Printing with Black only

My D7560 printer has low color ink levels, but full black ink levels and will not allow any "black only" printing jobs. An error message appears and states to shut down and restart the printer. When following those directions,  the same message appears. Help Please!

What exactly is the error message?
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    This is a duplicate topic with your other post.  I will lock this one, please look here for responses.
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    How  print in black only model 6700?

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