Printer is printing different colours than what it should do

Can anyone help!.
Go my black cartridges refilled today and put it back in my printer. When i print a mono picture picture, it fades have way through then goes a deep red. But the colours are also getting mixed up. This only started when the black cartridge ran out, does anyone know what i can do.

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Can anyone help!.
Go my black cartridges refilled today and put it back in my printer. When i print a mono picture picture, it fades have way through then goes a deep red. But the colours are also getting mixed up. This only started when the black cartridge ran out, does anyone know what i can do.
See here for suggestions. Without any clues about your printer model, the application you are printing from or your operating systemI would say the issue is that you are running out of cyan ink.
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