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My printer only prints pink yellow and blue. Doesn’t print black. Printer worked fine until I moved, now it won’t print black

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@Trappy

 

Welcome to the HP support community.

 

Did you make a copy and check if that prints fine?

 

Meanwhile:- 
Run a Print Quality Diagnostic report

  1. Load plain white paper in the tray.

  2. Print the report.

    • Printers with a touchscreen or menus: On the printer, open the Settings or Setup menu, touch Tools or Reports, and then touch Print Quality Report or similar.

If that does not print fine, run the automated printhead or ink cartridge cleaning tool

Clean the printhead and cartridges to resolve print quality issues including incorrect colors, streaks, and faded prints.

  1. Load plain white paper in the tray.

  2. Run the cleaning tool.

    • Printers with a touchscreen or menus: On the printer, open the Settings or Setup menu, touch Tools or Printer Maintenance, and then touch Clean Printhead or Clean Cartridges.

    • Printers without a touchscreen or menus: Go to 123.hp.com or your app store to install the HP Smart app. Click the picture of your printer on the home screen to open printer management options that include the cleaning tool.

  3. If the page that prints have defects, the printhead might be badly clogged. Run up to two more cleaning cycles.

You refer this HP document for more assistance:- Click here

 

Let me know how it goes.

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Cheers.

Sandytechy20
I am an HP Employee

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