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Can I just use Black Cartridge in Canon Printer and leave empty Colour Cartridge in ?

joe565
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Hello
I've a Canon MG3650 printer and only print in black. I need to order more ink and wondering can I just put in new black cartridge and leave empty colour cartridge in? Or would this do any damage to the printer keeping empty colour cartridge in?
Joe
I've a Canon MG3650 printer and only print in black. I need to order more ink and wondering can I just put in new black cartridge and leave empty colour cartridge in? Or would this do any damage to the printer keeping empty colour cartridge in?
Joe
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Yes but bear a couple of things in mind, once the machine tells you the cartridge is empty you need to disable the ink monitor for that cartridge, plenty on youtube regarding this but basically when instructed you just hold the cancel button down for about 10 seconds and the machine will come back to life. The second thing is although the cartridge will function electronically for a period of time but not show ink levels, it will die eventually. You won't do any damage to the machine, the worst thing that can happen is it will kill the print head on the empty colour cartridge.
Obviously you need to make sure you set the print options to Black and White.I hate football and do wish people wouldn't keep talking about it like it's the most important thing in the world1 -
Obviously you need to make sure you set the print options to Black and White.
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joe565 said:Hello
I've a Canon MG3650 printer and only print in black. I need to order more ink and wondering can I just put in new black cartridge and leave empty colour cartridge in? Or would this do any damage to the printer keeping empty colour cartridge in?
Joe
If you never want to print colour again you should be fine, but on a Canon printer the print head is separate to the cartridge. Running a Canon printer with no ink will eventually burnout the print head. Even though you are only printing B&W, the printer will still try and use colour - for example on automatic cleaning cycles when you turn the printer on. I would buy a cheap, compatible cartridge if you are concerned about cost - I've been using office world cartridges from Amazon in my MG5150 for years - the last batch I bought were only about £1 per cartridge.
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Would it be useful to put black cartridges in the colour slots?I am not a cat (But my friend is)0
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Shimrod said:joe565 said:Hello
I've a Canon MG3650 printer and only print in black. I need to order more ink and wondering can I just put in new black cartridge and leave empty colour cartridge in? Or would this do any damage to the printer keeping empty colour cartridge in?
Joe
If you never want to print colour again you should be fine, but on a Canon printer the print head is separate to the cartridge. Running a Canon printer with no ink will eventually burnout the print head. Even though you are only printing B&W, the printer will still try and use colour - for example on automatic cleaning cycles when you turn the printer on. I would buy a cheap, compatible cartridge if you are concerned about cost - I've been using office world cartridges from Amazon in my MG5150 for years - the last batch I bought were only about £1 per cartridge.I hate football and do wish people wouldn't keep talking about it like it's the most important thing in the world0 -
interstellaflyer said:Shimrod said:joe565 said:Hello
I've a Canon MG3650 printer and only print in black. I need to order more ink and wondering can I just put in new black cartridge and leave empty colour cartridge in? Or would this do any damage to the printer keeping empty colour cartridge in?
Joe
If you never want to print colour again you should be fine, but on a Canon printer the print head is separate to the cartridge. Running a Canon printer with no ink will eventually burnout the print head. Even though you are only printing B&W, the printer will still try and use colour - for example on automatic cleaning cycles when you turn the printer on. I would buy a cheap, compatible cartridge if you are concerned about cost - I've been using office world cartridges from Amazon in my MG5150 for years - the last batch I bought were only about £1 per cartridge.
You are right, I looked at the shape of the printer and the MG prefix and made an incorrect assumption on cartridges. It is worth noting that Canon do not advise running the printer with an empty cartridge regardless.
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Shimrod said:interstellaflyer said:Shimrod said:joe565 said:Hello
I've a Canon MG3650 printer and only print in black. I need to order more ink and wondering can I just put in new black cartridge and leave empty colour cartridge in? Or would this do any damage to the printer keeping empty colour cartridge in?
Joe
If you never want to print colour again you should be fine, but on a Canon printer the print head is separate to the cartridge. Running a Canon printer with no ink will eventually burnout the print head. Even though you are only printing B&W, the printer will still try and use colour - for example on automatic cleaning cycles when you turn the printer on. I would buy a cheap, compatible cartridge if you are concerned about cost - I've been using office world cartridges from Amazon in my MG5150 for years - the last batch I bought were only about £1 per cartridge.I hate football and do wish people wouldn't keep talking about it like it's the most important thing in the world0
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