PhotoSmart printer 7520 has life of it's own

My PhotoSmart printer 7520 makes noises and sounds like it is completing some printing or action command very frequently at night when we aren't using it. What is it doing and why? It makes the exact sounds as when we are printing. It is wireless.
This is a new computer(install less than a month) and the smaller black ink cartridge is already empty. It ony gets casual usage by 2 people, and we don't print in color. How can switch the printer to only use the large black cartridge?

Hi,
On your printer, press the wrench on the screen and choose preferences. You can scroll down and choose a couple of things. I've set ours to go into Energy Saving mode at 5 minutes and have the Printer Effects volume set to soft. We don't hear any printer activity at night.
To print in Black only, click on start and choose Devices and Printers. Right click on your printer and choose Printing Preferences. Choose the "Color" tab, and select "Print in Grayscale", choose Apply, choose Ok.
This should force the printer to use the black only cartridge. When printing in color again, you would need to go back into Printing Preferences to take the check out of grayscale.
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