Can a HP printer run with a dry color cartridge without damaging unit?
If one sets the printer to print only in greyscale, could one simply put in an empty color cartridge without any problems being created?
HP 6210 OfficeJet
Most likely no permanent damage would occur. At most you will get a screwed up printout or the printer might just refuse to print
Most likely no permanent damage would occur. At most you will get a screwed up printout or the printer might just refuse to print
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No. Ink is a lubricant for the heads. Some color ink is used even when printing in black for this reason. trying to bypass the way the printer is designed can cause permanent damage.
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To be honest with you, that’s exactly what I used to do when I didn’t need to print in colour for ages and was out of ink; never did any harm to my printer!
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If your looking to cut costs of your printing needs then the refill kits have really got better then they used to be you can now get a refill kit for around 40$ and you get 3 black and 3 primary colors the kit will fill up your cartridges about 3 times. Also you won’t do any great damage to your printer but depending on what your printing its going to look like crap. I don’t know if this will help you any but when you get more color ink try going into the printer settings and set it to print in gray scale you will need to go back and change it when you need to print with color.
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