Sort of printing black and white only when magenta cartridge is empty?

We have a HP Office Jet Pro 8500 a. computer running Windows Vista.

The Magenta cartridge is currently empty, and we need to print an urgent document before we will be able to get a new cartridge.

While trying to print a black and white document only, the following error has occurred:

Exhausted ink cartridges

HP 940 Magenta

The cartridges listed above must be replaced to resume printing.

HP recommends that you do not remove an ink cartridge until a replacement is ready to install.

Specified in printing dialog windows that we want only black and white, but it is still received this error message.

Is it possible to adjust the printer settings to specify explicitly that you want to use black ink?

Thanks for any help you can give.

This printer takes individual ink cartridges (IIC), and this ink delivery system requires that all cartridges to be installed for the printer to work. You can set the printer to "Using black ink only", but that must be done before a cartridge is exhausted, that the printer inks for other uses in fairest impression. It also uses the ink for the maintenance of the print heads. Here a link to a document that turns to explain various ways that ink is used in a printer beyond just printing.

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