Stupid f**ing Epson Stylus SX235W printer. Just went out and bought a brand new black ink cartridge. Colour ones didn't need replacing. Printed 1, 15 page colour newsletter and the Cyan is out. Can I just print out in black and white? NO. There was a window to print out temporarily using black ink but that's gone and now it wants me to go out and purchase a Cyan cartridge before it can print ANYTHING else. A bit of online research reveals this statement from Epson:
“If ink is not in the tubes from the head to the cartridge, air will be sucked in and therefore cause damage to the print head. This is because the nozzles are in the print head and not in the cartridge. ”
So what they're saying is that they deliberately won't allow printing only using black ink because they've designed it in such a way that this would damage the print head. Bad design? Cash-making scam? Both?!
I am going to go out and buy a cyan cartridge for the LAST TIME and then sell this piece of junk on Gumtree (if anyone will have it) or perhaps skip it.
Can anyone recommend a printer that is economical to run and doesn't bankrupt you every few weeks in ink costs? Is there a printer out there that will let you have the option of printing only black and white whilst also having a colour print facility? This Epson has drunk up inks like a fish and I am never entirely sure that the cartridges are completely empty when it asks you to replace them.
I think the printer cost about £50 new and I must have spent 2 or 3 times as much as that on inks over the past year (I don't use it a huge amount either, not even once a week!). Grrrrrrrrrrr 
(and skint!)