Printing colour when black is empty

HI,
I was wondering if anyone can help me.
Just got an all in one 2540 HP inkjet.
I ran out of black ink late Staurday and the stationary store was sold out. I decided I would just print my document in colour as the cartridge is completely full. I eited the document content to be a blue colour instead of black and tried to print. No luck, just blank paper emerged.
I tried the edit settings, but unfortnately I can see option of choosing black, black draft, but no option to select colour printing ot colour cartridge only as my last printer had. There was the option of default settings, which I tried and unchecked the black check box, but still no success... The pages "print" blank.
I am using a mac with ox 10.9.4.
How do I tell the printer to print from the colour cartridge?
AND/OR
Is it possible to print when one of the cartridges is empty even though the other is completely full?
Thanks in advance.
Zane

The printer will use color ink to make black if you select glossy photo paper as the media type in the driver. You can also remove the black cartridge completely and print in single-cartridge mode as described in page 43 of the user manual here.
If the pages still come out blank I would suggest re-installing the black cartridge and then running through the troubleshooting steps in the document here.
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