Printing black & white or color on colored paper...

May be you have enabled Black & White printing.
You can open the printer settings and check this.
If its not possible, select 'Printers and Faxes' from start menu, right-click your printer and select 'Properties'.
Click 'Printing Preferences' and, if the Black & White' setting is selected, select 'Color'.
Click 'OK'.
Click the 'Advanced' tab and click 'Printing Defaults' and here also select 'Color'.
Click 'OK' and again click 'OK' to close the property window.
Now try printing a color document.
If you succeed, consider voting my solution.

Open 'Printers and Faxes'.
Right-click your printer and select properties.
Click 'Printing Preferences' button (Close to the bottom of the dialogue).
Click 'Paper/Quality' tab from top.
Select 'Black & White'.

Click 'OK'.
If you want to use B&W cartridge for all documents, Click 'Printing Defaults' button from advanced tab and change the same setting.

Firstly two things here assuming everything is fine with your printer.

Firstly have you changed the options in the document or picture youre trying to print? For example, if printing a document from Word, go to printing options and click advanced then print in 'black/white' rather than 'color'.

Secondly when you installed the ink cartridge in the printer, have you removed the plastic/paper sticker attached which protects the circuits and ink leakages?

good luck,

kc

1. Make sure that there is letter, A4, or legal unused plain white paper in the input tray.
2. Touch Setup on the display.
3. Touch Tools .
4. Touch Self-Test Report . A self-test report prints. Figure 1: Self Test Diagnostic Page
5. In the Print Quality Pattern section on the test page, look at the color blocks for any lines. Figure 2: Print Quality Pattern
6. If there is no color bleeding in the Print Quality Pattern color blocks, print a document to determine if the issue has been resolved.

If you have completed all of these steps and are still experiencing a problem, continue to Step three. Step three: Check the paper

• Many papers have printing and non-printing sides. Load the paper with the printing side down.
• Use the correct paper type for the project. For everyday documents, plain paper works well. For documents with dense printing, such as high-contrast graphics or photographs, use HP Advanced paper for the best results.
• If these steps do not help, try a different paper. Ink might not bleed as easily on heavier paper. Paper that does not accept ink well is also prone to bleeding and smearing. HP designs its inks and papers to work together.

If you have completed all of these steps and are still experiencing a problem, continue to Step four. Step four: Check the printer settings

1. In the software program you are trying to print from, click File and then click Print . The Print window opens.
2. Make sure that your printer is selected and then click Preferences . The printer Preferences window opens.
3. Click the Printing Shortcuts tab.
4. The Printing Shortcuts tab lists most printing needs, but you might need to modify some of the options. Options on the Printing Shortcuts tab:
   • General Everyday Printing
   • Photo Printing-Borderless
   • Photo Printing-With White Borders
   • Fast/Economical printing
   • Presentation printing
   • Two-sided (Duplex) Printing
   
   NOTE: These general printing shortcuts have pre-selected settings.
5. To change the settings from the ones that are available on the Printing Shortcuts tab, click the Features or Color tab. Options on the Features or Color tab include:
   • Print quality : If you are unhappy with the quality of your printouts, try increasing the print quality. To print more quickly, try decreasing the print quality.
   • Paper type : If one of the options matches your paper type exactly, select it rather than Automatic.
   • Paper size : Make sure this matches your paper.
   • Print in Grayscale : Print a document in shades of gray.
   • Orientation : Specify how the document is positioned on the page.
   • Paper Source : Select the tray that you want to use for printing.
   • Two sided printing : Print on both sides of the paper.
   • Color Management : Specify the color space that the printer will use to interpret image data.
   • Pages per Sheet : Specify the number of pages of the document to print on each sheet.

If you have completed all of these steps and are still experiencing a problem, continue to Step five. Step five: Clean the printhead
NOTE: Do not clean the printhead unnecessarily because this wastes ink and shortens the life of the ink nozzles on the printhead.

1. Make sure that there is plain white paper in the input tray.
2. Touch Setup on the display.
3. Touch Tools .
4. Touch Clean Printhead . The HP All-in-One cleans the printhead and prints a test page.

Step six: Service your productIf you have completed all the steps listed above and are still experiencing a problem, service the product

Hello, try this: Start Menu, > Printers and Faxes> then right-click on your printer. Move the pointer down to 'Printing Preferences' and click the 'Advanced' tab. There you will (should!) see 'print in greyscale' . Select this then click 'Apply' then 'OK' at the bottom of the page.
Regards,
nicam49

May be able to tell it to print in gray scale only.

Go to 'control panel' / printers/ your hp printer
then printer / properties / advanced tab / printing defaults / click on 'print in grayscale only'.
Then the printer may need the 'ok' button pressed to proceed.
After that it depends on how pendantic the printer is but it should proceed

This has to do with the document printing properties. When you are ready to print a document, choose properties and make sure you go through the printer settings under that software.
The test page only verifies the cartridges. The printer properties of the software control the printer during printing.

1. Open your application program.
   
   
2. Select Print from the File menu. A Print window appears.
   
   
3. Make sure EPSON Stylus CX9400Fax Series is selected.
   
   
4. Click the Preferences or Properties button. (If you see a Setup, Printer, or Options button, click it. Then click Preferences or Properties on the next screen.)
   
   A printer properties or preferences window appears.
   
   
   
   
5. Select the type of document you're printing for the Quality Option setting.
   
   
6. If you want to print borderless photos, click the Borderless checkbox.
   
   
7. Make sure you've selected the paper type and size you're using for the Type and Size settings in the Paper Options section.
   
   
8. Click the Advanced button. The Basic settings change to the Advanced settings.
   
   
   
   
9. Make sure the High Speed option is not selected in the Print Options section.
   
   
10. Make sure the Black Ink Only option is not selected in the Print Options section if you're printing a color or black and white photograph.
    
    
11. Select ICM in the Color Management section if you're trying to precisely match on-screen colors.

Few questions, are you running true Canon Inks and refills are always a off black not a true canon black!

Have you tried doing nozzel check, does the top black squares all come out ok? if so it could be down to the paper and the inks!
if you use 80gsm paper does it print ok?

Hope this helps

Hi Pat,

First you will have to check the Nozzle of your printer. To do this, press the setup button and select Nozzle Check. Use a plain paper to do this. Press Ok after that. It will print out a pattern for each color. Make sure that the lines are connected to each other specially for black since that you are printing a black and white photo. Lines going across is on a stair case pattern and should be connected to each other. Proceed with cleaning cycle if needed.

You can do a cleaning cycle using your printer of the computer. You can skip this if you have a good Nozzle check.

Using printer:
Press setup then select head cleaning.

Using computer.
Go to utility of the printer and find maintenance. Click on the head cleaning button.

Once that the nozzle are fine, you can now try printing. I strongly suggest that you use other application first instead of Adobe Photoshop. Since that Photoshop uses color management, it can be that the settings are incorrect. Save first the picture that you opened in Photoshop. You can save it on your desktop to easily locate the file. Make sure that the file is in jpeg format. Now to isolate the issue if it is cause by a software or not, try the standard application for your O.S.

Smaple Application:
Windows O.S. : Windows Picture and Fa Viewer
- right click on the file and select open with.
- select windows picture and fax viewer.
- folow the on screen instuctions.
Note: If you are now on the window on what pinter to use. Make sure that you set the option for printers under preferences to print in gray scale or black only. Select also the correct paper type.
- Proceed with printing.

Mac OSX: Preview or Iphoto
- open the picture under one of the application.
- click file then print.
- Make sure printer is selected.
- underneath the print option, you will have to go to print setting.
- find the option that says color then select black.
- select the appropriate settings for paper.
- the click on print.

Now see if it did print out corectly. If it did, it means that the appplication is the one causing this. If you are familiar with the color manage features of the application Photoshop. Let Photoshop handles the color. After getting to the widow what printer to use, to the the preferences of the printer and select the correct paper type. You will have to find the color management of the printer.

For Windows, It under the advance option under the main tab. Select off no color adjustment.
For Mac instead of going to print setting, find color manage and turn it off. Select off no color adjustment.

Then try printing.

Regarding your other question, If the printer is producing excess inks on your print out when ot comes to black printing and color printing, that pad needs replacement.