jeremykris08 wrote:Hello,
There is a very simple solution to this. I had the same problem. I only took off the color cartridge directly from the printer, and left the black cartridge. It worked like magic. Just make sure that when printing document, select the "use black ink only' in the options and then it will allow you to print even without the color cartridge installed.
This may be true for models that have two ink cartridges, a black and a tri-color with integrated printheads. It is not true for the Photosmart 8250 which has seperate ink supplies and permanant printheads.