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I have windows 7 and HP Officejet Pro 8600 n911a Printer. When the color inks depleted I could still print w/black tho had to click on permission stuff. Now that the black ran out and I have replaced it with a new cartridge it will not print in black only. These are expensive inks (what else is new????) so cannot afford to replace all at once. Instructions say in one place that I can print with one or more empty cartridges. another place says I cannot do this. I was able to print just black only as stated above but now I cannot do so after replacing the black cartridge and the 3 color are empty. How do I print now with just the black ink only?????? Otherwise I have to wait a month or more before affording the color replacement cartridges.
Thank you.

traci610 wrote:
If anyone has a better solution then buying the color cartridges just to print in black, please let me know.
"In HP IIC systems, all supplies are required to be installed in the printer for the printer to function." This information comes from the document on how ink is used in HP inkjet printers, found here. Alas, there is no other solution.
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