HP CP1215 Color Laserjet wont print black and white without color?!?!?

Fortunately, you're in luck. Here is the excerpt from the User's Manual to initiate a toner override:

A Replace Supplies message appears when the print cartridge is depleted. To ensure optimal print quality, HP recommends replacing a print cartridge when the Replace Supplies message appears. Print-quality problems can occur when using a cartridge that is depleted, resulting in waste of print media and toner from other cartridges. Replacing a print cartridge when the Replace Supplies message appears can prevent this waste.

The Cartridge out override feature in the HP Color LaserJet CP1210 Series Toolbox allows the product to continue using a print cartridge that has reached the recommended replacement point.

WARNING! Using the Cartridge out override feature can result in unsatisfactory print quality.

WARNING! All print defects or supply failures incurred when an HP supply is used in cartridgeout-override mode will not be considered to be defects in materials or workmanship in the supply under the HP Print Cartridge Warranty Statement. For warranty information, see Print cartridge limited warranty statement on page 89.

You can enable or disable the Cartridge out override feature at any time, and you do not have to reenable it when you install a new print cartridge. When the Cartridge out override feature is turned on, the product automatically continues printing when a print cartridge reaches the recommended replacement level. A Replace Supplies Override In Use message appears while a print cartridge is being used in override mode. When you replace the print cartridge with a new supply, the product deactivates the override mode until another print cartridge reaches the recommended replacement level.

Enable or disable the Cartridge out override feature

1. Open the HP Color LaserJet CP1210 Series Toolbox. See View HP Color LaserJet CP1210 Series Toolbox on page 43.

2. Click the Device Settings folder, and then click the System Setup page.

3. Next to Cartridge out override select On to enable the feature. Select Off to disable it.

Best of luck.

Hp Cp1215

Hi, did I ve done the above technique before and now when I go to my device settings...there is no System Set Up link to click on!!! Did they chage this so users can t bypass it anymore or am I not looking in the right area?

I am not sure about your printer exactly, but on my HP 6940, with the document I want to print open, click on "File" then "Print", select your printer and click on "Properties", then click on the "Color" tab. Click in the "Color Options" field, and select the radio button next to "Gray Scale", then click the radio button next to "Black Print Cartridge Only". Click "apply" and it should printer just as you want. You will still need the color cartridges install in the printer though they can be empty.

try to check maintenance and then select ink cartilage then click color and black,,,,,,try it.,,,,,hope it helps

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