turn off colour printing permanently to avoid problems with empty cartridge

[desperado55]

Hello,

I use an old HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g and do no longer need colour printing. I print in black only. Actually printing is no longer possible because one of the colour cartriges is empty. Although I set all printing options in my OS and applications to 'black/grayscale only' the printer stops printing and forces me to renow the empty cartridge.
How can I turn off colour printing permanently to avoid buying a new cartridge that I will not use? 
Is it possible to install a driver of a different HP inkjet printer that prints in black only?

Thank you in advance.

[Valsimot · Accepted solution]

No, it will not work. HP Officejet Pro 8600 if any ink cartridge is empty, the printer stops printing.

[desperado55]

Thank you. I will close this and take care of HP's disadvantages in case buying a new printer.