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My Deskjet 970 CSE has been a Workhorse for years! 😊

Outside of paper always jamming when spits out the copy, I have no issues..

Except, yesterday when.....

 

I got a new black cartridge, installed it and I'm printing blanks.

I noticed that the color cartridge is out of ink.

 

My question is:

Does the color cartridge have to have some ink remaining in order for the printer to print out black ink only copies?

I do not recall this ever being an issue...

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The printer will print black if the color ink cartridge is empty. If you swipe the bottom part of the black ink cartridge on a paper tissue does it leave a black trace?




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