Judith, I don't think filling the color cartridges with black ink would work. I use only black in my old HP deskjet. There is a setting called grayscale only I believe in most printers which uses only black. The cartridges in mine last a good while. I buy them refilled online. Jo Ann -------Original Message------- From: Judith Date: 06/02/05 22:19:58 To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Printers Is there any such thing as just a black ink deskjet printer? I only need to print out things in rough draft form and I am tired of having to pay for color when I don't use it. Can the color cartridges be filled with black ink. I know I can take my black ink cartridge to be refilled once or twice but what about the 3 pak of color -- can they be changed to simply have black ink? Judith . -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/