Why is my printer not printing dark black?

Check if the vents of the cartridges are clogged. Try using a different ink cartridge to determine if your printer is able to recognize cartridges. If your printer used to work with an old cartridge, try installing that old cartridge again and see if your printer produces any sort of output–any shade of gray will do.

Why is my printer not printing black when ink is full?

A printer might not print black ink if it has not been calibrated. Thus, calibrating an Hewlett-Packard printer by aligning its printhead might fix its printing. Most HP printers will include an Align Printhead option on their Printer Maintenance or Tools control panel menus that users can calibrate them with.

Why is my printer only printing Colour and not black?

Open your printer driver’s Properties dialog (see above) and look for a color option that uses black only. Uncheck it or select an option that enables color. Some color printers have different resolutions for color and black-and-white (usually higher resolution in black-and-white).

How do I force my printer to print in black only?

Set grayscale print properties (Windows)

1. In your software application, click Print.
2. Select your printer from the list of available printers.
3. Click the option that opens the Printer Properties dialog box.
4. Click the Features tab, click the Grayscale drop-down menu, and then click Black Ink Only.

How do I make my printer print blue instead of black?

How Do I Print in Blue Instead of Black?

1. Highlight all of the text in your document. A shortcut for highlighting all the text is to press “Control” and “A” on your keyboard.
2. Change the font color from black to blue by selecting blue from the font options in the main toolbar.
3. Print the document.

Why is my Dell printer not printing black?

Press the tab at the back of the black ink cartridge. Press the release tab at the back of the ink cartridge to release the cartridge and then pull it out. Reinsert the cartridge and push it down and inwards until it snaps into place then retry printing your page. This is not a manual clean as you would imagine.

Where is the black ink cartridge on a Dell printer?

Make sure that the black cartridge is sitting in the black cartridge slot (same to the other colours). Open the printer by raising the scanner bed. Press the tab at the back of the black ink cartridge. Press the release tab at the back of the ink cartridge to release the cartridge and then pull it out.

How do I Clean my Dell printer cartridges?

You can also get them by entering your service tag here or specifically for the Dell V515w printer here. Click Start. Click All Programs or Programs and select the Dell Printers folder then Click ‘Dell Printer Home’. Choose the printer from the drop-down list at the top of the window. Click the Maintenance tab and click Deep Clean Cartridges.