Re: Epson CX5800F

On Oct 31, 11:53 am, "John Keiser"
> Is there any means of setting this up so that it only prints black with
> empty color cartrdiges?
> Thank you.

As tony suggested, the answer is no. Most inkjets mix color in for
greyscale printing. This one AFAIK employs a pump for head cleaning,
as in there is no way to say clean the black, everything gets
cleaned. There isn't really any way that I know about to encourage
the printer to just use black ink, and even if you could, every time
you swap out the black you're going to lose some color.

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:34:26 -0700, IntergalacticExpandingPanda wrote:

> On Oct 31, 11:53 am, "John Keiser"
>> Is there any means of setting this up so that it only prints black with
>> empty color cartrdiges?
>> Thank you.
>
> As tony suggested, the answer is no. Most inkjets mix color in for

THE ANSWER IS YES. FILL ALL COLOR CARTS WITH BLACK INK AND THE PRINTER
WILL ONLY PRINT IN BLACK.



> greyscale printing. This one AFAIK employs a pump for head cleaning,
> as in there is no way to say clean the black, everything gets
> cleaned. There isn't really any way that I know about to encourage
> the printer to just use black ink, and even if you could, every time
> you swap out the black you're going to lose some color.