OfficeJet 660: My printer does not print in black only

I want to print in black and white, but my printer does not print because my yellow ink is empty.  I tried to change the color to black and white, but it still won't print. Seems ridiculous that all would have to have something in it just to print in black and white.

You have an Officejet 6600?  This printer has a print head permanent and separate ink supplies.  Little ink is required in all colors to print, even if you print in black only and only one of the colors came out.  (When printing in black color print head is always waving around in the air.  There are few available ink to prevent the nozzles from drying out and butcher them.)

See here for more information on how the ink is used.  In the terminology of this document, the Officejet 6600 is an IIC printer.

Sorry, you need to replace the ink color depleted.

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