[HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni] Stopped printing black ink documents when Magenta toner finished

Hi there,
I have a HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni.
I just printed about 200 pages of black ink documentation. The black ink cartridge is still about 38% full.
Although none of these printouts involved colour, the printer started flashing the message: "Replace magenta cartridge".
Since then, it would no longer print. Again, I am only attempting to print black ink docs, and I even tried turning off the colour print option to no avail.
The printer queue on my macbook shows the doc as 'printing' and 'sending', and then it disappears, with nothing happening on the printer itself.
If I push the 'X' button on the printer, it says 'cancelling print' or something like that.
Is there any way around the problem of the printer not printing anything once one of its cartridges runs to empty, even though the printjob does not need that colour cartridge?
Thank you!
Steve

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My printer ran out of magenta toner, but all I want to do is print in black ink (which I have plenty of).
Can anyone please help me?

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