Black printing only using HP 4500

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• DeskJet Pro 8600: Ink black print only via Mac OS x 10.10 Officejet Pro 8600

  My Pro Deskjet 8600 is low on ink Cyan but I am trying to print a document Word in black and white using only the black ink cartridge, which is full. I found the setting on my Mac and you have selected "Black Ink Only", but the printer says that I still need to replace Cyan print. Why should I Cyan to print in black and white? Please tell me that I shouldn't keep all 4 full ink cartridges just to print in black and white? See the screenshots below.

  

  

  Hello

  The ink is required for the printer to use, you need to replace an empty ink cartridge to continue printing.

  You can read the article which explains this requirement:

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c04331666

  Shlomi

• Black printing only

  I have a HP Photosmart C7200 series and am on a Toshiba Satellite PC. There is a button "copy in black" on the printer itself. However, is there a way to select 'print in black' when printing from the computer? Adobe on its site Internet seems to hear there is, but I don't see this option in the preview window before printing when it pops up. Thank you.

  Yes. Thank you. Through the printer control panel, I can select Printer Preferences and then "print in grayscale" and it is another option 'black cartridge only' (instead of 'high quality' that uses no doubt all the cartridges). I have more a specific need to try it at the moment, so I have not really tested this solution, but it certainly looks like you hit the the right approach. Play well!

• Office jet 6500 has: black printing only

  Menu touch screen does not show the gray scale option only. I had printer for awhile and can't understand how to print in black only. Suggestions?

  Click on the start ORB, devices and printers, right click on the Officejet 6500 a, printing preferences, advanced features of the printer to print in grayscale, black ink only, OK, apply, OK.

• Black printer only print not

  I have a C310 printer wireless connected to my laptop HP DV7 64 bit on Windows 7. This printer has been great until today. I tried to print 3 documents in blue, red and black. The red and blue are fine, but the black is not printing. I printed a document of ink, and the text does appear not even if all the colors, including black, print. I removed and replaced the black cartridge and I checked that there is ink available, that there is, and I checked for ink in the ignition and that is. Anyone know what could be the answer and how I started to correct. Thank you.

  Gordon

  For all those who have involved in this post, thanks for trying, but I have now come to the conclusion that the printhead has gone wrong on me, having followed the links and discussions of this forum and the Forum of Microsoft. The end result seems to be that the print head needs to be replaced, but rather than do this for £48 I will probably inveat in a new printer as the 6520 and hope that it lasts longer than the short time - approx. 2 years - that it was successful.

  Gordon

• boring hp deskjet 1050 has black printing only? WiFi? How much ink

  After buying a printer cheap printer hp deskjet 1050a (resembling chewing itself to bits by the way), I had so much headache to install!

  instructions that not many of them just from the pictures! then try to find a product code to go with my serial number on the hp site has been a bloody nightmare! Why hp? Why do you make things so difficult?

  which is wrong with just a serial number?

  in any case, I was looking on the hp site because books I've had with this printer were so small I couldn't read the blighters and theres almost nothing in them anyway. I want to know if the color came out it prints black only?

  also does support the wifi printer? probably not I think that considering its price (you get what you pay for I suppose that Chew plastic noisy)

  also how much ink is in a standard black cartridge and an xl one?

  also how much of each color in the color cartridge?

  and finally, I installed the firmware (did not really want to do, but I couldn't be bothered by separates them) and its got as his own dashboard and a menu including the half I do not understand. I can't find the printer settings and from what ican find there are very few of them or is that how its supposed to be considering it is a cheapy printer?

  I bought what was cheap as a buffer because my epson decided to die on me... until now I'm not really convinced I'll buy another hp (who is half decent when I can afford it and not too expensive) unless someone can convince me otherwise

  Some other links that may help...

  User guides

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/manualCategory?cc=us&DLC=en&LC=en&product=5068681&

  Using ink in inkjet printers.

  http://h10060.www1.HP.com/pageyield/articles/us/en/InkUseage.html

  Ciara

• HP jet pro 8600 desktop more. off color, black printing only, how can I activate return

  where can I find the utilities of the printer with windows 7?

  Follow the steps below to disable black only.

  1. Select Start menu
  2. go into devices and printers.
  3. right click on the printer, select printing preferences
  4. in the lower right corner, select Advanced
  5. and then under features of the printer select print grayscale a dropdown list will appear to turn off Black only.

• OfficeJet 4630: 4630 can print grayscale using only the black cartridge?

  I have purchased a printer 4630 and want to use it like I did my old PSC1350 - using only the black cartridge for all printing. I can't find any setting of grey for the 4630 that will allow for this. With the 1350, the grayscale setting would prevent any color ink cartridges is used, an unnecessary expense for printing in black on white paper.

  If there is no setting on the 4630 grey scale, can I be sure that black ink is used only for printing without color?

  Hello @clif9710!
  
  Thanks for posting on the HP Forums!

  Your printer Officejet 4630 should be able to print in gray scale and the options should be in the window of the printer printing preferences.  I was able to locate a document regarding the changing settings in windows 7 print.

  If you do not get the options to print in gray scale you will need to uninstall the HP software, including the old software, restart the computer and re-install the HP Officejet 4630 software again.

  To uninstall the software HP click here: uninstall the HP software

  To download the HP software, click here: driver and software Officejet 4630

  Another good thing about the Officejet 4630 is that it allows to print mode single cartridge.  cartridges for your printer built in print heads which means that it requires no 2 print cartridges.  If you never use the Tricolor cartridge or you are planning on printing in black, you can remove the Tricolor cartridge, put the cap of the cartridge down and close the lid.  The printer should now say "mode single cartridge printing.  Once the printer is closed upwards, you can send your print job and it will print using only the black cartridge one!

  Thanks again for posting on the forums of HP and post back and let me know how it goes!

• HP OfficeJet 8600: Print using black ink only

  We use our printer as a copier only.  It is not connected to a computer.  Why do the color cartridges run out of ink and we cannot print black print.  We print any documents using color.  Is it possible to turn on the black only?

  Sorry, but the HP Officejet Pro 8600 has separated from the inks and printheads and requires that all inks are available to avoid damage to the print head.

  You can minimize the ink used with the following steps:

  • Use draft mode when the quality is sufficient.  Draft mode uses about half the ink or Normal or best mode.
  • Power switch of the printer only allows to turn off the printer.  If an external switch (as a protector or output impulse) is used more ink will be used at startup.

  HP and other printer manufacturers have technology another printer for different needs.  For ink jet printers:

  • Some have integrated into the ink cartridges print heads.  These printers can print generally with one or more of the colors completely empty, or even with color or black cartridges (but not both) removed. The Officejet 8040 has us an example.
  • Other printers have separate replaceable printheads and inks.  An example would be the printer Officejet 8600.  In these printers print head can be replaced if they are damaged by running the printhead with colors off.  Some of these printers allow printing with a color, the other will not.  If the printer is run without ink in one or several colours, the printer may be damaged, but the user may be able to recover without having to send to the printer for the service.
  • Other printers have permanent print heads.  To run only those without little ink in all colours would risk causing damage to the print head because of clogs, air ingested in the printhead or grilled printhead resistances of shooting. The Officejet 6700 is an example of this type of printer. For printers with fixed print heads that could require the service to get the printer to print properly again when the ink is finally replaced.

  The document described here how the ink is used.  The document is written for inkjet printers HP the same principles apply to printers inkjet from other manufacturers.

  If you do ever print color laser printer would probably be a better choice.  If you occasionally print color but especially black a HPI printer as those in the first category above can be a good choice.

• printing with printer deskjet 2050 using the black cartridge only

  printing with printer deskjet 2050 using the black cartridge only

  all solutions? PLIs answer me. thanx

  Hi d33com,

  Follow the steps below to set the black ink only.

  1. open the printing preferences (step 1)

  2. click on the Advanced button (step 2)

  3. click on the drop down arrow next to the print in grayscale to change black ink only.

  

• Is it possible to print using black ink only with a photosmart 8250?

  I only need to print in black, and I just put in a new black ink cartridge.  The other cartridges are empty.  Is it possible to say to my mac to print using black ink only?  Everytime I go to print something, even a test page, he tells me to resolve the error (empty cartridges) first.  Thanks, I hope someone checks this Christmas Eve!

  The photosmart 8250 printhead a permanent.  If the printer has allowed iwith a missing color printing, it is likely that the print head gets dirty all the time and the printer would require service to retrieve.

  You will need to have sufficient in any color and black ink for this particular model.

  (There are many models of HP with integrated on the suplies of ink print heads.  These generally allow printing with empty cartrdiges or even absent, will automatically in the printing of 'reserve mode' using the available cartrdige.  Because of the standing print heads such a feature is not available with the Photosmart 8250.)

  Merry Christmas,

  Bob Headrick, MS MVP printing/imaging

• HP Deskjet 1000 J110: Intense black print with the black ink cartridge only

  Hello

  I am trying to print the darkest possible black, but simply by using the black ink cartridge. How do I get there?

  My printer is HP deskjet 1000 J110 using cartridge HP 301.

  I do my drawing in Adobe Illustrator and set the color to be CMYK 100 100 100 100.

  If I insert only the black cartridge, the printer will leave empty place where color CMY ink should be or it will fill the space with black ink?

  Basically, what I'm trying to do is to increase the density of ink to the highest possible but only using only the black cartridge.

  Thank you.

  Welcome @didididot,

  Thanks to their participation in Forums of HP! I see by your post that you would like to be able to print in the black as dark as possible. I can help you.

  You can use the mode single-cartridge:

  Use single-cartridge in the HP printer with a single cartridge. Mode single-cartridge begins when an ink cartridge is removed from the distribution of the print cartridge. In the mode single-cartridge, the product can only printing from the computer.

  Source: HP Deskjet 1000 J110 series.

  Here is a document for printing with black ink only (Windows).

  If you use a Mac, let me know.
   
  Feel free to click on the button 'Accept as Solution' and the 'Thumbs Up' for my help. Please let me know the results and if there is anything else I can help you. Thank you!

• Office jet pro 8600 how default to black ink only when printing from my ipad

  Is it possible to set an option to print the black ink only when printing from my Ipad 2?
  When I use the print icon the only option that shows is double page. I would like to be able to print in black only.
  I can set this option when you print from my pc...

  Hello

  AirPrint does not support black ink only printing, however the HP ePrint app allows it.

  Note that the option is available only for documents (for example Office, PDF, Web pages and emails files), but not for the Photo files.

  You can find the steps to obtain and use the application in the document below:

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c01616126

• Black and white printing only problem for Mac at HP6480 all-in-one printer

  Does anyone know how to get the printer to print in black and white only?  As others have mentioned, the printer wants to use the cartridge printing black and white color.  When I explore each print option, drop down menu, question mark, it has no option to reset the printer b & w printing only, even if the summary section lists this option in one of windows printing.

  Have you tried cmd - p of any application, paper Type/quality and in grayscale, choose this menu?

• using three colors instead of the HP C4780 black print cartridge

  can I set up my printer to use the cartridge three colors to black and white or regular print?  (I buy black cartridges and lights all but seem to only use black).  THX!

  Hi winter1420,

  Welcome to the HP forums!

  I see that you want to print using only the color on your Photosmart C4780 cartridge. I'd be happy to help you with that

  Looking the Page 50 of your User Guide, I would say that Yes, it is possible to configure the printer to print with just the cartridge three colors. Please note that your black from the color cartridge is perhaps not exactly black as explained on page 50 in the Guide of the user as well.

  Hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions!