I have a dell photo 926 printer and ran out of black ink but still have color ink, why can't i print?

my black ink cartridge ran out of ink but still have a full color ink cartridge in my printer and it is'nt letting me print. can't i print just off of that? if so what do i have to do in order to be able to print?I have a dell photo 926 printer and ran out of black ink but still have color ink, why can't i print?
Unfortunately when it runs out of black, it won't let you just print in color.





The only thing you can do is get a new cartridge, and I think you can only get them directly from Dell (unless you have a dell store in a mall or something locally).I have a dell photo 926 printer and ran out of black ink but still have color ink, why can't i print?
Most printers will have a properties screen, on that you should be able to tell it to use color only. It will then use all three colors to make black. The simple answer, put the tools into the printer that it needs to do the job you are asking it to do. Machines are not all that adaptable.
Your printer might be set to print with the black ink. Go into your printer settings and set it to use color. If you can't find out where that is you can always contact Dell tech support at


1-800-624-9896
see whatever u have to print will have any thing in black so even having the color cartridge u cannot print black and white or black and color.
buy a black ink cartridge