Occassionally print solid black pages instead of text

Sometimes (but not always) pdf files print as solid black rectangles - how do I prevent this?

This type of result is often due to errors in the HP printer drivers. Several things can be tried. Sometimes, using a tested driver for an older, but compatible printer will do the job. A lot of folks used the use the HPLJ2 driver even with HPLJ3 and 4 systems. Another option is to try to print as a graphic. At this point, I can only suggest playing around with things. A lot of folks like the graphic driver aspect instead.
You might also consider printing to the printer in a PS mode rather than PCL if that option is available.
I am only suggesting things I have seen tried by various folks. I don't have a good explanation.

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Good day. My officejet 6310 has started printing a 3/8" solid black line instead of text. I've replaced both color and black cartridges. I've also run align and clean cartridges. Does anyone have helpful suggestions?

This type of result is often due to errors in the HP printer drivers. Several things can be tried. Sometimes, using a tested driver for an older, but compatible printer will do the job. A lot of folks used the use the HPLJ2 driver even with HPLJ3 and 4 systems. Another option is to try to print as a graphic. At this point, I can only suggest playing around with things. A lot of folks like the graphic driver aspect instead.
You might also consider printing to the printer in a PS mode rather than PCL if that option is available.
I am only suggesting things I have seen tried by various folks. I don't have a good explanation.

M3035 all in one. Printing solid black page

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Open System Preferences > Print & Scan then select the Print tab then click Open Print Queue
Delete all jobs from the print queue
Restart your Mac and restart the printer.
See if that made a difference.
If not, might be corrupted print preferences ...
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
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Some prints have black stripes instead of text

Sometimes when I print a pdf, the printouts contain black stripes instead of text.
Acrobat X Pro was used to create the documents from Word 2010.
The Printer is a
HP Laserjet 4700
Driver: HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (61.118.1.11744); UDP Version: 5.4.0.11744
I also tried another drivers AND also another Printer (HP 4700 too).
Still the same results.
Do you have any ideas what could be the reason for that problem?
thx 4 info
gamma

This type of result is often due to errors in the HP printer drivers. Several things can be tried. Sometimes, using a tested driver for an older, but compatible printer will do the job. A lot of folks used the use the HPLJ2 driver even with HPLJ3 and 4 systems. Another option is to try to print as a graphic. At this point, I can only suggest playing around with things. A lot of folks like the graphic driver aspect instead.
You might also consider printing to the printer in a PS mode rather than PCL if that option is available.
I am only suggesting things I have seen tried by various folks. I don't have a good explanation.

After installing Yosemite my fax is sending black pages with white text

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PDFs printing with black background and white text.

For some reason some of our PDF's have been printing with black backgrounds and white text, even though they appear to be normal on the screen before they are printed. I haven't been able to confirm 100% yet but it appears to only be happening with pdfs that were created from scanned documents.
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Absolutely agree with the original poster. I find white text on black background so very very difficult (I changed from using Tweetbot on iOS to Tweetlogix for this very reason) and it physically hurts my eyes to try to read it. I can just about manage with Spotify using white text on a black background on the large screen of my MacBook Pro - and I do mean "just" - but for the smaller screen of my iPhone 5 it is just impossible. Even with a retina screen such as that on the iPhone 5S there is a strange ghosting effect and it gives me a headache to look at it for too long.
This may be something to do with age! I suspect most app developers are youngsters with almost perfect eyesight, but for those of us whose eyesight is less than perfect, this white text on black background really is so very difficult.
I know there is a workaround in setting the iPhone to invert ALL colours (under Accessibility in Settings) but it's a real pain to have to keep altering this setting every time I want to open or close Spotify, and it doesn't look right anyway. iOS7 is supposed to be a light, bright, easy to read OS - sadly this new Spotify app is the opposite of that.
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Hello there! Welcome to the forums @janvlz
I saw your post about your printer printing out in solid black ink, and wanted to recommend a troubleshooting guide for you to try!
Fixing Print Quality Problems for the HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One Printer Series
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[solved] Solid black box instead of "hovertext / tooltip"

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I thought about that.
First I changed my chromium settings to "use classic theme", restarted it and had the same problem. Next I changed it to use GTK+ theme, restarted it, same problem. Last, I returned it to "hide system title bar and use compact borders" (which is my default), restarted it, same problem.
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How to print a black page in white

Dear sirs
I wonder if it is possible to set a print button, on a black
background page with white text, to allow the user to print it with
white background and black text so that he won't waste a lot of ink
to print the data
Thx in advance

Yes, you definitely can. Here are two good tutorials:
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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/screen_to_print.html
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Laserjet P3500 printing solid black edge left side of paper

Just started recently having this problem. Left side of page has solid black line about 1/4" wide top to bottom. I checked register of paper and it is perfect. Using windows XP Pro on a Dell computer. I checked the green roller and it is clean. Using genuine HP cartridge. Don't know what else I can tell you about this problem

Hi there,
Print quality troubleshooting pages
Use the built-in print quality troubleshooting pages to help diagnose and solve print quality problems.
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Press (Select) to select DIAGNOSTICS .
Press (Down arrow) to highlight PQ TROUBLESHOOTING .
Press (Select) to print the pages.
The printer returns to the Ready state after printing the print quality troubleshooting pages. If print quality defects are found when reviewing the print quality troubleshooting pages, perform a printer calibration. See the following section "Calibrating the printer " for more information.
Calibrate the printer
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Press (Select) to enter the MENUS .
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Press (Select) to select PRINT QUALITY .
Press (Down arrow) to highlight CALIBRATE NOW .
Press (Select) to select CALIBRATE NOW .
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Safari displays a black page instead of the PDF

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Back up all data.
Triple-click the line of text below to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste (command-V) into the text box that opens, then press return.
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~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
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HP2055 prints solid black lines how do I clear this?

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Smartform prints out Black boxes instead of Shade

Hello Experts,
I have developed some smartforms which have some boxes that are shaded with grey color for heading.
They work fine for some existing printers. But when i issue a print out on a new printer i
see that the shaded boxes are displayed as solid black boxes on the print out.
I also tried to print it in color but invain. Even the LOGO also got blacked out.
Can any one suggest me what to do.
Is it with my smartform or printer settings. Please advice.
Thanks
Dany

Hi
I don't know if u can't find out a solution.
All device output (printers) having the same divice type have the same behavior, i.e. printers having a different device type can give a different output, so if u'll correct the problem for a certain group of printers u could have a new problem for other group.
I think the best soltion is to use the printer used to test the smartforms
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Hey there @TM-10
Welcome to the Community
I read through your post about your new Officejet 8610 scanning a document to your computer and printing out all black. I have a couple ideas for you to try.
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Press the Power button to turn on the product.
With the product turned on, disconnect the power cord from the rear of the product.
Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
Wait at least 15 seconds.
Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet.
Reconnect the power cord to the rear of the product.
If the product does not turn on by itself, press the Power button to turn it on.
Ensure the printer is plugged in directly to the wall outlet, avoiding power bars and surge protectors. This ensures the printer is receiving full power and may help.
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