Printer Prints too light (Black)

[JoshL13]

Brand new ink cartridge, will not print black, prints a light gray but no black, I cleaned the printer head with alc and now it works even worse, not even printing the light gray. When I print a test page it prints the black words "Test page" and all the info but where black inc should be it is blank, I don't understand how gray works and black doesnt

[Kumar0307]

@JoshL13, Welcome to the HP Support Community!

Let us try these steps to resolve this issue:

On the printer, touch Settings, touch Tools, and then touch Estimated Ink Levels. Replace any low/empty ink cartridges.

Clean the printhead

Touch Settings, touch Tools, and then touch Clean Printhead. If print quality is unacceptable on the page that prints, touch Clean Again to perform a second cleaning, and then continue to the next step.

Run a Print Quality Diagnostic report

On the printer, touch Settings, touch Tools, and then touch Print Quality Report.

Check for black.

If the issue persists, perform step 3 from this document. 

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

Please click “Accept as Solution” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.

Click the “Kudos, Thumbs Up" on the bottom right to say “Thanks” for helping!

Have a great day!