Deskjet 1050 J410 will not print black ink.

[Prv_1N]

Try running the utility to clean ink cartridges. Refer the document below:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04190374

Expand the selection for 'Mac OS X' and then scrolldown to Solution Five. Under this follow the step 3: Clean cartridge using an automated tool.

Now check if black is printing fine. You can examine the test page that prints for confirmation.

[TeK_AcE]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reply,

I would like to understand if the printer is printing black as a standalone machine.

Can you try making a black copy with single cartridge(only black).

if this works then your black cartridge is working fine. If that fails then we need to troubleshoot for Cartridge or Printer failure.

I would also like to confirm that you are trying to print a document which has black and color and it prints only color leaves black as blank.

[Jen202020]

Deskjet 1050 j410 will not print black ink.  I have tried troubleshooting but to no avil.  Ink cartidge level is good and is original cartridge. 

[Jen202020]

Would you walk me through the troubleshooting steps you have suggested in this post?

[hassanhijazi]

Hey,
Im having the same issue, I bought 2 new original ink cartridges and it still won't work, I tried cleaning the ink head, reached level 3 cleaning, wasted half of the ink and still wouldn't work.
I tried resetting the printer, still no results.
I also tried cleaning the ink head with soft material, still no results!!!
PLEAAASE HELPP, this is sooo frustrating!!!

[hassanhijazi]

And the issue is from the printer itself, because I tried to print the alignment page and tried copying papers, no use... All settings are correct, grayscale is off, and nos software issues 😕

[Dolcettanew]

Have tried all of the above and checked all my settings - brand new in-date HP cartridge not printing black ink.

Troubleshooting links in the Online Manual, send me to blank web pages, including the Windows 10 compatability check link.

Any further advise please?

[clamum]

My Deskjet 1050 J410 also is not printing black. I have no idea what caused this as it happened quite a while ago. Maybe it was due to unplugging the printer and moving it or replacing the black cartridge, but that's pretty sad if so.

I've aligned and cleaned the cartridge to no avail.

I've put a document with black and color text under the flip-up top and hit the "Copy" button and it also came out without black printed.

I tried the "reset your printer" steps that were first posted in response to this question and that did not work either.

The black cartridge is a genuine black HP cartridge.

I was tempted to just buy a whole new printer recently (came across a good deal on a black and white laser printer). Ugh.