How to print without yellow toner cartridge in a laser printer hp CP1215. I broke yellow cartridge.

[RaoPN]

I accidentally broke the yellow cartridge of my brand new Laser Printer hp CP1215. I want to just use only other colors like magenta and cyan etc. But the printer is not printing at all because there is no yellow cartridge.

Is there a way out to print using other colors like magenta or cyan? I want to do only text typing (highlighting) using these colors. I am using Windows 7 Ultimate and hp Color Laser Printer CP1215.

I want to highlight some text using magenta or cyan to show important points. I want to use black, magenta and cyan colors for text. Changing settings to print only black and white cannot do this.

[erico · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately you are going to have to purchase a yellow toner cartridge to resolve the issue. 

[RaoPN]

Thank you for your interest in solving my problem. My work is just printing text. I don't require yellow color at all. Even if I buy it, it will be a waste for me. Please advise me a way to bypass the necessity to buy a new yellow toner cartridge.

[RaoPN]

I have a humble suggestion. If we can block the detection of the yellow toner cartridge by the printer, it will print thinking that there is a functioning yellow toner cartridge. Since I am not printing an image, the result would be acceptable. Printer hardware engineers may know this way out.

[RaoPN]

It looks like hp color laserjets are made for picture printing only. People like me who use it for text printing cannot use it unless a color cartridge which is not used also is purchased and installed. Since there is no solution, I have decided to dispose of the color laser printer hp CP1215 and get relieved of the problem of purchasing something which I don't require.

[pcwizard]

Hi RaoPN, 

The CP1215 was not designed to function without having all the print cartridges installed. If you need a text only laserJet printer check out the following site. Let me know if you need additional information?

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/can.do?storeName=storefronts&landing=printer&category=Las...

[RaoPN]

Thank you very much for the reply. I apologise for the delay in responding. Your suggestion is to buy another printer. But with a monochrome printer, I cannot highlight text using magenta and cyan. Yellow color will not be useful to highlight text because the letters will be less prominent. Even if I buy the yellow toner cartridge it will be a waste for me. If there is a way to block the yellow cartridge detection, and make the printer print with whatever colors are available, my purpose is served. 

[pcwizard]

Hi RaoPN,

No, there is no way to bypass the need for a yellow cartridge. If you want to continue using the printer you will need to purchase a new cartridge.

[RaoPN]

Thank you for the clarification. I am being forced to dispose off hp color laserjet printer and search for another company's color laser printer which will meet my need of printing text in black, magenta and cyan. A customer must not be forced to buy a cartridge he does not require or use. I hope the company's research wing takes a note of this.

Thank you once again

[pcwizard]

Hi RaoPN,

Sorry you feel this way. Far as i am aware most color laserjet printer producted in the market today are designed to work with all the cartridges installed.