HP5500 - anyway to continue printing if any ink is out?

[mwc]

HP5500 - anyway to continue printing if any ink is out?

We are out on the Cyan tank, but would like to continue printing (sans that tank) till we get a replacement.
---just an internal proof, color is not important.
Anyone know if this is even possible?

[NefariousDrO]

I highly doubt it, but maybe if you're specifying black-only in what you send? I know our large Epson printer just plain shuts down when a cartridge is out, no matter what.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

You would have to somehow bypass the chip set into the ink cartridge. Once that thing says the cartridge is empty, no more printing. It's all a scam, man.

[gnubler]

Same with the narrow necked bottles of sauces - impossible to get the last bit of product out of the jar. Peanut butter jars, too. Scam.

[mwc]

Yeah, figured as much.
Anyhow, getting new cart today....so this is solved...(until our supply manager 'forgets' to do his job again!)

Thanks....

[Ear]

Yep, no ink = no ink. You can, however, make a printhead go beyond its "life". I had a printhead that was defective out of the box. Cleaned up the old one and put it back in, worked just fine. I did replace it but it got me through the week.