In my D7160 printer, the black cartridge is not working.

My Photosmart D7160, the black ink cartridge suddenly stop working. Like it was empty. It is shown as full. I removed it and realized that it has ink inside. I replaced it with a new one and it doesn't work either. What is the problem?

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I would recommend scrolling up to my last message about the black ink not printing. I have posted a troubleshooting guide to help resolve the issue. If the steps don't help, call HP directly to see what your options are.
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2 - With a straight pin, gently remove excess adhesive from the vent
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OK so this is weird.
Just thought to plug in my windows 7 netbook onto the printer.
It printed fine with black cartridge!
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Nope, its not a bug. When you choose borderless the print region actually becomes bigger than the page to make sure there are no white gaps. The ink that does not make it to the page is caught in a trough filled with foam just below the print zone.
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After trying the suggested solutions to this problem on the last 20 forum pages with no luck, I took the new black cartridge out of the printer. Later, forgetting there was no black cartridge in it, I proceeded to print a page and finally got a full page printed in black. What does that mean? other than it's a messed up printer. No more HP for me. My old Epson worked for 8 years with no problems. Someone hit the nail on the head when he called the software " invasive". Does HP ever read this board? If they did, one would think they would be concerned about some very angry customers.

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After trying the suggested solutions to this problem on the last 20 forum pages with no luck, I took the new black cartridge out of the printer. Later, forgetting there was no black cartridge in it, I proceeded to print a page and finally got a full page printed in black. What does that mean? other than it's a messed up printer.
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hehe, yea, looks like the "street value" has gone up since you bought it, Ileen
"est. street price: $249.99†"
Anyway, I'm so darned obsessive - I couldn't stop until it was solved. I spent 2 days on this darn thing, and finally came across some help on removing the print head & soaking it. THE BLACK INK WORKS NOW! Yeah!!!
(For anyone else that has the same problem (and the link above doesn't work), here's how to take the print head off: There's a grey tab at the front of the print head assembly that I had to lift up & it allowed me to remove the print head & soak it in an alcohol solution. (albeit 70% not the recommended 90%)
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I understand you have a Photosmart C4680 that is rejecting your black cartridge that has been refilled. I'm sorry to hear this has been happening, but will certainly do my best to help!
Because the cartridge is refilled, the printer may not accept it. There are definitely still a few things you can try though before having to look into buying another HP cartridge. Please have a look through this 'Cartridge Problem,' 'Cartridge Failed,' or 'Incompatible Cartridge' Message Displays on the Compute... document and hopefully these cleaning steps will assist the printer in accepting the refilled cartridge. I would also recommend, if you can, to plug the printer directly to a wall outlet to ensure it has enough power to function properly.
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