Set to print black from colour cartridge

Click on Printer & Faxes in the Control panel. Right click on your printer icon. On the drop down menu click on properties. You will see many Tabs relating to your Printer. One of them will be Maintenance Tab Click on it and on the page which opens do the needful.

To solve the problem follow the mentioned stages bellow:
1.Click start, then printer and fax icon
2.click maintenance tab, then clic ink cartridge setting
3. Select auto dedection or Black and colour cartridge.
Then cloge all.
Thank you.

Hi,
Please follow the instructions below from Cannon support page...

Setting the Ink Cartridge When printing, you can specify which ink cartridge to use. This is convenient if one of the ink cartridges becomes empty, you can continue printing by specifying the ink cartridge that still has ink. Note:

• When the following settings are configured, Black Only is disabled. The color ink cartridge is used to print.

• A type of paper other than Plain Paper is selected for Media Type on the Main tab.
  
• Borderless Printing is checked on the Page Setup tab.

• Canon recommends that you use the ink cartridges installed in the printer and not remove them until the ink runs out.

You can set the Ink Cartridge Settings from the Maintenance tab in the printer driver.
To access the printer driver from the application software, click here.
To access the printer driver from the Printers folder, click here.
Application Software -
Note: Depending on the application software, command names or menu names may vary and there may be more steps. For details, refer to the user's manual of the application software.

1. Select the command you perform printing on the application software in use. In general, select 'Print' on the File menu to open the Print dialog box.
   
   
2. Select your printer model name and click 'Preferences' (or 'Properties'). The printer driver setup window appears.
   
   
3. On the Maintenance tab, click the 'Ink Cartridge Settings' icon.
   
   
   
   
4. On the Ink Cartridge Settings window, check the 'Ink Cartridge' drop-down to see what it is it set to.
   
   
   
   
5. To change Ink Cartridge to Black Only, click the 'Ink Cartridge' drop-down and select the option.
   
   
   
   
6. Click 'OK' on the Ink Cartridge Settings window.
   
   
7. Click 'OK' or the applicable button to print.

Printers Folder -

For Windows 7

• Click the 'Start' button from the bottom left of the Windows screen, and then click on 'Devices and Printers'.
• Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Printing Preferences' from the menu that appears.
  

For Windows Vista

• Click / Select 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, 'Control Panel', 'Hardware and Sound', and then click on 'Printers'. Note: If you are in 'Classic' view, click 'Printers' directly from the 'Control Panel'.
• Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Preferences' from the menu that appears.
  

For Windows XP Home Edition

• Click / Select 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, 'Control Panel,' 'Printers and Other Hardware,' and 'Printers and Faxes.'
• Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Preferences' from the menu that appears.

For Windows XP Professional Edition

• Click 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, and 'Printers and Faxes.'
• Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Preferences' from the menu that appears.

For Windows 2000

• Click / Select 'Start' from the bottom left of the Windows screen, and 'Settings,' then 'Printers.'
• Click your right mouse button on the listing for your printer, and then select 'Properties' from the menu that appears.

1. Click the Maintenance tab. (The Maintenance window opens.)
   
   
   Note: The layout varies depending on the printer and version of Windows you are using.
   
   
2. On the Maintenance tab, click the 'Ink Cartridge Settings' icon.
   
   
   
   
3. On the Ink Cartridge Settings window, check the 'Ink Cartridge' drop-down to see what it is it set to.
   
   
   
   
4. To change Ink Cartridge to Black Only, click the 'Ink Cartridge' drop-down and select the option.
   
   
   
   
5. Click 'OK' on the Ink Cartridge Settings window.
   
   
6. On the Printing Preferences window, click 'Apply'.

Go to printer properties...select Maintenance tab, select ink cartridge setting, then select "Black only"

1. Select 'Print' on the File menu of your application to open the Print dialog box.
   
2. Select your printer model name and click 'Preferences' (or 'Properties'). The printer driver setup window appears.
   
3. On the Maintenance tab, click the 'Ink Cartridge Settings' icon.

On the Ink Cartridge Settings window, check the 'Ink Cartridge' drop-down > Select "Black Only"

Canon recommends that you leave the cartridges in the printer even though you may only be using black.

Go to Printers and faxes -> select your printer Canon MP150, right click -> properties -> maintenance -> ink cartridge settings -> select the ink cartridge for printing -> select Black only
Remember printer need both cartridges inside it for initialized and print.You can't print only with black cartridge in printer.

Not possible.
Epson uses the black cartridge mostly, but also adds color to the black printing in order to keep the color inks from drying in the print jets on the printhead.
They also make lots of money that way...

===sorry===

If you right click the printer in the Printers section of the control panel and select printer preferences, there should be a tab called maintenance. In this tab, you should find a setting called Ink Cartridge Settings. Once you click on this setting, click black cartridge only. This should allow the printer to only use the black ink and therefore you won't need color.

If you have any other questions or this doesn't solve your issue, let me know.

The remaining levels of the following ink cannot be correctly detected.
Color
The following ink is running low.
Black [830]
Prepare a new ink cartridge.
The resulting print quality may not be satisfactory, if printing is continued under this condition.
If either black or color ink cartridge has run out, you can set the printer to continue printing with the other cartridge from the Ink Cartridge Settings on the Maintenance tab of the printer driver.
----how to resolve it
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Ok here are a few things to try first, if they fail to work, reply here with the results and we can work from there..

1.) remove the cartridge and blot it on tissue paper to ensure it has ink..

2.) go to the printer preferences
Start / All Programs / Printers and Faxes,,
Right Clik on the printer and click properties

YOUR PRINTER SETTINGS MAY VERY FROM HERE BUT ITS BASICALLY THE SAME PRINCIPAL AND YOU WILL FIND THE FEATURES JUST PROBERALLY IN ANOTHER LOCATION

Click Printing Preferences then maintenance
Click Cartridge settings
Ensure its set to print from both black and color cartridge..

Just find the settings and make sure its set to print from both cartridges..

Let me know how that plays off and we can work from there...
but that should work..