I am out of ink on a cartridege. Does that prevent the printer from printing?

[BillMadl]

My printer doesn't work as I keep getting an error message " cartidge problem". I show magenta is out of ink. Why won't it allow me to print anything, even in black or white?

[Dragon-Fur]

@BillMadl 

Welcome to the HP User Community.

This printer model requires that all the cartridges have ink and can be used.

Black ink only / Print with only black ink / print with one cartridge / single cartridge

  HP Printers - Cannot Print When One HP Ink Cartridge is Empty

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The printers listed in this document cannot print when one ink cartridge is empty.

Your printer is designed to print only when all ink cartridges have ink. Some ink from all the ink cartridges is used in periodic servicing tasks. This helps to prevent issues such as print-head clogs and poor print quality. There is no way to bypass this feature.

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[banhien]

@BillMadl 

During the warming up process, printer will check itself and it may stop when something is missing to avoid further damage. I know firmware can fix this but HP would not willing to implement this because the life of printers get shorter. You would not buy printer every 3 or 4 years would you ? Older printers are more reliable and easy to use. 

Hope this makes sense.

Regards.