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I've never had a printer that refuses to do anything when the ink cartridge is out. It just prints worse and worse quality until it prints nothing. That being said, your idea isn't a bad one. If it's a word processing document it's currently easy enough to just change the color of my text, but for something like a PDF I'm out of luck without more ink. |
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Mine have those electronic sensor thingies. |
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Yes, newer printers have these ink-sensing features. One downside of the idea is that the color cartridges are much more expensive than the black ones. I propose that when this feature engages, the printer should start making cash register noises to inform you of the money being wasted. |
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Weren't some of the older photo printers sans black ink? |
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[oniony]
I think it would be very expensive to buy the punching printer, so it wouldn't save money. Also the holes would wear out |
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My color printer ran out of blue ink. (actually, the shippers put it in the truck sideways when I moved, and all the blue ink ended up in a coagulated puddle in one corner of the case.) Everything I printed came out pink. So I removed the color cartridge and set the printer to default to grayscale only printing. Works just fine. |
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The printer is worth about $40. New color carts cost $45. Go figure. |
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Had a Deskjet that did this. Never quite achieved true black - it was always this deep midnight purple sort of thing. Off just enough that you could tell. |
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Baked. Many printers do this. |
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