Canon W8400 plotter printer problems

[knulen]

We have a Canon W8400 plotter printer but we can't print on it anymore. We didn't use it for a while, I don't know what the reason was why, maybe the current error. It's giving the error:
ERROR E02526
Not enough Ink
The cartridge BCI-1421PC is close to empy. But the thing is, we don't use the photo ink anymore because we don't have photo paper anymore, only regular paper. So I don't know if replacing the cartridge will solve the problem, but these cartridges costs over 100 euro's and that's a lot of money to buy something you aren't going to use.

What is exactly the difference between the photo ink and regular ink? And why is there no yellow photo ink?
These are the cartridges that go in the plotter:
Yellow Ink: BCI-1441Y
Magenta Ink: BCI-1421M
Photo Magenta Ink: BCI-1421PM
Cyan Ink: BCI-1421C
Photo Cyan Ink: BCI-1421CM
Photo Black Ink: BCI-1421BK
Matte Black Ink: BCI-1441MBK

 

[knulen]

Anyone?

 

[The Paladin]

not sure if this will help, most "photo printers with a specialized cartridge for that pupose" usually have a printer preferences choice to set type of paper being printed on, I would check in printers/printing preferences to see if that is true and maybe able to change it to paper printing only, and hopefully ignore th efact the ink cartridge is empty.

I have used/repaired cannons in the past and I have seen plain paper inkjet printers with 3 colours and a black cartridge, and if you did not set it to print black only it would use the 3 colours to make black.

personally think the engineers at cannon are idiots and often fall short in their software drivers, it is possible in the end you will need a refilled cartridge photo... (get a refill of black for cheap, and refill the photo cartridge with it. and make proof of issue.)

ref : driver manual for w8400 : https://www.manualslib.com/manual/488135/Canon-Imageprograf-W8400.html?page=15#manual
user manual of the W8400 : https://www.manualslib.com/manual/355911/Canon-Imageprograf-W8400.html?page=164#manual