How do I bypass printing in color when I only need to print black only?

I have an Officejet Pro L7680 running under XP OS. Is there a way to bypass the color feature on the printer so I can print in black only? When ever one of the color cartridges is out of ink I have no printer functions available. Can't print in black only, can't scan or fax. basically the printer is of no use at all if one of the cartridges is empty. From experience with other brand printers, there should be a way to bypass the color feature on the printer so I can at least print documents in black only. HP refuses to help me unless I pay for a service subscription. I refuse to pay for the reasons ever since I purchased these HP products and I have many I have nothing but problems with them all and HP seems to be on no help since day one when I purchased these products. I need to print these documents asap and being a holiday there is no where to purchase a cartridge today. Has anyone experienced this problem and have any solutions other than purchasing a printer from a different company

dohr1,
This is done in the properties window for the printer. There are a few ways to get there.
If you want to get there from the program you are using with Windows click File > Print > select the printer > Properties (may be Preferences, depends on the software being used) > Advanced > click the Print in Grayscale drop down menu and select Black Ink Only then click ok.
The online manual might help also.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03251656.pdf
Click the Kudos on the left side for helping and click Accept as Solution for providing a solution. I work for HP.
Best Regards,
Kenneth

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