Windows 10: Kodac C310 Color Cartridges

How do I turn off color printing? and only use Black? Color Cartridges aren't available for Kodac model C310

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My OfficeJet 4650 has full ink cartridges but will not print in color. Any suggestions? Thank you!

My OfficeJet 4650 has full ink cartridges but will not print in color. Any suggestions? Thank you!

 

Bypass color ink cartridge

• It appears that this is an old model printer. It doesn't look like there has been a driver update since about 2012. So if you have a driver in Win 10, it pretty much has to be the latest one.
  
• The user manual is close to useless. The only relevant advice I could find is if you have a printing problem, replace the ink cartridges. However, it does mention that there are some maintenance options accessible on the printer, so check there on the off chance there is a setting.
  
• Many inkjet printers and inkjet all-in-ones won't work at all (even the scanner on an all-in-one), if there is a problem with any ink cartridge, and there typically isn't a way to override that. The manufacturer will claim that it's to ensure you get the best possible output, but the printers are sold at or below cost and they make their money on the ink cartridges. So everything is designed to use up ink and to incentivize buying ink.
  
  I couldn't find any indication or discussion of a way to disable color and still print. But it wouldn't hurt to contact Lexmark customer support and ask them if there's a way that they don't advertise.
  
• Worst case, buy the cheapest third party cartridge you can find. They are usually much cheaper than the OEM cartridges. In this case, you don't even care about color (although that might be nice to have if you get it working cheaply). You just need something the printer will recognize so it operates.
  
  Caveat: The wording in the question is that it doesn't "detect" the yellow cartridge. It should detect the cartridge but could recognize a problem (out of ink, chip says it printed the design number of pages, sees it as an invalid cartridge, etc.). If it detects the cartridge but has a problem with it, replacing it should get you operational. But if it doesn't detect the cartridge at all, there may be some other problem (not unusual when a printer gets old).
  
• If there's a problem other than a bad ink cartridge, it would not be cost effective to service the printer (if it can even still be serviced; the supply chain carries parts for a finite time, and repair shops may be hesitant to work on a really old printer). To have someone open it up and diagnose the problem, even before parts and labor to fix it, you could buy a cheap replacement printer, or make a healthy down payment on a good printer.
  
  So if the printer actually is failing to detect the cartridge, it would probably still be worth the price of a cheap off-brand cartridge just to see if the printer still works.
  

 

color cartridge won't ever work

HP OfficeJet 4650 Print Fax Scan Copy Web......Will never print color on photo copies or printer.

Any ideas? I've set each copy or print to be Color, but only comes out black and white. The color cartridge has deminished with out ever printing color on any page.

Thanks!

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