Continue printing when only one cartridge is empty!

As you may have found, it’s quite difficult to continue printing if there is no ink in one or both or your ink cartridges. Most printer manufacturers have made sure that the printer stops working from a safety perspective. However, there are some steps you can take if only one of your ink cartridges is empty, read on…

Don’t remove the empty cartridge

If you are using a printer that can function with only a black cartridge installed, then it would be a good idea to keep the empty cartridge inside the printer. You should install a colour cartridge alongside it that is not empty.

Printer Settings

You will need to go into the printer settings, out of the available options choose the ‘black only’. You will also need to change the print quality to the lowest level.

Lie to your Interface

After you have reinstalled the empty cartridge, the printer will ask you if the ink cartridge is ‘new’. ‘Full’ or ‘empty’. This question will be in the form of tabs, always click the ‘full’ tab.

The Print Command

After completing the above steps, the only command that needs to be given is the printer command. Remember, this kind of process might not work on some printers, however the steps given above successful across most printers in the market today.