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Printing with Black Ink and Expended Color Cartridges
When a color or photo black ink cartridge is expended, you can temporarily continue printing from your
computer using black ink. Replace the expended cartridge as soon as possible for future printing.
Note: You cannot print with expended color ink cartridges using your product's control panel.
Printing with Expended Color Cartridges - Windows
Printing with Expended Color Cartridges - Mac
Parent topic: Replacing Ink Cartridges
Printing with Expended Color Cartridges - Windows
If you see a message during printing telling you that you can temporarily print in black ink with an
expended color or photo black cartridge, you can cancel your print job and select settings to print on
plain paper or on an envelope.
Note: If you are using your Epson product with the Windows 10 S operating system, you cannot use the
software described in this section. You also cannot download and install any Epson product software
from the Epson website for use with Windows 10 S; you must obtain software only from the Windows
Store.
Note: To use this feature, Epson Status Monitor must be enabled.
1. Click Cancel or Cancel Print to cancel your print job.
Note: If the message screen appears on another computer on a network, you may need to cancel
the print job using the product control panel.
2. Load plain paper or an envelope in your product.
3. Access the print settings in your print application.
4. Click the Main tab and make sure Borderless is not selected.
5. Select Plain Paper/Bright White Paper or Envelope as the paper type setting.
6. Select the Black/Grayscale checkbox.
7. Click OK.
8. Print your document.