Not printing black ink after new ink cartridge installed (HP Officejet Pro L7555)

I have an HP Officejet Pro L7555 on which I just replaced the black ink cartridge. Now it won't print in black at all. I have tried cleaning the printhead multiple times to no avail. I only get printouts of boxes in all colors except black and nothing else written on the page at the end of each printhead cleaning cycle.
When I print the Self Test Diagnostic Page, it comes out in Magenta instead of black. On this page, it shows that both printhead are in good condition. The ink level on the black ink cartridge is shown to be full as would be expected for a newly installed cartridge.
I have replaced other cartridges on this printer before, and have not had this issue. Could anyone please help?

Thanks, garytech1. I have seen the document.
Solution 1. I have used and am using only genuine HP cartridges. The one I recently replaced was black. I have replaced the other colors before without problems.
Solution 2. I am using the correct type of paper. There are no streaks on the printouts. Any printing I try from a document with black text comes out blank. The only two types of printouts I have obtained are:
a. The Self Test Diagnostic Page, which comes out in magenta and it has no streaks. It also lists the status of the printheads as being good.
b. The printout that follows a printhead cleaning that has all color boxes except black. There are no streaks here either.
Solution 3. I have checked the print settings (I have Windows XP SP3) and they are all correct.
Solution 4. I have printed the PQ Diagnostic page and it is all blank except for some colored boxes. There are no streaks in them. No grey boxes appear.
Solution 5. There is nothing wrong with the images or documents I am trying to print.
Solution 6. I don't see why I should have to spend $70+ to replace the black/yellow printhead when:
a. The yellow color comes out fine in the colored boxes
b. All the diagnostics (the ones that are in the installed software as well as the ones I obtained from the HP website) all show the condition of both printheads to be good, and
c. When all printing was working just fine before I replaced the cartridge. Is there a physical way to clean the printheads since it appears from all of the above that it is the genuine HP ink that may have actually plugged it up?
Thanks for your help!

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