How do I use color catridge to print in black?

My black catridge ran out of ink so any tips? My printer is HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2060 K110. When I print a document in black, it's blank. I tried printing a colored page but it's not the same color as the picture and seem to be lacking black.

As described in page 28 of the user manual here, the printer should automatically switch to single-cartridge mode if you simply remove the black cartrdige. There will likely be an error message about the missing cartridge but the color cartrdige will be used to print the black text as well as the color sections.
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