The black text in my documents is not printing. I

You didn't mention what printer was doing this. HP, Lexmark, Epson? It sounds like your print head is clogged with dried ink. If you can remove print head you can sit it on a damp cloth with the nozzle of the print head in contact with the damp cloth and hope that the cloth will draw out the dried ink.

from cnet review of the product

• Unfortunately, as with the Z1420, fast print speeds come at the cost of print quality with the Z1300. Black text prints, though nicely dark, were beset by obvious jaggedness. The color graphics print had a slightly faded look to it and color blocks showed graininess and faint horizontal striations. Barcode-style patterns were muddled, too. For our tests, we printed color 4x6 photos with the standard black and tricolor cartridges, as Lexmark did not include photo ink tanks with the test unit. The colors were dull, details were hazy, and again, the entire print was marred by graininess and faint horizontal lines. That said, nobody buys a $25 printer to print photos for framing or to create displays for a classroom science project. A $25 printer is a convenience item for occasional reference prints, and as such, the Z1300 does its job.

Inkjet printer quality
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Photo Graphics Text Canon Pixma iP1800
Good Good Good Lexmark Z1300
Fair Fair Fair Lexmark Z1420
Fair Fair Fair

dear sir.

it's not a pritner problem. u need to chek word font's and font's colour setting but it's depand witch version u used and if every print are printed on faint grey colour yr refill cartige has a problem.. also do one thing go to pritnter setting do as grayscale. if u have any quary tell me..

Try placing sheet of black text on copy board, and run many copies black only. I ran 25x12 times still no black. Run head clean after about each 50 sheets. Persevered and finally BLACK ink OK Inkypete

It sounds like the black nozzle is clogged. I am not sure if that is a part that is end user serviceable. Best bet would be to call Epson and see if it is something you could repair or if they need to have you send the unit to them. Sorry.

First try to nozzle check your printer. For most cases this works best.

Your fuser is worn out. Needs to be replaced.

2 possible soultions,

1. The color required to print the text ( ie: black or a variation of ) may have run out and needs to be refilled or replaced.

2. The other way that could help, is to select only the text you wish to print, by highlighting the entire text of the email, and then press and hold Ctrl while you press P to bring up printing shortcut menu and then check the "Print selected only" before attempting to print.

This should give you only the selected text, but if your black or the color required to print is empty, it may appear blank on the page, or show a low ink error.

try a new toner cartridge

if it doesn't fix your problem then you willneed a new fuser
it is probably delaminated

The Toner is running low. What is happening is you are low on toner in the MIDDLE of the Cartiridge. Take the cartridge out and jently shake it left to right (be careful you dont make a mess) this will distribute the toner evenly. time to buy a spare as this wont last much longer.