you don't own this printer, otherwise you could have found out for yourself.
1973070
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.
487377
my printer its not telling me that my cartridge is emptyi just refill when is empty,because it starts printing blank
300438
No. The printer requires that all cartridges be in place to operate; otherwise, you get an error message. And the printer's technology can tell exactly which color cartridge is missing.
1157468
if you tell your printer to print in black and white the black cartrdge is all it will use
2127844
Haven't had this printer long enough to find out, but if it works like any other if one cartridge is empty you will have to replace it before the printer will operate again.
1286033
Not sure, I also print 99% of my plans in black & white. So my color cartridges that came with the printer are still full.