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‎10-16-2024 11:02 AM

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I have bought an official black HP replacement cartridge, inserted it into my HP photosmart 6520 printer and it doesn’t work.
The other 3 cartridges are empty but I do not wish to replace them as I intend to just print in black.
Do all the other cartridges have to have some ink in them for the black cartridge to work on its own?

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‎10-16-2024 11:53 AM

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Hello @Jez13 , how are you ?

 

Yes, they must have paint to lubricate the hoses and also the print head.

If incomplete, it will not print.

 

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‎10-21-2024 05:08 AM

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Thanks for the reply Fabio but not what I wanted to hear. Nowadays I just need to print black so having to buy all the other colours is a nuisance and expensive, it's going to be cheaper to just buy another bargain printer that will print  black on its own. So now the present HP printer is just a heap of junk taking up space on my desk. Grrrr!

Thanks again anyway.

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‎10-22-2024 09:49 AM

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Hello @Jez13 

 

I understand, but this model does not print in single mode, as it depends on all the inks and the print head to print correctly.

 

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