Printer running out of coloured ink when I print only in greyscale.

[dizzy078]

Hello,

As title says, I have a HP deskjet 3630 which runs absolutely fine. My only irk is that I seem to be changing the coloured ink more often than the black. I print mainly hermes labels (4-8 pages a week) so use greyscale. I know this is supposed to use a small amount of coloured ink also, but I find the printer runs out of coloured pretty quick.

Any suggestions what I could do? Maybe something needs a clean? Also would like suggestions for third party ink, as I'm unsure what cheap alternatives are available. At the mo I use the HP ink.

Thanks.

 

[dizzy078]

I only print more around Christmas. Apart from that it's pretty steady. It's not worth it for me to change printer until it packs up. I'll have a shop around for third party ink then.