Why are there two black ink cartridges in my printer?

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Why are there two black ink cartridges in PIXMA MX ...

Pixma MX922 has two black cartridges, one's big and the other is the size of the color cartridges ? When one gets low, then I have to replace it, it doesn't "switch ...

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With the Canon i860 printer, why do you need two black ink cartridges?

My grandpa has one and is irritated when he doubles the price with two cartridges.

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One of the black cartridges is for printing photos - the other is for text.

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I have a Canon Pixma MP530 printer. Is there a way to print when one of the two black ink cartridges is empty?

It seems as though if you have two black ink cartridges that when one is goes empty that you would automatically be able to use the other ink cartridge. Unfortunately, when one goes empty it does not allow you to continue printing unless you replace...

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The two blacks are different inks and have two separate roles. The big one is pigmented ink and is used...

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One is for text and the other is for photos

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Ones for photo ink & the other regular printing ink.

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My printer will not print because it say NO INK.. i have two new cartridges in there now?

The ink levels say 100%.. but when i try to print both ink levels are empty and have ? marks on them.. It's a Lexmark printer .. please help:)

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Try shutting down the printer and wait a few minutes and turn it back on. If that doesnt work, shut...

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Do you need two ink cartridges for a printer to work?

Like do you need the black and the color or could you just have one.

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Some printers work with one tri-color cartridge. The printer produces black ink by mixing the Cyan,...

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internal leaks reduced life of the printer

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The Canon iP6310D printer takes the CL-41 color and the #40 black cartridges.

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be happy you got three test prints out of it. when you dont use a printer for a long time, the heads...

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