Printer Printing only in Blue Ink

Printer is only printing in blue ink. I recently changed all the cartridges (HP brand) and also did the clean pin head function on the printer under tools. Nothing is working! Any tips?? Thanks!

Hi , Welcome to the HP Forums! I see that your HP Officejet 6700 is only printing in blue. I am happy to help you with this printing issue! Please, try the steps within this print quality guide, Printer Prints a Blank Page or Does Not Print Black or Color Ink for the HP Officejet 6600 e-All-in-One and 6700 Premium e-All-in-One Printer Series. If this does not resolve your issue, then the printer will need to be serviced/or replaced. Please contact HP, phone support for further assistance. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region. Country-language selector. Best of luck! “Please click the Thumbs up icon below to thank me for responding.”

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How to get my C309a printer to only use black ink cartridge?.

I have changed my ink cartridges 3 times. ALL of them. I haven't had the printer for that long. I only print TEXT so only BLACK INK. And not that much of it either. SO why does all of the cartridges get used up? I cannot find anything where you can adjust or fix this problem. HELP as I don't have the money to keep buying all this ink.

PTGillan wrote:
[snip] Decent thing to do would be to allow printer to do what they have done from time immemorial - print faded docs to give us time to get cartridges and avoid total failure. Not a good or decent system. Not a good way to treat customers.
The Photosmart c309a does allow printing in black if a color ink is depleted - I have one here. What is your printer model?
HP and other printer manufacturers have different printer technologies for different needs.
Some have printheads built into the ink cartridges. These printers can typically print with one or more of the colors completely empty, or even with color or black (but not both) cartridges removed. The Deskjet 6980 series is an example.
Other printers have separate ink supplies and replaceable printheads. An example would be the Officejet 6500 printers. The printhead in these printers can be replaced if they are damaged by running the printhead with colors out. Some of these printers will allow printing with a color out, other will not. If the printer is run without ink in one or more colors the printer may be damaged, but the user may be able to recover without having to send the printer for service.
Other printers have permanent printheads. To run these without some ink in all the colors would risk causing damage to the printhead due to clogs, air ingested in the printheadvor burned out printhead firing resistors. The Photosmart 3310 series is an example of this type of printer. For printers with fixed printheads this could require service to get the printer to print properly again when the ink is finally replaced.
The document here has information on how ink is used.
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How can I print using only the black ink cartridge?

I have a officejet 4620 that I need to know how to set up to have the option of using the black ink cartridge only. I rarely ever use color ink and I dont want $30 worth of color ink to dwindle away while printing pages that do not need any sort of quality printing. How can I change this setting? I have a Mac and there are hardly any options when trying to print anything.
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Hello @downeyke , and welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand you are looking into black ink options. I would love to try and help you, but I do need a little information first. I am linking an HP Support document below that will show you how to find which version of the Mac operating system you are using. With this information we can provide you with accurate information.
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When I type documents in word they show black on the screen, black font is on but they print all in blue ink only. help

I am using word. I type in black font, it shows black on the monitor but prints only in blue ink. What is wrong?

You sure that the monitor isn't set to a color or darkness that doesn't make dark blue look like black?
I would force the text color with Microsoft Word to black or automatic, and see if it makes a difference. It should be obvious by the spectrum when you choose it what color it is using. If it is not on the complete dark end of the spectrum, it could be picking dark blue.

Can I print on a Canon MP480 using only a black ink cartridge?

Hi BKJen, Both ink cartridges are required to be installed in the printer in order to print, even if one of the ink cartridges are low or out of ink. If you are receiving a low/out of ink warning and need to continue printing, you can disable the ink level detection function of the printer by pressing and holding down the Stop/Reset or Resume/Cancel button on the printer for at least 5 seconds, then releasing it. Once the low/out of ink cartridge is replaced with a Canon genuine ink cartridge, the ink level detection function of the printer will be re-enabled. You can also set the printer to print using only the black ink cartridge from within the printer driver on your computer. If you would like instruction for doing this, please reply with what operating system is on your computer (version of Windows or Mac OS X), and we'll be happy to assist you.

Hello @downeyke , and welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand you are looking into black ink options. I would love to try and help you, but I do need a little information first. I am linking an HP Support document below that will show you how to find which version of the Mac operating system you are using. With this information we can provide you with accurate information.
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When i try to print in black and white, my picture is flooded with blue ink

hi! I made sure all the printing settings were correct. I did a clean of the heads and made sure the inks were all full. I set the printer to print six by four inches and used hp advanced photo paper. I set the print to grey scale, as there is no settings for black and white.
when the picture came through, it started grey scale and further down the picture was flooded with blue ink. I have a all in one printer fax C309 series. can anyone help me please?
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This seems like the printhead may have a problem. Lets go to printing preferences for the printer(these may already be set this way if so let us know). In this window on the left column of printing shortcuts lets choose Fast/Economical and set Print in Grayscale on the right to "Black ink only". If your setting was set to high quality try printing again. If you were already set to "Black ink only" under the Grayscale option the printer may require servicing.
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HP Officejet Pro L7780 All-in-One Will Not Print Blue Ink - It Prints Pink Instead

HP Officejet Pro L7780 All-in-One -
Issue:
Blue ink will not print (It prints the color pink instead.).
Actions taken:
1. Cleaned ink heads.
2. Replaced ink cartrige.
3. Reinstalled software.
Sugestions by HP customer service:
Purchase a new printer: Because the issue is software related - not reading the blue ink cartrige.
Any suggestions or advice would be very much appreciated.
Thank you for your time!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ryan

The cyan portion of the printhead may be clogged. I would suggest running the diagnostics shown here. If three levels of cleaning of the printheads does not resolve the issue you may need a new printhead.
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How do I print with only one cartridge that has ink?

I have windows 7 and HP Officejet Pro 8600 n911a Printer. When the color inks depleted I could still print w/black tho had to click on permission stuff. Now that the black ran out and I have replaced it with a new cartridge it will not print in black only. These are expensive inks (what else is new????) so cannot afford to replace all at once. Instructions say in one place that I can print with one or more empty cartridges. another place says I cannot do this. I was able to print just black only as stated above but now I cannot do so after replacing the black cartridge and the 3 color are empty. How do I print now with just the black ink only?????? Otherwise I have to wait a month or more before affording the color replacement cartridges.
Thank you.

traci610 wrote:
If anyone has a better solution then buying the color cartridges just to print in black, please let me know.
"In HP IIC systems, all supplies are required to be installed in the printer for the printer to function." This information comes from the document on how ink is used in HP inkjet printers, found here. Alas, there is no other solution.
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I have a Mac and use an EPSON NX510 printer. I would like my printer to only print in black ink unless I otherwise indicate. How do I do this?

I have a Mac and use an EPSON NX510 printer. I would like to print in black ink only and cannot locate how to do this?

You usually find an option to print in black and white or gray scale in the settings of your printer that come up when you choose "print" in the file menu of the program you are using at the time.
BUT, if what you want to do is print with only black ink because you are out of ink in one of the color cartridges, that is usually not possible. For some reason I can't remember, printers makers prevent the use of the printer as soon as one of the color cartridges is empty.

How do I setup my printer to print with only black ink in a pages document

How do I setup a document to use black ink only in Pages?

This is a Printer setting, rather than a Document one.
For my Canon Inkjet, it's done in the Print Dialogue:
As you can see from the second pop-up menu, I have saved this setting as a preset.
The setting itself has only a single change from the supplied "Standard" setting—checking the Grayscale Printing checkbox.
Going by appearances, the printer uses only the Black cartridge when printing in this mode, unless I have set "Use color cartridge" in the printer's utility software, a setting intended to allow you to print using only one cartridge when the other is out of ink. Greyscale printing using only the colour cartridge has less contrast, and usually shows a colour cast. Setting the printer utility to specify using only the K cartridge shows results essentially the same as those done in grayscale using the Print dialogue setting and not bothering to change the printer utility setting.
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C5380 - I want to print using ONLY black ink cartridge. Is this possible?

Hi Folks,
I now understand that this model, HP C5380 and I'm guessing many others too, are programed to use an amount of colour ink even when selected to print in Black.
My question is: Can I somehow program the printer to 'only print using the black ink cartridge' and not use the colour cartridges at all?
I have heard that this is possible with some models but need the specifics.
I am even willing to permanently disable the colour function if needed. The replacement ink catridges are so very expensive, if I'm unable to do this then I'll be looking for another printer and it won't be HP. Thi is unfortunate because I think they make a good quality product - however they need to be on notice that their customers 'good will' and return business will not be forthcoming when they (and other compaines) continue to use money making strategies like this.
Many Thanks in advance for your time, B

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How do i get the 8600 to print in only black ink?

How do I set the HP Pro 8600 Plus to print only in black ink? I have tried the "enable" option for black ink only under Preferences/Advanced but it doesn't seem to work. Still keeps printing in color.
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Did you set the Grayscale option to Black Ink Only?
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Print only in black ink

HP Photosmart D7100 Printer series.podoshli the end of the yellow and red ink, but you need very urgently to print a document. have the opportunity to transfer print only the black cartridge?

Lilbai wrote:
Bob, thanks for confirming what HP says the printer does and doesn't do. If however, I want to print in pure black, which appears to be an option provided by the printer, does the printer require the use, rather than the presence, of colour ink to print? HP says colour ink will be drawn by the printer when the level of black ink is low but my black ink is half full and I still can't print in black only. Why would any company make a printer whose printheads will be damaged due to the absence of ink in cartridges which are not used in a printing job? I just do not understand. Has HP told consumers in its manuals or on its website the fact that black only printing is not possible without the use or presence of colour ink in these printers?
First, I do not work for or speak for HP, I am simply explaining how printers with separate printheads and ink supplies work. The printheads require fresh ink in each color to prevent clogging of the printheads. The printhead assembly contains both the black and color printheads. Consider a print job that is going to print only black. The color printheads are still being waved about in the air and will dry out and clog unless they are serviced during and after the printing has completed. This servicing requires ink because that is the only fluid available for the printheads. If printing were allowed without any color ink available for servicing the printheads could become clogged to an extent that they require (expensive) replacement. Every company that uses fixed or semipermanant inkjet printheads has similar constraints.
If you need a printer that will allow printing with one or more colors empty or removed then get a printer with the printheads included with the ink supplies. On these devices the printhead is replaced with each new cartridge so it is possible to print with one or more colors missing without risking damage to the printer.
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I am trying to print a webpage in black ink only but it continues to be printed with colors.

Printer OfficeJet 6500 A. I am trying to print a webpage in black ink only but it continues to be printed in color. What settings must I use?

That was just my curiosity about the web browser. It has nothing to do with the printing issue.
Have you selected gray scale and tried reprinting yet?
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Printing with only black ink

when i bought the hp 8600 officejet pro plus, i was toil that you didnt have to replace the empty color catridges to print in black ink only. i have jsut found out that is not true. is there a way to make printer print without replacing collor cartridges?

Most likely the confusion is caused because the Office Depot sales person and the bushiness associate did not distinguish between the different kinds of printers.
There are generally a few different technologies used for inkjet printers - those like the Deskjet 6940 that have printheads and ink supplies integrated together are called Integrated Print Head (IPH) printers.
Another style has separate individual ink supplies and printheads. This style has printheads that may be permanent and non-replaceable, or they may be replaceable after some number of ink supplies. These are called Individual Ink Cartridge (IIC) printers. An Examples are the Photosmart C7280, which has permanent non-replaceable printheads and the Officejet 8600 and 6700 which have replaceable printheads.
Most IPH printers will happily print with one (or even both) cartridges low on ink or empty. Recent models will often allow printing even if one of the cartridges is removed completely, switching automatically to "reserve mode" or "ink backup mode".
IIC printers have long life printheads and generally have plumbing to connect the ink supplies to the printheads. These printers (whether from HP or other manufacturers) generally require ink available in all colors to prevent air bubbles in the plumbing ar printhead. Some ink is also required to keep the nozzles from clogging. Even in the case of printing black only the color printheads are waving around in the air and may dry out. Some ink is required to keep the printhead from drying out.
The document here has some information on how ink is used.
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