Why won't my black ink work?

Does anyone know if those printers that run only on colored ink cartridges (no black ink) work well?

• or do they run out of ink super fast when you are printing text documents. I ask because my printer just ran out of ink. the printer costed 35 dollars. the ink refill costs 39 dollars. wish i had noticed that when i bought it. I saw a printer that runs on only one ink cartridge (colored only no black ink) and that printer is 32 dollars..wondering if that is a better buy because then the ink wont be so expensive to refill .....unless it run out super fast...anyone know??

• Answer:

  Not sure about the printer without black ink but there are plenty of sites you can go to purchase refurbished ink cartridges at a much lower price. I have a photo quality printer and the pictures come out looking like new with the refurbished ink. Here are a few links: http://www.4inkjets.com/categories.php http://www.ink-refills-ink.com/