“will this printer continue to print in black and white if one of the color cartridges is empty? My current 8500a does not allow that”

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• Good question. This printer will not print if a color cartridge is empty.

  Answered by HP Team 9 years ago

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• No that's a downfall they have to have all cartridges.

  Answered by Ckam 8 years ago

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• Tho I have been a long-time HP fan, I am sorry to say the best printers are behind us - 8500 series and especially my 8620 were better All-in-one printers. When one of the cartridges, black or color, was low or empty, it asked if it could continue with the other. If black was empty, it asked if it could continue with color and vise-versa. The 8710 does not do that. I'm not a fan. Miss my very functional 8620.

  Answered by Sandy47 7 years ago

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• All current HP Inkjet printers are supposed to allow black and white printing even if a color cartridge is used up.

  Answered by Amoe 7 years ago

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• I haven't tried this yet, but why can't you just turn off the color? This should leave the black to stand alone and only print in black.

  Answered by Cathy 7 years ago

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