DOES NOT PRINT

The print head may not be proper electrical connection. Remove the print head and clean the electrical contacts on the ink cartridge and in the printer with methylated spirits, replace the print head and hopefully this will fix the problem.

There are two posible reasons for that: 1.Your ink cartridges has run almost out of ink. 2.The ink cartridges head has gone dry or durty. The best you can do is to buy yourself a new ink cartridges.

I HP made cars they wouldn't start until you change your dirty motor oil.

change your ink

It is possible that your printer head needs cleaning or you are running out of ink. Please do the following:

1. Run test prints (come with the printer software)
2. Change the ink cartridge and print again

This should show if this is the case.

Machine error 46 ("Unable to clean")  means that the waste-ink "sponge" is full. If you've already checked for small paper part (which is very unlikely to cause this error message), the error is mechanical. Unfortunately, that's not something us users can change, but the machine would require to be sent to service. So if your machine is not within warranty, it'll most likely not worth the service cost, instead replacing it would be preferable.

Hi,
If you go to your printer properties, there should be a setting whereby you have to select the option to "PRINT USING BLACK CARTRIDGE ONLY". Make sure this option is selected, otherwise your printer will use ALL colors even if you only print black.
Let me know if you need any further assistance.
Best wishes,
Graemevm

try head cleaning twice or thrice so as to improve the ink flow in the head. wish u success.

1. Took out the color ink cart and clean the copper contacts of the ink cart with cotton swab, make sure that you do not touch the silver nozzle .
2. Try new ink color ink carts as someime this issue came up when the ink carts are about to finish up.
3. Replace the ink carts and do not us a refill ink.

Try to print a self test page from the printer itself, do these:

1. Press and hold the Cancel and the Color buttons at the same time.
2. Release both buttons.
3. The Self Test Report will be printed.

and check if it is the same output, if yes then follow the steps below:

1. Some of the ink cartridge ink nozzles may be clogged with dry ink. Use the ink cartridge cleaning service to try to clear them. Follow the steps below:
2. Verify that there is plain white paper in the Input tray.
3. Press Setup .
4. Press or to select Tools and then press OK .
5. Press or to select Clean Print Cartridge and then press OK . The unit prints a test page.
6. Examine the test page. If the print quality of the page is good, stop here. If the print quality appears to be getting better, run the Clean Print Cartridge utility again

1. If the self test appears better, Increase the copy quality setting (Normal or Best) and try copying again. If the quality is still poor, continue to the next step.
2. If the quality is still poor, one or more of the cartridges may be low on ink or empty. Follow the steps below to check the ink levels.
3. Open HP Solution Center .
4. Click Settings .
5. Click Print Settings .
6. Click Printer Toolbox .
7. Click the Estimated Ink Levels tab

Replace any ink cartridge that is low on ink.

If the ink levels are not low, clean the cartridge face and electrical contacts at the back of the print carriage.

1. Open the front of the unit to access the ink cartridges.
2. After the ink cartridges are at the center, unplug the power cord from the back of the unit, and remove the ink cartridges. The power cord must be removed to ensure that the unit is not damaged during the cleaning process.
3. Clean the cross-hatched area of the ink cartridge with a soft clean cloth that is slightly dampened with clean water to remove any build up. Avoid cleaning the ink cartridge nozzle plate. Cleaning this area can force foreign matter into the ink nozzles and plug them.

With a soft lint free cloth slightly dampened with clean water, clean the copper-colored contacts on the back of the ink cartridges.

Allow the cartridges to dry before reinserting them.

Close the unit, and plug the power cord back in.

Print a self-test page to check the results. Follow the steps below to print a self-test page.

1. Press Setup .
2. Press or until Print Report displays and then press OK .
3. Press or until Self-Test Report displays and then press OK . The self-test report prints.

If the problem is not corrected by cleaning the ink cartridges, replace the ink cartridge(s).
IF THE SELF TEST REPORT IS CLEAN, THEN TRY TO PRINT FROM ANOTHER SOFTWARE LIKE PAINT, NOTEPAD AND IF THE OUTPUT IS OK THEN THE PROBLEM IS ON THE SOFTWARE THAT YOU ARE USING