Jo:

I've read MANY reviews of the Kodak all in one printer. NOT GOOD!!

Many people have said "Do not buy this printer".

I listen to what people said.

I have NEVER had a problem with my HP 882C.

But because my ink cartridges dried out last year, I simply stopped using the printer. Didn't need to print out anything.

But because I need to type some stuff and print it out, I figured, "go and buy a new black ink cartridge". I don't need to buy a color one.

They are BOTH empty by the way.

I just wanted to see if buying a new printer would be more economical then spending $40 on a new black cartridge. I don't want to buy a refurbished one.

Well, after reading about the Kodak printer I said to myself "Go and check and see if your cartridges are actually empty"

So I went to word pad, created a document and hit Print.

My printer started to do it's thing, but nothing happened. Did this MANY times. I made sure there are no jams. In the beginning it would not print anything (nor did I get a message on my screen "CARTRIDGE IS EMPTY", ETC.

It would spit out paper but didn't print anything.

Then I opened the top of the printer, took out each cartridge and placed them back in. Tried to print anything (just to see if a pop up message would say "YOU NEED INK", or something like that.

Tried to print a test page.

NOTHING.

So here's my dilemma (and I have two questions).

1. Does the fact that both cartridges are empty, well is THIS the reason it's not attempting to print anything?

2. Do I have to replace BOTH cartridges, even though I only need to print in black? I don't do photos or anything like that. I just need black ink.

So can I go and buy a black ink cartridge #45 for HP and if I insert a new black cartridge in my HP 882C, will it print if I have an empty color cartridge and a brand new black cartridge.

I would hate to have to spend $80 to buy 2 cartridges just to print in Black and White.

I wish it would tell me 'This is not printing because you have empty ink cartridges".

I don't really know if I need to replace this printer. It used to work fine.

Is there a way to find out what I need to find out?

Thanks much

Melody