I have an Epson Stylus CX5800F all-in-one. I don't need color. I do need to reduce expense as much as possible. Astounded by how often nozzle clogged and how much ink was used each time I needed to clean print head to unclog nozzle. How many pages should I be able to print before a nozzle clogs? A tutor just set the default at black ink only and at draft quality. He was in a hurry and I dont know how to find the settings. If anyone can tell me what to click on to get there, I'd appreciate it. I found a company that sells cartridges at around $6. Currently I am not printing much but that may change. My major concern is expense. What do I have to do to get the most pages from each cartridge? Is there anything I can do to reduce or eliminate the clogged nozzel problem? Will I harm the machine in any way by pulling the color cartridges and leaving the holders empty?

I have an Epson Stylus CX5800F all-in-one. I don't need color. I do need to reduce expense as much as possible. Astounded by how often nozzle clogged and how much ink was used each time I needed to clean print head to unclog nozzle. How many pages should I be able to print before a nozzle clogs? A tutor just set the default at black ink only and at draft quality. He was in a hurry and I dont know how to find the settings. If anyone can tell me what to click on to get there, I'd appreciate it. I found a company that sells cartridges at around $6. Currently I am not printing much but that may change. My major concern is expense. What do I have to do to get the most pages from each cartridge? Is there anything I can do to reduce or eliminate the clogged nozzel problem? Will I harm the machine in any way by pulling the color cartridges and leaving the holders empty?
For starters you printer will not function without colour cartridges installed. If that there needs to be ink in those cartridges. Epson cartridges have a chip on the bottom that have an on/off switch, If one cartridge is on the off position (empty) or missing the printer will not function. In terms of clogs, they are not caused by overuse, rather lack there of, or substandard cartridges. Unfortunately the only way to reduce the risk of clogs is to run regular print head cleanings, around once a month should do the trick.

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