Epson R200 - printing in grayscale when a colour cartridge has ran out?

[ball.steve]

I have a Epson r200

One of my colour cartridges is out of ink. I don't have a new one to
replace it (in mail). I have plenty of black ink and only want to print
in grayscale. Anyway to get the printer to print with no ink in one of
the colour cartridges?

 

[Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)]

On 25 Jun 2006 03:36:19 -0700, in comp.periphs.printers

I have a Epson r200

One of my colour cartridges is out of ink. I don't have a new one to
replace it (in mail). I have plenty of black ink and only want to print
in grayscale. Anyway to get the printer to print with no ink in one of
the colour cartridges?

No when printing grey, the R200 uses all the colors.

 

[Cliff Hartle]

If you go into preferences, advanced you can pick black ink only.

I don't know if the printer will allow you to print at all it one of the
cartridges is totally out.

 

[measekite]

go down to staples or costco and buy the carts you need. that should work.

 

[Fenrir Enterprises]

I have a Epson r200

One of my colour cartridges is out of ink. I don't have a new one to
replace it (in mail). I have plenty of black ink and only want to print
in grayscale. Anyway to get the printer to print with no ink in one of
the colour cartridges?

The printer will not print unless all the cartridges have ink. As some
people mentioned, the printer uses all the colors to create greyscale
ink. Also, even if you pick black ink only, it will still refuse to
print in order to prevent the printhead from drying out.

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[Tony]

I have a Epson r200

One of my colour cartridges is out of ink. I don't have a new one to
replace it (in mail). I have plenty of black ink and only want to print
in grayscale. Anyway to get the printer to print with no ink in one of
the colour cartridges?

There is no way to do this, the printer is refusing to print to protect the
printhead.
Tony

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Under normal circumstances, the head will dry out and may clog as a result.

You could fill it with water or a recommended cleaning fluid and then
reset the cartridge using an ink resetter unit. Then the printer will
work and the unused heads/cartridge would be safe.

Art

 

[SamSez]

Still won't print 'greyscale' as the OP requested...

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Just so I'm clear, are you indicating that the R200 does not have a
black ink only option within the driver? I don't own any R series
printers, so I don't have any experience with their drivers.

The Epson printers I own all have an advanced option in the driver which
allows you to use the black ink only to print in greyscale. Has Epson
removed this from the current R models?

Art

 

[SamSez]

Sorry Arthur -- yes, the 'black ink only' option is still in the
R2xx/3xx drivers. I was under the impression the OP was expecting the
same image quality he would get as printing a B&W image with all carts
enabled. I wouldn't call what is printed with 'black ink only' a
'greyscale print'. Semantics I guess.