Officejet 8500 won't print Black ink only if other colors are out

  I confirmed with HP's customer support that there is no way to print black
  ink only with this printer if other colors are out.  Does anyone else feel
  that this is absolutely rediculous?  If I have an urgent printing need and
  I'm out of color, it seems that the printer should allow me to print in
  black only.  This seems to be a way for HP to sell more color ink.  ARGH!

  HP and Corporate Plunder

  Now I'm sitting here the day before Xmas, needing to print a black
  document,
  and the printer won't print because the color cartridge (which is FULL of
  ink) is expired.

  You money-grubbing S.O.B.s aren't going to get any more of my $ than I can
  possibly avoid, ever again--
  --
  Unless you wake up and stop trying to squeeze every last cent out of your
  customers. Assume that most people won't refill, but accommodate those who
  will. It won't kill you.

  You made a good move when you released your drivers for open source
  development (I'm a Linux user). But you're beginning to make dumb moves.

  Another example is an HP Pavillion computer my in-laws bought last year.
  Decided they wanted Linux, which turned out to be impossible to install on
  your cheaply made hardware. I've steered at least 30 small companies away
  from HP computers since that experience.

  They're putting smart chips in their cartridges. This makes it harder for
  users to refill the cartridges. It also assures that even refilled
  cartridges will have to be replaced much sooner than they actually wear
  out.

  The bottom line is something which has been known in the past as planned
  obsolescence, but is much more "in your face"
  than anything I've ever seen in the past. This isn't just an example of
  making something poorly, so it wears out
  quicker. These people are telling their products exactly when to stop
  working, for no other reason than that they want
  to sell another one.


  Merry Christmas.

  Paul Lamar and others


  Paul and all,

  I totally concur.  My wife and I have had the exact same experience with
  our
  HP 7360 printer and we have decided to never again purchase ANY HP product
  because of this very reason.  If they can't hack it without exploiting the
  very customers they so desperately need to survive, then they need to
  expire
  like their overpriced cartridges.  My Brother TN-330 Laser monochrome
 works
  very well and only cost $100 over a year ago. Still on the original
  cartridge, and I print quite a bit sometimes...The perfectly useable HP
  printer is now sitting on a shelf at the local Goodwill store with expired
  cartridges...

  Merry Christmas to you and yours,

  Norm

  Epson does the same thing, plus they have programmed their ink sensors to
  say empty when it still has ink. There was a class action settlement over
  that, Of course without admitting any wrongdoing.
  C. Smith

  Paul,

 Send your document to me and I'll print it for you and then scan and email
 it back to you.  ;-)

 Mark S.

 I want the paper. It is my paper and I want it now :)

 Paul Lamar


 OK, then I'll fax it back.  LOL

Mark

BTW Kodak hero all in on  claims to have the cheapest ink.

Office Max sells them for $99.

Anybody have one of these things?

Paul Lamar