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Thread ID: 39593 2003-11-11 09:25:00 Epson Printer wont print without colour starfish (3019) Press F1
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190957 2003-11-11 09:25:00 I have just replaced the black ink cartridge on my Epson Stylus C41UX Printer and it will not print without colour as well. I ran out of colour along time ago and the black worked fine on its own until it ran out.

Is there a way of tricking the printer into thinking there is colour left in the empty colour cartridge?
starfish (3019)
190958 2003-11-11 09:29:00 Not that i know of,however (and if this is frowned upon then can one of the mods slap me on the hand and ill never mention it again) i can get ink at much lower prices then the stores in town.

Leave a msg here if your interested.
metla (154)
190959 2003-11-11 09:41:00 The ink for my printer is pretty cheap anyway, the colour cartridge is $44 so I dont think thats bad its just that I cant afford it before christmas and was hoping I could just use my new black one till then. starfish (3019)
190960 2003-11-11 09:45:00 Your not wrong,that ain't a bad price at all. metla (154)
190961 2003-11-11 10:16:00 Take the colour cartridge out and give it a shake and then put it back in.

This will trick the level indicator in the cartridge to think it is full agin and you will be able to continue printing with the black cartridge.
Jim B (153)
190962 2003-11-11 18:45:00 You do have the option under printing preferences to have colour or black. Try putting a dot just in the black option and see if that works. Ladybug (3129)
190963 2003-11-11 20:18:00 epson does have a utility, i think it might be on the driver cd. ilikelinux (1418)
190964 2003-11-11 20:32:00 Ok I have taken out the colour cartridge and given it a good shake and guess what - it didn't work it still says the colour needs to be replaced, any other suggestions? starfish (3019)
190965 2003-11-11 20:34:00 take out the colour cartrige and then try to print stuff in black. ilikelinux (1418)
190966 2003-11-11 20:40:00 I took out the colour cartridge and tried again and it said the ink cartridge is not installed properly!!!
This is fustrating.
starfish (3019)
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