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cant print black
re installed, new cartridge, but cant print black. colors work....? what
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cant print black
This problem can be particularly annoying because it can be the result of a
hardware problem in the printer, or a software driver problem. Since you replaced the black cartridge, have you tried to use any of the printers diagnostics (in the driver options,) or perhaps any diagnostics built in the printer? Does your printer have heads on the cartridges, or are they just ink tanks? Make and model info would really help! I once had a customer (years ago) complain about the same problem. Seems they were trying to print white text on colored paper. The long and short of it was thay they hadn't figured out the difference between printing a graphic rendition of a page, and a non graphics rendition. With no white ink, it's only possible using a graphic rendition that provides a colored background. "mrs bird" mrs wrote in message news re installed, new cartridge, but cant print black. colors work....? what can I do |
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cant print black
There is another possibility--
If the printer has "fixed" heads and removable inktanks, (My old Cannon S750 for instance) The black head may be clogged up with dried ink. I ended up using Windex, saturated paper towels, and a plastic bag to soak the head for several days, then rinsed out the ink screen on the head, sprayed some windex in via the screen, then let the head sit for a day or so in the plastic bag. Eventually the black nozzles started to unclog. A couple of additional flushes with windex and then water, followed by reassembly into the printer, and execution of the head cleaning sequences restored black printing. "Chuck" wrote in message ... This problem can be particularly annoying because it can be the result of a hardware problem in the printer, or a software driver problem. Since you replaced the black cartridge, have you tried to use any of the printers diagnostics (in the driver options,) or perhaps any diagnostics built in the printer? Does your printer have heads on the cartridges, or are they just ink tanks? Make and model info would really help! I once had a customer (years ago) complain about the same problem. Seems they were trying to print white text on colored paper. The long and short of it was thay they hadn't figured out the difference between printing a graphic rendition of a page, and a non graphics rendition. With no white ink, it's only possible using a graphic rendition that provides a colored background. "mrs bird" mrs wrote in message news re installed, new cartridge, but cant print black. colors work....? what can I do |
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cant print black
There is another possibility--
If the printer has "fixed" heads and removable inktanks, (My old Cannon S750 for instance) The black head may be clogged up with dried ink. I ended up using Windex, saturated paper towels, and a plastic bag to soak the head for several days, then rinsed out the ink screen on the head, sprayed some windex in via the screen, then let the head sit for a day or so in the plastic bag. Eventually the black nozzles started to unclog. A couple of additional flushes with windex and then water, followed by reassembly into the printer, and execution of the head cleaning sequences restored black printing. "Chuck" wrote in message ... This problem can be particularly annoying because it can be the result of a hardware problem in the printer, or a software driver problem. Since you replaced the black cartridge, have you tried to use any of the printers diagnostics (in the driver options,) or perhaps any diagnostics built in the printer? Does your printer have heads on the cartridges, or are they just ink tanks? Make and model info would really help! I once had a customer (years ago) complain about the same problem. Seems they were trying to print white text on colored paper. The long and short of it was thay they hadn't figured out the difference between printing a graphic rendition of a page, and a non graphics rendition. With no white ink, it's only possible using a graphic rendition that provides a colored background. "mrs bird" mrs wrote in message news re installed, new cartridge, but cant print black. colors work....? what can I do |
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