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09-27-2019 08:14 PM
My printer won’t allow me to print in color no matter what I send,a photo or a document, from any app on my phone It’s automatically changes it to black and white and there is no option to change to color
09-30-2019 04:35 PM
@Ering1 Welcome to HP Community!
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Open a document, photo, or webpage, click File, and then click Print to open the print dialog.
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If a Show Details button displays at the bottom of the dialog, click it to reveal all available menu options. The button changes to Hide Details when clicked.

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Select your printer in the Printer menu.
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Select an option in the Presets menu that applies to your print job or paper type.
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Click the unnamed print options menu at the separator bar to display more settings options.

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Change any print job settings.
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Print in color or black and white: Select or de-select Black & White on the main dialog. The Presets menu also includes color and black and white options.
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To save your settings for future print jobs, click the Presets menu, and then select Save Current Settings as Preset.
Please print a print quality report and ensure the pritner itself prints color as expected:
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Load U.S. Letter or A4 size, unused, plain white paper into the input tray.
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On the printer control panel, swipe the display to the left, and then touch Setup (
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Touch Reports, and then touch Print Quality Report. A Print Quality Diagnostic page prints.
Figure : Example of a Print Quality Diagnostic report with no defects

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