HP Photosmart 5510 will not print in black ink

Hello, I started having an issue with my photosmart 5510. It slowly stopped printing in black in. I started printing, it printed a few pages normally, but then phased out to not printing black at all. When searching for solutions, I found a forum where an expert mentioned different instructions that have to be messaged privately, may I also have these instructions?
I have tried all the suggested steps and still no black ink, only wasting colored ink while I try one fix or another and then do a test page after each try.
I have had this printer for more than a year, possibly more than 2 years even, so it is way out of warranty and I am willing to try anything at this point.
Thank you.
PS I did try to private message the expert, but it wouldn't send due to "Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and send the message when you are satisfied." and it still wouldn't send. So here I am making a whole new thread about it :/

Hi MamaChickadee,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! I see you are running into some print quality issues on your HP Photosmart 5510, you are unable to print in black ink.
You have completed the steps listed here: Printer Does Not Print Black Ink or Color Ink, or Prints Blank Pages, with no success and would like to try the reset on the machine. I suspect the issue may be the printer and not the cartridge and do not feel a reset would help in this situation.
I would like to get this taken care of for you as soon as possible, can you please let me know which Country/Region you are in?
I hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks,
HevnLgh
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I see you are unable to print black from your Photosmart 5510, I'd like to help. Please complete all of the steps in the following document; Printer Does Not Print Black Ink or Color Ink, or Prints Blank Pages.
Although I hope this resolves the issue, it might not. If the issue persists, please post back with your warranty status. Use the following link to check your warranty.
If your printer is still in warranty, please call HP and explain the issue you are experiencing. The number to call HP is 1-800-474-6836 for Canada and US, or you can Contact HP Worldwide.
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I came upon this forum by doing a google search for the issue I'm having which is my HP Photosmart 5510 will not print black ink. The printer is a year and a half old and is used only for home office use (not a heck of a lot of printing being done)
It started right after I installed new ink cartridges (all four of them) I want to mention hear that I ONLY buy genuine HP ink cartridges from Staples and when I replace my cartriges I replace all four at the same time even if one ink level is not considered "replaceably" low. When the issue started I thought I must have gotten a bad black cartridge so I went out and bought another one but was still having the issue. So that's when I did my google search.
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I hope you and HP can still be friends( friendly humor).
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