An old Epson gotcha. Neither of my Epson will work if any cartridge  
or portion thereof is low...jf


On Aug 8, 2005, at 5:03 PM, Marta Edie wrote:

> I could understand this if I were printing. But just to put the  
> paper on the tray for copying, not printing from the computer,   
> that I  cannot understand, and BTW. it does have a button for color  
> and one for black and white only. Are all copiers made that way or  
> just Epson's?
> Marta
> On Aug 8, 2005, at 16:50, Mike Watkins wrote:
>
>
>> Marta,
>>
>> Jerry Yeager told me once that our printers mix several colors  
>> with the black ink to print black. I forgot why he said it works  
>> that way. Mine does the same thing. Jerry's a wise man... I have a  
>> poor memory for details.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On Aug 8, 2005, at 4:23 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I have an all-in-one Epson stylus CX5200 connected to my Macs. My  
>>> magenta color cartridge was empty. The machine therefore would  
>>> not even copy a black and white sheet of paper until I had a new   
>>> magenta cartridge installed. My question : Why would it be  
>>> necessary to have all color cartridges at least with some ink in  
>>> them, if one would only want to use the copying  part of the  
>>> printer?  I thought just copying a black and white page would not  
>>> involve the color cartridges at all. I need a wise man's answer.
>>> Marta

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