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jackc

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Oct 19, 2003
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Probably a dumb question, I just ran out of the color cartridge that came with my HP deskjet 5150. I only need to print with black. Will it not work if I don't have a color cartridge in there?

If I take out the color cartridge and just leave the black in there, when I try to print it says 'printing in reserve mode' and doesn't do anything.

I tried to put it back in, but then it just gets hung up and says 'printing' but nothing happens.

Can this piece of crap printer be salvaged without buying color cartridges?
 
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