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? asked in Computers & InternetHardwareScanners · 9 years ago

Dell P703w printer/scanner problems?

I am trying to scan a hard copy onto my computer, but I am unable to do so. The reason is that my printer is out of black ink, and it shows an error message that there is no ink so I cannot navigate the printer at all. I don't want to actually print anything, so the ink is irrelevant, so why is my printer basically locking itself because there is no ink? is there any way I can get around this?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

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  • micksmixxx
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    You may think that having no black ink is irrelevant, my friend, but that is NOT the case. All ink cartridges need to be present, and they all need to contain ink so that the All-in-One printer can indicate to the computer that it is fully functional ... at least, that's what printer manufacturers state.

    As you correctly surmise, ink is not used during the scanning process, but I'm afraid without the ink being present you may as well give up now.

    As far as I'm aware, there is no way to get around this with modern day All-in-One printers.

  • whyme123
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I would say, try removing the ink from the printer and do a power cycle

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    huh

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