Have hp d1430 printer, I only use the color print cartridge, the printer will print color but will no print normal black lettering, have tried two different hP22 cartridges. Is the printer done for?

You should use the HP software (that I assume you probably have installed on your PC) to see if there is any ink left in the printer cartridges. This may sound silly if it is a new printer, but I had an HP printer ship one time with faulty color ink cartridge.
If it is not an empty cartridge, I highly recommend lifting the top of the printer to reveal the ink cartridges. Take them out, and carefully place and seat them back in. Many times incorrectly installed ink cartridges causes printing problems. Hope this helps.
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You can find the user's guide here which lists all the parts and supplies. Here's the cartridge information from the manual:

• HP Color LaserJet black print cartridge Standard black cartridge CE260A
• HP Color LaserJet black print cartridge High-capacity black cartridge for CLJ4525 models only CE260X
• HP Color LaserJet cyan print cartridge Cyan cartridge CE261A
• HP Color LaserJet yellow print cartridge Yellow cartridge CE262A
• HP Color LaserJet magenta print cartridge Magenta cartridge CE263A

You can use the HP numbers to look for original or after-market replacements.

Try using the HP Print Diagnostic Utility in Windows - HP Customer Care (United States - English).

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Black printer ink in HP Printer may fail to be recognized by the printer. Most times an error message will be sent indicating that something is wrong with the black print cartridge. Sometimes the printer may accept to print with the black ink, but the printouts may have horizontal lines and very illegible letters. In such a case a manual cleaning of the print head should be carried out. In doing the manual cleaning, one should spray Windex heavily on paper towel and wipe off the surface of the print head.

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check you cartridge, is it new and genuine, if you have not troubles in cartridge, check the cleannig station

1. Take out the black cartridge once you've determined that you are completely out of black ink. You'll have to rely on the dark hues from the color cartridge to print in black.
2. Adjust the printer software settings. Once you take out the black cartridge, your printer's software will typically warn you that you are missing a cartridge. Follow the instructions for your printer to allow the printer to print without the black cartridge. Then set the printer to print in black and white, not color. This overrides the black cartridge and allows the printer to access the dark hues of the color cartridge.
3. Print a test page to ensure that your printer now prints black using the color cartridge.
4. Print your documents. Bear in mind that your documents may not appear as black as normal. Still, they should be dark enough to pass for black, depending on how much color ink you have and the strength grade of the ink.

Try going to the printers properties page, go to the color tab, and be sure that "print in grayscale" is unchecked....keep me posted...

I GOT A CLARIFICATION REQUEST AND I SENT FURTHER INFORMATION BUT AS OF YET I HAVE NOT RECIEVED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION BACK FROM "KEEPITSIMPLE".

I came up with a work around for printing black.

I changed the black cartridge with the color cartridge.
Then when I have a letter to print, I change change (or write) the letter text to yellow, red or blue.
Then I can print out a letter.

By printing the text as yellow, red or blue the cartridge will try to print with only 1 color, but will print out black.

If you do not use one of these primary printing colors the out put will be unusable.

I can not of course print out pictures.

WORKAROUND: Select EconoFast or Draft as the print quality setting in the printer properties. This will prevent the color cartridge from being used. - Or - Try another color cartridge. The color cartridge is used to print grayscale images in Normal or Best print modes, so if one color has run out, the printout will have the wrong tint. With a full color cartridge, the colors can be properly combined to create a composite black. CAUSE: When printing with Normal or Best as the print quality setting, the HP Deskjet 710C or 720C or 722C series printer will use the color ink to improve print quality output, even when printing a grayscale image.