HP 400 Color fades on, Printouts have black, Output where you Cartridge and print Expected color

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Table 5-12. Solving Color Print Quality Problems (Continued)

 

 

 

Color Print Quality Issue

 

Possible Cause

 

 

Color fades on

It is possible that the transparencies are being exposed to ultraviolet light, typically from the

transparencies

sun. Check other instruments and machinery near the printer to see that they do not create

 

ultraviolet light. Be sure to protect transparencies from direct or reflected rays of the sun or

 

other sources of ultraviolet. After the transparency is dry, you can cover it with a sheet of

 

paper.

 

 

 

Printouts have black

1.

Verify that the black print cartridge is not installed. If it is, replace it with the color print

output where you

 

cartridge and print the page.

expected color

2.

If using Windows, verify that you have not selected Black Text or Grayscale print modes in

 

 

the Printer Setup dialog box. If you have selected Automatic, be sure you have not selected

 

 

“Print in Grayscale”, located immediately below the Manual button, in the Printer Setup

 

 

dialog box.

 

 

Characters, dots or lines

Missing dots when printing color can be caused by the same problems that cause missing dots

are incomplete or missing

when printing black. These problems may be with any of the following:

from printouts

print cartridge

 

printer hardware

 

connection between the printer and the print cartridge.

 

See “Printouts Missing Rows of Dots” in this chapter for solutions.

 

If you are printing color from a Windows application:

 

Select Presentation mode in the Printer Setup dialog box.

 

Print the page again using manual feed.

 

 

 

5-30 Problem Resolution

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