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babybombo | 16:25 Tue 02nd Oct 2007 | Technology
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If I buy a colour ink cartridge for my printer, will it print black text ??
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Every ink cartridge printer I've ever seen has a triple colour cartridge for colour combinations and a big black cartridge because more is used than anything else.
In theory by combining the 3 colours you get black, but the printer will want to force the use of a black cartridge to print black.
So I don't think it will work.
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Thanks very much, I think I'll just buy a black cartridge then.
i just have the one cartridge in my printer and it prints all colours
It does depend on the model of printer, I have an epson which has 4 separate cartridges, 3 x colours (Red, cyan,. magenta) and 1 x black, however if the black is empty the others do combine to print in black .(as would any printer that just has one colour and one black cartridge) - but its not "jet" black when it prints out.

Worth checking the usual set up fof the cartridges,

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The older models used to use 1 cartridge for both colour and black and white but it is more economical to use 2 cartiridges as the more modern printers do.
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Mines the same as yours alunrw, epson with four cartridges.

We just bought a black cartridge but I'll need to get a coloured one soon anyway.
It was to print of a CV so jet black was probably best for that type of text.

Thanks again for all your answers

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