I have a HP Photosmart 8050 and I put a color photo ink cartrage in but the printer isnt recognizing that its color. It thinks that its a black cartrage and its printing out black and white pictures. How do I fix it?
2007-05-06 16:20:55 · 8 answers · asked by Jamie 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
Im not using it with my computer, Im just putting the camera memory card into the slot. And I dont have a black cartrage in the printer. just the photo color cartrage.
2007-05-06 16:27:49 · update #1
The photo cartridge does not work alone. It has to be put in together with a color cartridge i.e. no slot in the carriage is blank.
I doubt your printer is not recognizing your photo as a black. Suspect that it is reverting to reserve mode in which it tries to make use of that one cartridge (photo) in order to print everything, hence mixing the colors to give you composite black. This wastes a bunch of ink, so suggest you stop it asap.
Try putting the color together with the photo. That should resolve your problem. Of course, this is assuming your print settings are correctly set to not print in black & white.
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2016-12-28 15:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by bianka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure you have the correct printer cartridrige and in the right carrier side, unplug the machine and power back up...reset using power and print keys at the same time.
2007-05-07 04:46:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please contact HP support. I recently had to contact HP for help. Received an e-mail response in a hour and their fix worked. HP also sent a followup e-mail to ensure everything worked out o.k. Can't beat that.
2007-05-06 17:36:35 · answer #4 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you have it in the right spot. and are your settings set to black and white? try it once with just color take the black cartridge out
2007-05-06 16:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by gyro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the printer settings and it tells you in the troubleshooter or visit hp website. if all else fails, uninstall the software and resinstall it
2007-05-06 16:24:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you put it in the wrong slot.
2007-05-06 16:25:25 · answer #7 · answered by mark b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do both of the above .... it should work ...cheers
2007-05-06 16:26:17 · answer #8 · answered by yusuf t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋