If your printer is not printing in black color, start troubleshooting bychecking the ink levels. Refill the black ink/replace the cartridge—if necessary.
In case the ink levels are fine, the problem is more likely on the printhead. A few cycles ofprinthead cleaningwill again bring your printer back to its normal state.
If these options are not feasible for you, your printer can stillprint without black ink. Let’s begin with the same.
Print Without Black Ink
Yes, you read that right! It’s actually possible toprint without black inkand still get the black color in your printout.
What you need to do is,
The mechanism is fairly simple. When you set the paper type to Glossy, theprinter combines the Magenta, Yellow, and Cyan colors to create Black.
Additionally, try changing the paper type to what you haveinserted in the paper trayand print again. Should that work, you’re good to go.
Verify the Ink Levels and Refill It
While printing without black ink is extremely helpful when in a rush, I don’t recommend you rely on this permanently. As discussed already, it isneither a cost-effective nor a productive option.
So what’s better is youinspect the black ink levelon your printer’s ink tanks and refill it if required.
In case your printer has a cartridge system, consider replacing the cartridge.
Tocheck the ink levels on your printer, go to thePrinting Preferencesandview the status monitor.
you may alsoprint a Printer Status Report/Diagnostic Reportto do it. Here’s what the report looks like on my HP Ink Tank Wireless 410 series printer.
you may easily verify the ink levels from here.
