On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 05:40:37PM -0400, Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Giancarlo Pegoraro > <genkipegor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Il giorno mer, 16/09/2009 alle 18.38 +0200, pch0317 ha scritto: [...] > >> The problem is that when I print black text I receive coloured text > >> instead. > >> It is bug? > > > > Sometime, the black cartridge is empty? :-) > > > > On the printer's control panel press and hold Cancel and then press > Color Start. The printer will print a test page. if there's no black > on the test page, you're probably out of black ink. > > The hplip package includes utilities for checking ink levels and > running an ink system cleaning which you can run if you're not out of > black ink and yet it doesn't print black or if black is streaky. >
take a look at the "Printout Mode" options for your printer. If you are primarily printing B&W, make sure you select a printout mode that uses the black cartridge. It is quite possible to set a color mode that does not use the black cartridge at all and gets its black from wastefully mixing the other three colors. Personally, since I pretty much *only* print in B&W, I select a printout mode that uses *only* the black cartridge. A
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