Printing on coloured paper

I'm trying to get my Officejet Pro K850 to print in black ink on yellow paper but it just rolls the paper through without trying to print. It doesn't seem to recognise the paper. - any clues? The paper is not a pastel colour - it's a medium strong yellow.

Did you ever solve this?
I'm doing the exact same thing: three print outs in succession to a specific tray on a network shared printer and occasionally getting a MS Access printing error 2212 counldn't print you object. Printer setup is saved with the reports one for each printer tray.
I'm printing from bespoke MS Access 2002 application using runtime to HP LJ 4100 on Citrix terminal server session.
Any info you have would be appreciated.

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I'm hoping for some help. I like playing around and I want to print on some lazer blue paper in greyscale. However, every time I try the printer appears to ignore the fact I have paper in the tray and seems to give an error of 'No paper'. I have tried changing to lighter paper and it works fine, it only darker paper.
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Hi,
What you can try is telling the printer you are printing on transparent paper. THis should make the printer ignore the media sensor that checks for paper in the printer.
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Hi @Lil2 ,
I see that you are experiencing issues printing on thick paper and would like to know how to set the printer drivers.
I would be happy to help you.
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Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
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