I have a HP 210 Photosmart printer with copier,scanner and it will print from computer in green not black and it won't copy. What the problem
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I have found that this printer is junk wish I never boughten it!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I never had that problem, but then your printer is probably different than mine. Have you tried unplugging the printer from power source and the computer, wait a few minutes and plugging back in? Sorry I can't be more help.
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As a former technology manager, I would have a lot more questions for you. Has the printer worked before? If so, does it not print in any application. There's also the classic - turn EVERYTHING off (PC & printer). If still no good, what about making a copy - pull the USB cable and make a copy - if it doesn't copy - it's either the printer or possibly the ink cartridge is not snapped in properly.
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My photos do not print with the correct color if I fail to use the photo ink cartridge.
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I have printed in only black and white. Just now, I removed the 3 color cartridges, and it would not print. May be missing something, but I think all the cartridge slots must be filled.
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A lot more information is needed to even address your problem. I suggest that you go to one of the online HP blog sites and query that user group. You need to carefully outline the specifics of the operating configuration when your error occurs, like your printer model, does it have duplex printing, what have you tried already, etc. The quality of the replies that you get will depend a lot upon the how clearly you describe your problem.
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it has something to do with the drivers of the computer not being up to date i beleive the printer was designed to work on much older computers and with the upgraded technology and newer versions of windows you would need a new driver installed but they stopped doing technical support and stopped making any type of products or assistance to go with the product so your basically out of luck
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Well, I took out the Color Ink and the printer just sits with an error message. A color ink cartridge must be in place. The only thing I can suggest is to let the color cartridge run out of ink, then choose a "faxable print" option in the program if it's available. You can try the greyscale option, but I don't know if the greys use the black (lighter) or if they use the color ink. If you already own this printer, play around with these options. If you HAVEN'T already bought this, try a different printer. If you do A LOT of printing, you may want to consider a LASER printer. The BLACK ONLY ones have become quite affordable and the toner roll lasts a very long time. Well, I took out the Color Ink and the printer just sits with an error message. A color ink cartridge must be in place. The only thing I can suggest is to let the color cartridge run out of ink, then choose a "faxable print" option in the program if it's available. You can try the greyscale option, but I don't know if the greys use the black (lighter) or if they use the color ink. If you already own this printer, play around with these options. If you HAVEN'T already bought this, try a different printer. If you do A LOT of printing, you may want to consider a LASER printer. The... » Read More Well, I took out the Color Ink and the printer just sits with an error message. A color ink cartridge must be in place. The only thing I can suggest is to let the color cartridge run out of ink, then choose a "faxable print" option in the program if it's available. You can try the greyscale option, but I don't know if the greys use the black (lighter) or if they use the color ink. If you already own this printer, play around with these options. If you HAVEN'T already bought this, try a different printer. If you do A LOT of printing, you may want to consider a LASER printer. The BLACK ONLY ones have become quite affordable and the toner roll lasts a very long time. « Show Less
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I had the same issue. I followed the instructions here and was able to print with black ink again: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Ink-Toner-Cartridge-Printhead-Issues/HP-PhotoSmart-5520-How-Do-I-Remove-Printhead/m-p/3724256#M43692
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We have an HP Photosmart 7850. It has built in software designed to detect any cartridge that is not an official HP and essentially disable the printer so it won't work. Our works reluctantly with the generic color cartridge and doesn't work at all with a generic black. It sucks but that's the way it works.
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You can try taking the print head out and cleaning it, but I have not had good luck with it fixing it. Sometimes it helps and then the next time I use it, it won't print black again. Basically, these are useless printers. The print head is about $50 to buy a new one and they don't last very long. I'm limping along with this and then I will buy a different brand. Sorry. Maybe cleaning it will get you a little more use.
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Find "devices and printers" on your computer. You should see an icon that is not usually there. Click on that. When I did that, a message said there was a problem with it, and it could be fixed. I okayed that, and then the scanner worked fine.
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check what your printer is on. The printer can usually work it for you. Brenda
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The printer could not print in color or even grey scale. Solid Black printing worked fine. A print test would only show the solid black print. The print head was plugged with dried ink and would not flush. After replacement and alignment, the printer now works as it should.
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You have to go to the printer settings and select print in grayscale or black only. There's a setting to do that in the printer settings under preferences. If you need additional help, visit Hp.com support and type in the printer model and find the manual or you can call and ask HP also.
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Have you ever printed on that printer off of your computer. If not what where you printing from before. It maybe that your print settings are not complete for printing from your computer. Check your settings and if they are correct check your cables. If all this proves to be functioning correctly and in order but still not working, just buy another printer because the problem is deeper than you can fix and the repair will cost more than a new printer.
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No, if any of the color cartridges are empty it doesn't print black (as in text). It doesn't print anything. p.s. Just happened to notice the black print option on the actually printer, and tried it out (the printing option is the only one that doesn't seem to respond to this option) but copying certainly did. Sorry for the incomplete answer.