How can I stop my printer from printing a test page after every turnon?

Question

I have a HP Photosmart C3180 and Windows 10. The color ink cartridge is empty and I do not want to replace it because I never use color anyway. The thing is, since I replaced my black ink cartridge, my printer automatically prints a test page after every single turnon, which is totally annoying and wastes black ink. How can I prevent it from doing so?

Answer 1

I believe the printer wants to be calibrated. When a new cartridge is installed it prints the calibration test page to check that it is aligned properly. With many HP printers you need to then scan the test page, so the printer can set itself up correctly.

Unfortunately, as your colour cartridge is empty, the alignment will always be faulty, so I suspect there is no fix for this.

Answer 2

I had this problem and @hdhondt's answer pointed me in the right direction.

It may seem obvious, but make sure you press the BLACK copy button when scanning the calibration page if you installed a new black cartridge. I had pressed the color button the first time around with the assumption that it doesn't matter which copy button is used.