We had a color printer. I did use the color to download some things from online, and then I stopped and just used the black ink, when we found out how expensive it was to replace the ink. When the black ink ran out, we found we couldn't replace just the black but had to get both cartridges--expensive. We stopped using that printer altogether, since black is good enough for us, as what we do mainly is print text. Nancy, I went online and found a monochrome (which I assume means black) laser printer for $249 reviewed on PC Magazine at this URL: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2033979,00.asp It looks big, though. I don't know if it would fit on your desk. Pentax has some for $350 (rounded off). Amazon seems to sell them, too. To paraphrase and old commercial--you're probably too young to remember--let your fingers do the walking...in this case, let google to the searching. smile Cindy --- Robert Jaquiss <rjaquiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Nancy: > > You can leave the color cartridges in an inkjet > printer and not worry about them. In fact, I suggest > not removing a color cartridge as the printer was > designed to work with it installed. In fact, if a > color capable printer doesn't have a color cartridge > installed, it may not work. You should be able to > set print preferences to only print black and white. > > Regards, > > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nancy Hill > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:39 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT:Am I going blind, or > what??? > > > Good Day Book Sharians, > > > For several days I have been searching for > something I thought would be pretty easy to > find...boy was I wrong. > I have a small computer desk and I am looking for > a simple,small footprint black and white inkjet > printer that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. All I > am planning to use it for is to print out my > correspondence. I have no need for colors. Don't > they make B/W printers anymore? > > Everything seems so involved in printing photos. > > If I have to get a color printer, would it run all > right if I took the color cartridges out and just > used the black ink? > > I would appreciate suggestions. > > Thanks, > Nancy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.