You should be able to tell your inkjet printer to print in B&W only. Once done youcan keep an empty or near empty color cartridge installed with no problems. Don ____________ Thank you that is what I needed to know -- I went into Printer set up and changed it to B&W only. Now all I'll need to do is keep buying the black ink cartridges. I can do this at a local place which refills so long as you bring back the cartridge. I like using him because I get more copies from his refills than from the new ones. He adds more 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/