Forcing a printer to print on the color cartridge...

BloodAngel · Post by **BloodAngel** » 2006-05-02 02:07am

Is there a way to temporarily force a printer to print on its color cartridge for black text, instead of using the black cartridge? The reason I'm doing this is because I need to print something out, and I'm all out of black ink.

Thanks.

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2006-05-02 02:09am

Try removing the black cartridge from the printer.

BloodAngel · Post by **BloodAngel** » 2006-05-02 02:20am

Well, the obvious solution works.

Didn't think the printer would want to print without a black cartridge. Thanks again.

Darth Sephiroth · Post by **Darth Sephiroth** » 2006-05-03 02:29am

BloodAngel wrote:Well, the obvious solution works. Didn't think the printer would want to print without a black cartridge. Thanks again.

Well its a solution that doesn't always work, mine won't work without the cartrige in

atg · Post by **atg** » 2006-05-03 02:38am

Well its a solution that doesn't always work, mine won't work without the cartrige in

That's probably because yours is one of the printers that uses the black ink as a coolant as well as an ink. It'll still fire the ink through the printhead even when not using black and can cause some serious damage to the unit via overheating if it does have the ink to do so. Hence the non-printing without the cartridge.