In case your printer error to reasonable ink, it won't continue even if you reset to black. Actually newer printer even though choosing black colored production nevertheless in fact make use of a little bit of shade maintain the ink pathways afresh. Once the printer is actually corrected and printing again, can you use black only to help reduce color ink use. We stated, "reduce" maybe not eliminate as i stated it nonetheless makes use of some shade ink. Even worse, you've got an Epson which strongly performs this.
As Robert stated in the event that you plan to carry on in "monochrome" or black colored output, a laser or a inkjet printer that fundamentally is a fundamental printer(very simple) does this. But most won't repeat this aside from reset to black mode and once more we provide as published above just what it will. Ink is $, so no printer manufacturer will certainly reduce this cashflow, duration. Pssstt.sometimes its less expensive buying a new printer "on purchase" in the place of purchasing brand new ink carts -OR- have another monochrome ptr. within the ready. A cheap laser prices well under $100US though perhaps not an AIO type.