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Derwood · 06-30-2008, 02:46 PM

Just bought a brand new ink cartridge for the printer, but I'm having a hell of a time printing out some black&white photos.

If I set the printer properties to "HP Glossy Paper", it runs through as if it's printing (print head moves back and forth, etc.) but the page comes out blank.

If I set it to "Plain Paper", it will print, but has no gray at all (thus losing all detail).

I downloaded the drivers again and it has made no difference. I've also tried sending the print from three different programs (Photoshop, MS Picture Manager and Picasa).

What could be going on?

** I only replaced the black ink cartridge, assuming that black & white images (set as Grayscale in Photoshop [ie no color information]) would not need the color cartridge to print correctly. Am I wrong? **

06-30-2008, 02:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	Printer Weirdness Just bought a brand new ink cartridge for the printer, but I'm having a hell of a time printing out some black&white photos. If I set the printer properties to "HP Glossy Paper", it runs through as if it's printing (print head moves back and forth, etc.) but the page comes out blank. If I set it to "Plain Paper", it will print, but has no gray at all (thus losing all detail). I downloaded the drivers again and it has made no difference. I've also tried sending the print from three different programs (Photoshop, MS Picture Manager and Picasa). What could be going on? I only replaced the black ink cartridge, assuming that black & white images (set as Grayscale in Photoshop [ie no color information]) would not need the color cartridge to print correctly. Am I wrong?