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No offence taken ... the last time I used those dumb tanks, or off brand cheap inkjet replacements (I still have a stack of them in my basement in sealed packages) was over ten years ago. I don't remember how or what I did back then ... all I remember is that it was all a constant pain because every time I found a solution, the companies figured out ways to break any set up and then people would start with something new again.
And all I ever wanted to do was print black and white documents anyway. It was always a pain in the ass to try to print a black and white page and my printer would complain that it needed CYAN! ... the comic and jokes about that is real ... you couldn't print unless all the colours were there.
I got so mad about it all I went and bought a $300 laser printer and have never had problems since. Once this printer goes, I won't mind spending $500 on another laser printer because I will never invest in an inkjet printer for my home office.
For real, an HP nowadays is even worse at that. They have a setting now called true black that instead of just using the Black Ink that comes with a printer it uses the black ink and a little bit of every color to make it so it's a darker shade. The result is a darker tone however it blows through your ink even faster because it's also using your color at the same time.
If I have no more choices ... I'd switch to a mechanical Gutenberg press before I go back to inkjet ever again.