If I run out of ink in the color cartridges will it run using just the black cartridge. Reason is I mostly print in black text not using color a lot.
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If you mainly print in black text, buy yourself a small Samsung or similar LASER printer. They cost around $60 and will print much faster and much cheaper than an ink-jet printer. The LASER per-page cost for text is about 1/10th to 1/20th of an ink-jet. One toner cartridge is good for 1000 or more pages. The Canon excels in the printing of color photographs or greeting cards. Running out of color and continuing to print may damage the printer. Another option is a Brother All-in-One LASER printer that also scans. It only prints in black or shades of grey, but scans color images. You should be able to find one for under $120 that would make a great partner to your iX6520 printer. If you mainly print in black text, buy yourself a small Samsung or similar LASER printer. They cost around $60 and will print much faster and much cheaper than an ink-jet printer. The LASER per-page cost for text is about 1/10th to 1/20th of an ink-jet. One toner cartridge is good for 1000 or more pages. The Canon excels in the printing of color photographs or greeting cards. Running out of color and continuing to print may damage the printer. Another option is a Brother All-in-One LASER printer that also scans. It only prints in black or shades of grey, but scans color images. You should... » Read More If you mainly print in black text, buy yourself a small Samsung or similar LASER printer. They cost around $60 and will print much faster and much cheaper than an ink-jet printer. The LASER per-page cost for text is about 1/10th to 1/20th of an ink-jet. One toner cartridge is good for 1000 or more pages. The Canon excels in the printing of color photographs or greeting cards. Running out of color and continuing to print may damage the printer. Another option is a Brother All-in-One LASER printer that also scans. It only prints in black or shades of grey, but scans color images. You should be able to find one for under $120 that would make a great partner to your iX6520 printer. « Show Less
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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.
518388
If you mainly print in black text, buy yourself a small Samsung or similar LASER printer. They cost around $60 and will print much faster and much cheaper than an ink-jet printer. The LASER per-page cost for text is about 1/10th to 1/20th of an ink-jet. One toner cartridge is good for 1000 or more pages. The Canon excels in the printing of color photographs or greeting cards. Running out of color and continuing to print may damage the printer. Another option is a Brother All-in-One LASER printer that also scans. It only prints in black or shades of grey, but scans color images. You should be able to find one for under $120 that would make a great partner to your iX6520 printer.
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The printer actually has 2 blk cartridges. I was told one is pretty much there just for text printing. The other one is part of the photo printing process. I only print photos.
1717808
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.
1160730
Yes, and no. When it gets low, you get multiple warnings on the printers color touch panel and your computers printing software. You are given the option to ignore and it will continue to print - however once any cartridge is really out, it will not print. The one exception is B&W. If a color cartridge is out, you can force print in B&W only - but this works only for so long - once two carts are very low or out - you will no longer be able to print. We always keep 1 spare of every cartridge, just in case - but let it run as low as possible, warnings and all. This really is a good office printer.
495460
Won't do it. You have to replace the color ink and then it will work till the black runs out. Then replace the black etc. This seems to be a problem to some people but no big issue to me. I can deal with that small issued knowing my prints are waterproof and the ink is a lot cheaper than most.
1995263
It will not. You can set it to print black only if you have a low color cartridge or color only if you have a low black cartridge but it requires both cartridges to run and will not print at all if one of them runs empty.I have had some bad experiences with this model. If you don't have it already, I wouldn't invest in it. Just a suggestion.
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My cartridges have not run out yet, but I'd bet that if you specify Auto/Color, then it would not work because there is no color available. If you specify (from whatever machine you're printing from) that you want Black, then it should work fine. That's how other printers have worked for me.
304836
This printer will no longer print if it runs out of one ink. I have the printer and have experienced it.
433733
It should print without the others. I have had one of the colors run out and just picked the black print option and I was fine.
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.
1121932
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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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.
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Yes. It only prints in black. The reason I got this is because if u print in black most of the time u use less ink versus the multi-color printers. Multi-color printer uses all colors even if u are printing in black only, therefor ink runs out quicker and its a bigger expense. Hope this helps.
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Reading customer elsewhere and on Hp support forum, I discovered that the printer will not print in black if any of the color cartridges is out of ink - all cartridges must have ink for this printer to work. See HP Support Forum response here : http://tinyurl.com/n2f32uy .
1114770
No. It will not. It has been our experience that if you have to replace one, you will have to replace all of them at the same time in order to print. It will not print "in black ink only" if a color is low/depleted. So, if you print mostly with black ink. I would highly recommend buying the smaller color cartridges and the XL black.
1916940
Nope. That's why I hate this printer. Once you run out of color ink, all functionality eventually ceases - can't print in black, can't copy with black, can't even scan (which is perhaps the most amazing of all). Epson software allegedly lets you print with just black, but eventually all those methods stop working.
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I believe only the black ink cartridge is XL with the idea that most printing will be done using the black ink. Better chance all the cartridges will get low on ink around the same time, possibly. For the price, (all ink for printers seems to be expensive), it would be nice if they were all XL.
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Yes. But when you run out of color inks you cannot print just black. You have to replace color cartridges even if you don't use them in order to print black. I gave up that nonsense and I bought an only black printer. I go to Kinko's when I occasionally need color prints. Good luck and happy new year.