Questions & Answers for: black inkjet printer smearing printing

...printing black ink (it went throught the motions but he paper came out blank). Finally got it to print by selecting: PRINT, PROPERTIES, PAPER SETUP, SPECIALTY PAPER, PHOTO/GLOSSY Maybe it will work ...

printing is smeared photos print fine but the words ahve a balck line through the middle and some letters look like the ink is bleeding Replace the black ink cartridge

...had a buildup of black ink on the surface. I carefully removed this with rubbing alcohol. I let the printhead dry and replaced everything. No more smearing. Imagine a help-desk that actually

Print is smeared and unreadable I changed the color cartridge and now the black print is smeared. Message says "Remove the tape from cartridge or check trouble shooting" I already removed the tape and

...printer, envelope text is printed in "composite black" which means we mix the colored inks to make black. This is done for envelopes and not letters because of the ink properties which resist water ...

printer has spit black ink on my print. It's lovely. Any help on how to fix it so that I get clean prints once again?? Printer utilities do not solve the issue. Your printer has ink build up inside it

Black ink dripping from bottom of printer. Removed & replaced cartridge. Printed pages are streaked, smeared and lined. Clean your print head, you got black on head when it was leaking.

printer to print black ink only Option 1 - when printing, go to printer settings and select 'Plain Paper' as the Media Type. If any other paper type is selected, color ink will be used to create black

...inkjet printer gives white streaks where it should be black, it means the ink is very low, or there is dirt under the nozzles preventing it from printing properly, or, in the case of non original ...

...black printot smears, while color printout does not. I've run the clean printer option and it doesn't do any good. I cannot get the printer to align either. I always get the message ...