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I only have the black ink cartridge for my printer. Do I have to have both black & colored cartridges installed before it will print?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 26, 2008

SOURCE: new cartridge won't print

re-seat the black cartidge, do head cleaning, get a windows test page (go to printers and faxes then right click on the printer icon and choose properties, click the print test page button).
replacing ink cart is the next step or service.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 21, 2009

SOURCE: PRINTING WITH BLACK INK CARTRIDGE ONLY; COLORED CARTRIDGE IS EMPTY.

Apparently, if you hold the "resume button" (the one next to the power button) for about five seconds after you get the message saying to replace the color ink cartridge the machine starts printing. I did this after I went to "maintenance" under "preferences" and changed ink to "black only." At first that alone did not work, but after trying the resume button for 5 secs it worked okay.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 14, 2009

SOURCE: Printer Canon Pixma MP750 won't let me use just black ink

you cant print without color cartridge

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 21, 2009

SOURCE: My IP90 stopped recognizing the instalation of the color ink tanh

Take to a ink refill store and ask the to test on there machine(cartridge world etc) it will tell if cartridge is good or not! hope this helps!!!

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Don Farrell

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  • Posted on Nov 19, 2009

SOURCE: cartridge problem

Are you using a factory new ink cartridge?
Please consider the following:
If you are using a refilled or third party cartridge that may well be your problem. Most manufacturers build logic into their products to prevent the use of “Other Equipment Manufactured” cartridges as well as re-filled cartridges.
They do this to prevent problems from contaminated inks causing problems with print quality or damaging the physical printhead.
If you are using factory new cartridges, then please call the manufacturers Technical Support for assistance with the warranty on the cartridges
Don

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