I have an HP Officejet 4500 G510g but prints somehow grayed the black color

[lse123]

HP Officejet 4500 G510g-m

I have an HP Officejet 4500 G510g-m but prints somehow grayed the black color, yet appear the message "Low on Ink", ... How to check the Ink levels...? Can check from the Printer itself because I have yet to install Software on the Mac, Also the printer is ETHERNET CONNECTED TO LOCAL LAN... I print from LAN...

[Kumar0307]

@lse123, Welcome to the HP Support Community! I’m here to help.

I understand you would like to know how to check the ink levels, kindly refer to this document - Check HP printer ink or toner levels

However, there is no printer software available for this printer on the HP Support site for macOS 11. Hence, there is no way to check it on the Mac.

If you know the IP Address of the printer, type it in the address bar of a web browser to access the EWS page of the printer to check the ink levels.

Alternatively, print a self-test report as shown in this document.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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[lse123]

How learn the IPs of LAN devices like my Ethernet Printer from:

On MacOS 11.5.2 64-bit // MacBook Pro 2016-2017

And Zorin OS 32-bit // old PC

From GUI or CLI/TERMINAL 

...?

[Kumar0307]

@lse123

You may print a wireless test report to know the IP address.

On the printer control panel, Press Setup, select Print Report, select Wireless Test, and then press OK

Did you print a self-test page as mentioned in my previous post that helps you to check the ink levels?

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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[lse123]

I tried Print reports but are very distorted like opacity full, the colors, and nothing understand

How view Network printers in the browser? Not in Print paper

[lse123]

I found the web page of my Ethernet Printer from my router/gateway webpage

is printer black toner need replacement:...?

[Kumar0307]

@lse123

Glad to know that you know how to check the ink levels now. The black ink cartridge is fine for now but would need to be replaced soon as it is below 50%.

You may change the ink cartridge when the ink level is below 10% or if the print quality deteriorates. 

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[lse123]

After replacing a printer cartridge 

Needed printer printheads alignment or any other process...? URLs? 

Also, if I replace the black cartridge, may the printer 🖨 fixed both black and color prining quality...?

Note: 

Currently printing black is gone, but color printing is somehow with opacity...

[Kumar0307]

@lse123

To resolve print quality issues, refer to - Fixing Poor Print Quality

Clean the ink cartridge as shown up to 2 times. If the black still does not print, replace it.

Yes, the printer has to complete the alignment process when a new ink cartridge is installed.

Refer to - Alignment errors

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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