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HP Photosmart - Out of color, but only need black. Can I?

My HP C6180 is out of magenta, but I only need to print in black. I went to properties and selected grayscale w/black cartridge only, but it still tells me that it cannot print until magenta cartridge is replaced. Is there any way around this? Thanks in advance for any help!

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  • Anonymous Feb 12, 2009

    I have the same problems, any of the colour ink are dried up the would not print in black. HP should be able to answer our problems.

  • Anonymous Feb 12, 2009

    i tell it to print in gray scale all the time thinking it was using the black cartridge - I checked my cartridge levels this morning and the colors are almost empty, but black is FULL.

  • Anonymous Feb 13, 2009

    my hp only prints in black and green photosmartc6180 all in one.

  • Anonymous Apr 03, 2009

    I have the same problem. No color in one cartridge, All I want to do is print in black. This unit is costing a fortune each time we have to print jobs.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    My wife has the same type of problem. As far as I know You can not print in only black if one of your colors is empty.

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