When printing, the blue color is missing - Lexmark X1190 All-In-One InkJet Printer

printer mixes colors to get final color. So if it prints Magenta then it may be missing Blue or Cyan. Try printing a blue color or a Cyan.
Suggest forcing printer to do a deep clean if ink tanks are full.

"Open the Applications folder, open the EPSON Printer Utility3, select WF 600 Series, and click OK. Then select Head Cleaning. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to start the cleaning cycle, which lasts around 2 1/2 minutes."

from
https://files.support.epson.com/htmldocs/wf600_/wf600_00ug/WF600.1.158.html

Sounds like you need a new colour cartridge; or perhaps the colour printhead needs to be cleaned.

hello, you are using the photo color ink cart, have you tried running a cleaning cycle or test print, the reason why i ask, is that maybe 1 of the colors is not printing, the test pages would prove what color is missing, if black not printing, it would print possible blue, or no black at all. i know you have put in new inks, but since the volume of ink in these cartridges run out according to usage, one color might run out before the others, and since black and yellow are the most used colors, without them your prints will show color faults.

Sounds like you are missing cyan. Change the cyan cartridge. If you have not used color on the printer recently, the head may be blocked.

If the head is blocked, try putting the color cartridge on a piece of * slightly * damp piece of paper towel. This should draw color out of the head onto the paper. Once you get blue (cyan), you should try printing again.

Sounds like your cyan print head is clogged. You can try to get it flowing yourself by rubbing the print head with a wet paper towel. If you press the print head on a dry paper towel you should see three distinct lines of color. If you still don't see the cyan, try letting the print head rest on the wet paper towel on a surface that ink can be cleaned up from or one you don't care about staining. If the cyan still won't flow, you should go back to where you purchased it and return it for a new one.

Hello sir;As you discript seem like no cyan( blue), why don't make a color chart print out, it will tell you what color missing.

try resetting the printer using the # and the number 6 buttons,holding them down and then inserting the power cord at the back of the printer.
see if it works.
In case it doesnt you can always contact a free online technical
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Print out a calibration sheet, either from the menu, or press photo and cancel at the same time. Your calibration sheet is probably missing a color. You should have black, blue, yellow, and magenta(pink). If you're missing any of these colors, your printhead is clogged. Try doing a printhead cleaning. Print another calibration sheet, if the color is still missing, you need a new printhead. Call Kodak.

Hi George,

It sound's like an ink-feed issue:

1) Dirty heads, even after cleaning
2) No-ink or poor quality ink
3) Damaged head: some are part of the cartridge, some are not
4) Air bubbles in ink

The test page is typically not as hi-res nor as saturated as a
photo print. The hi-res photo puts the greatest demand on the print head.

The color lines you see are actually lines of missing color,
where the head has failed to deposit ink, so one or two primary
colors are missing from the complete picture.

For example missing yellow will make a blue line.
Missing magenta will make a green line
Missing cyan will make a red line.... etc..

Clean the heads again and again, print again and again,
hoping to flush the system.

BUT, keep in mind that cleaning wastes huge amounts of
ink and tiny little cartridges of ink cost more than many new printers.

Martin

you need to go to preferences and adjust the new cartridges, aline, clean, etc.