all of my color in works fine but my black ink has horizontal lines in it how can i fix this problem? Thanks in advance.
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I would check your black and white print quality setting. When I had one of these, the lowest quality print setting would leave horizontal lines. The middle settings worked better. Another option that you might enjoy would be to smash your printer to pieces with the largest blunt instrument that you can find, because this is the worst printer of all time. Option 1 is easy and just takes a few mouse clicks; Option 2 involves cleanup and safety goggles. Best of luck to you on either option.
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Lois, check out this link, scroll down to porfo's answer. Just be careful when you detach the printer head wires, I jacked mine up. http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printing-Issues-Troubleshooting/My-Officejet-4620-will-not-print-the-black-ink/td-p/2235905
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You probably have one cartridge that is not working. That will throw off the color drastically.
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The printer could not print in color or even grey scale. Solid Black printing worked fine. A print test would only show the solid black print. The print head was plugged with dried ink and would not flush. After replacement and alignment, the printer now works as it should.
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You need to print in something other than fast or draft. Standard or High should solve that. I have had this problem with all inks including Canon ink.
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Mine work fine. Let me verify... Yes I am on my second black. Truth be told I feel like I'm getting about 50-75% of the ink of OEM but for the price It works. Sorry to hear that you've had trouble. Do a head cleaning with an old cart.Hope this helped.Tommy :)
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I've not found a way to do anything except greyscale. Look in "Properties" and see if it's possible with your printer. I think that unless you're printing with greyscale, you are using black.
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Hello, I purchased this set of replacement ink twice. The color ink worked OK but the black failed after printing at about a quarter of use. I went back to Kodak. I asked for a resolution of my problem with no success.
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No problems yet, but only one refill. Check to be sure that there is not ink on the chip at the bottom front of the cartridge or on the pins that make contact with the chip. Clean them with a Q-tip and rubbing alcohol to see if that helps. As for the colors, try the cleaning function that was mentioned in another answer. You can also remove the print head to see if there is any spilled ink on those contacts. If all else fails and you are still missing colors, soaking the print head in Windex for a couple of days, then rinsing in water can help dissolve clogs.
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Mine work fine. Let me verify... Yes I am on my second black. Truth be told I feel like I'm getting about 50-75% of the ink of OEM but for the price It works. Sorry to hear that you've had trouble. Do a head cleaning with an old cart. Hope this helped. Tommy :)
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I've had this issue with numerous colors. Many times I go to "Paint" and create a solid black image. Close paint and title it "Black". Then go to a program like "Wordpad". Open wordpad and drop and drag the "Black picture onto it. Stretch the image out as much as you can.Now just keep printing this over and over until the color comes back. You may get the "Black cartage is empty" message, so hit the rest. If this fails, unplug the printer and let it sit for a while. This removes any of Epson's built in "Fake errors". These fake errors are designed to get you to buy more cartridges, even though you have plenty of ink. I've had this issue with numerous colors. Many times I go to "Paint" and create a solid black image. Close paint and title it "Black". Then go to a program like "Wordpad". Open wordpad and drop and drag the "Black picture onto it. Stretch the image out as much as you can.Now just keep printing this over and over until the color comes back. You may get the "Black cartage is empty" message, so hit the rest. If this fails, unplug the printer and let it sit for a while. This removes any of Epson's built in "Fake errors". These fake... » Read More I've had this issue with numerous colors. Many times I go to "Paint" and create a solid black image. Close paint and title it "Black". Then go to a program like "Wordpad". Open wordpad and drop and drag the "Black picture onto it. Stretch the image out as much as you can.Now just keep printing this over and over until the color comes back. You may get the "Black cartage is empty" message, so hit the rest. If this fails, unplug the printer and let it sit for a while. This removes any of Epson's built in "Fake errors". These fake errors are designed to get you to buy more cartridges, even though you have plenty of ink. « Show Less
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I have had problems with the black banding unless I print it as photo quality which ends up using more ink. So far two has exhibited this behaviour.
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No, it won't print if is out of color ink. It already happen to me. Even though I was trying to pring a black copy.
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I'm using them in my WF-2540 now. The black I installed worked fine and the color looks black, not dark charcoal. However, my first set of color did not work. Only the red emitted ink, but it looked more like it was leaking ink out while the head was moving back and forth (it was not actually leaking). The 2nd set of color I'm using now and are working fine. For the price, it's still a good deal for me.
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This seems to be an on going problem with this printer. There is a solution, if you don't mind getting your hands a little dirty. Just be careful removing the electrode connectors to the print head, I jacked mine up and made the printer unusable. http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printing-Issues-Troubleshooting/My-Officejet-4620-will-not-print-the-black-ink/td-p/2235905
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I am not able to print in B&W; if any of the colors are out, it is probably the most frustrating aspect of this printer. I've tried specifying black and white, I've tried removing the empty color cartridge, etc. it refuses to print and just shows an error that the cyan (or whatever color it may be) is out of ink.
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I have had this problem before with ink I purchased from Sam's Club. I brought back the ink and they replaced it. Appears to be some type of problem with who's making the ink. I guess you'll have to contact the person you purchased the ink from and go from there. It's a real pain but there is not other choice. You may want to bring the ink to a store and see if they will replace it. I'm sure you (I) are not the only ones with this problem. The larger stores will know about it, just hope they own up to it.