I only want my HP Office Jet Pro 8600 Plus to print in black and white

I have an HP Office Jet Pro 8600 plus and I only need it to print out word documents and do not need color. For some reason the printer requires me to refill my yellow ink in order for me to print a document in greyscale. How can I change the settings so this doesn't occur?

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Please follow the steps of this document:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Officejet-Pro-8600-e-All-in-One-Printer-series---N9/4322915/m...
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Hi @powwow63 ,
I see that you are having issues with sending faxes, you have to disconnect the line in Ext 2 to be able to send a fax.
I can help you with this.
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Hello rachelhuver,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
Regarding the issue connecting to the Officejet Pro 8600 Plus's Embedded Web Server to change the Email used for Scan to Email, I would like to see if I can help.
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Touch Setup
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On with no security (I suggest)
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I understand that you are wondering how to turn off the color printing, when most of the time you want only Black. I am happy to help!
Please see this guide. An 'Ink Alert' or 'Low on Ink' Message Displays on the Computer or Printer Control Panel. Scroll down the page and look for printing with black ink only.
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Hi,
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You're going to have to access your routers admin pages and check the DHCP address range. This is the 'automatic' IP that it hands out to your devices. IP for your router are typically 192.168.1.2 thru .254. 192.168.1.1 is typically reserved for the router itself. Set the DHCP range to 192.168.1.100 thru .254. This now leaves static IP's 192.168.1.2 thru 192.168.1.99. Set the printer to something like 192.168.1.10.
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