HP Photosmart Premium - C309g and it has stopped printing in black (but will print colour)

Hi my HP Photosmart Premium - C309g and it has stopped printing in black (but will print colour). I've tried:-
printing test page - blank apart from windows logo
powering off and on
printing form different programmes.
Both black printer cartridges are full.
printer is 3 days out of one year guarantee!
I'm not very technical so easy solutions would be preferred.
Thanks
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When I updated to 10.8, I downloaded the required driver from the Apple store. It works well for photos, but not so well for text files. The "text" option is grainy and not very readable. The black-and-white option works better, but the text is still dim, regardless of how I manipulate the manual settings.
I've seen responses that are three or four years old to a similar question relevant to earlier versions of Mac OS X, but I'm wondering if there's a work-around for 10.8?
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Hi krisc,
Welcome to the HP Forums! I see that you are wondering how to scan text documents in an OCR format, using your HP Photosmart Premium c309g and Mac OS X 10.8.5. I am happy to help you with this issue!
At this time there is no OCR software for this printer for Mac OS X 10.8.5 or newer. I would however suggest looking for Third-Party software that could possibly work, with Mac OS X 10.8.5, and this particular printer.
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Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand when you scan a document, it takes longer and the background is black with horizontal white lines or a greenish background. I will do my best to assist you! First, I need to find out your operating system on your computer? Windows or Mac?
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Maybe there is some ink on the connections to the cartridges. This document may help with checking those areas after you installed new cartridges last time:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01808074&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=3793676&tmp...
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I have a Photosmart Premium C309g-m. I have been printing from it since I got my iMac12,2. When I try to print more than one copy of a particular item, the color changes an the 2nd one. I can only print one at a time accurately. I can't even set the next one up while the first is printing, I have to wait until the printer stops and then I can print the next one. Hope someone can help!

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Hello MichaelDell660,
Let's go ahead and do an uninstall and reinstall of the Photosmart c309g software and drivers. Click the link How to uninstall on Windows 7 and pull out all the software related to the c309g printer, once we have successfully removed the software we are going to go ahead and
On the Windows taskbar, click the Start icon type %temp% in the Search programs and files box, and then press Enter.
Find folders that begins with 7z. Look for the folder that shows the date you originally downloaded the drivers in the Date modified column, and then open this folder.
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My printer has usually worked until recently (past couple months). I have re-installed the driver several times, uninstalled the HP software, re-installed the driver only... and still the same symptoms occur.
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I am going to give as much information as I can.
I have:
HP Photosmart Premium C309g-m printer
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Windows 7 Home Premium
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HP0AB1A0 (HP Photosmart premium c309g-m)              IP http:\\192.168.1.70:3910
HP Photosmart on OWNER-PC                                             IP: \\OWNER-PC\ HP Photosmart
Samsung on OWNER-PC                                                        IP \\OWNER-PC\Samsung) (working)
Photosmart Premium C309g-m (HP)                                   IP 192.168.1.70.
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This is so frustrating! I used to work for HP, so I have gone through all the tricks I know.
Please help I really need to get this working. My email is [email protected], if you want to contact me directly. I might forget to come and check this.
Thank you in advance to anyone who has any ideas!

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The Linksys WRT600N is a simultaneous dual-band 802.11n wireless-router. There are a couple of things to try:
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Hello JWB46,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand when you scan a document, it takes longer and the background is black with horizontal white lines or a greenish background. I will do my best to assist you! First, I need to find out your operating system on your computer? Windows or Mac?
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Please make sure you have followed this entire HP document on Color or Brightness Level of Scanned Image is Not Correct. I would like to test out the hardware within your printer. Try copying a blank document on the scanner glass. Let me know if you have the same results. I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Have a great night!
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