I cannot print in black on either of my printers. Why?

I had one printer that I use and it was not printing anything in black from documents. It will print colors. I can make a copy and it will print in black. I can print a scan and it prints black. I called the manufacturer, LexMark and they want me to pay them to help me fix it. I happened to think I have an old printer that was my father-in-laws, who passed away. So I hooked upt that printer and installed it to my computer. It is doing the same thing. That makes me think it is not printer specific that it is computer specific.

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I've noticed that Ciara sometimes help with sending a PM.
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