P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895 printer on the
Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always been
disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very Dark Gray and
finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran out of Yellow,
telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge when appropriate;
eg - when printing black text from Word , or black graphics from
Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every conceivable
"tweak" from within the printer properties as well as the printing
programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the Black cartridge
when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!

How about when you print using the printer's 'Test' page option.

JS

"giannoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895 printer on the
> Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always been
> disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very Dark Gray and
> finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran out of Yellow,
> telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge when appropriate;
> eg - when printing black text from Word , or black graphics from
> Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every conceivable
> "tweak" from within the printer properties as well as the printing
> programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the Black cartridge
> when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!

Buy a printer that isn't designed to drink ink. That's the whole line of
reasoning behind the "cheap printer".

giannoni wrote:

> P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895 printer on the
> Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always been
> disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very Dark Gray and
> finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran out of Yellow,
> telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge when appropriate;
> eg - when printing black text from Word , or black graphics from
> Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every conceivable
> "tweak" from within the printer properties as well as the printing
> programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the Black cartridge
> when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!

Or set the printer to B&W or grey scale mode, or do like I
do, use a monochrome laser, all it has is black.



"giannoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895 printer
on the
| Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always
been
| disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very
Dark Gray and
| finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran
out of Yellow,
| telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge when
appropriate;
| eg - when printing black text from Word , or black
graphics from
| Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every
conceivable
| "tweak" from within the printer properties as well as the
printing
| programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the
Black cartridge
| when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!

Prints the test page just fine, except again the black is composit
full Yellow + Cyan + Magenta

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:27:00 -0500, "JS" <@> wrote:

>How about when you print using the printer's 'Test' page option.
>
>JS
>
>"giannoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895 printer on the
>> Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always been
>> disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very Dark Gray and
>> finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran out of Yellow,
>> telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge when appropriate;
>> eg - when printing black text from Word , or black graphics from
>> Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every conceivable
>> "tweak" from within the printer properties as well as the printing
>> programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the Black cartridge
>> when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!
>

Tried that; selecting Properties>General>Printing
Preferences>Paper/Quality>Black&White (instead of Color), and then it
prints nothing at all ! ...

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:30:25 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
<p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote:

>Or set the printer to B&W or grey scale mode, or do like I
>do, use a monochrome laser, all it has is black.
>
>
>
>"giannoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>| P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895 printer
>on the
>| Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always
>been
>| disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very
>Dark Gray and
>| finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran
>out of Yellow,
>| telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge when
>appropriate;
>| eg - when printing black text from Word , or black
>graphics from
>| Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every
>conceivable
>| "tweak" from within the printer properties as well as the
>printing
>| programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the
>Black cartridge
>| when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!
>

WOW, get this !

As it turns out, my Black cartridge was out of ink, AND the
printer/system (BUT NOT ME) were somehow aware of this, and
compensating by using the YCM to simulate the Black.

Put a new Black in and all's well (love that rich Black tone! ...).

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:08:37 -0500, giannoni
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895 printer on the
>Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always been
>disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very Dark Gray and
>finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran out of Yellow,
>telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge when appropriate;
>eg - when printing black text from Word , or black graphics from
>Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every conceivable
>"tweak" from within the printer properties as well as the printing
>programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the Black cartridge
>when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!

You should have a black ink cartridge, maybe it is empty.
Put a new #45 black in and replace the full 23 tri-color
with an empty, it will run one cartridge, but needs both in
place.




"giannoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| Tried that; selecting Properties>General>Printing
| Preferences>Paper/Quality>Black&White (instead of Color),
and then it
| prints nothing at all ! ...
|
| On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:30:25 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
| <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote:
|
| >Or set the printer to B&W or grey scale mode, or do like
I
| >do, use a monochrome laser, all it has is black.
| >
| >
| >
| >"giannoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| >news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| >| P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895
printer
| >on the
| >| Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always
| >been
| >| disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very
| >Dark Gray and
| >| finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran
| >out of Yellow,
| >| telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge
when
| >appropriate;
| >| eg - when printing black text from Word , or black
| >graphics from
| >| Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every
| >conceivable
| >| "tweak" from within the printer properties as well as
the
| >printing
| >| programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the
| >Black cartridge
| >| when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!
| >

Did you try printing plain text from Notepad, or from a Command prompt? The
printer driver has a black only setting, you can try that too. Your printer
is similar in age and driver to my 882c so there's no reason other than a
defect/driver issue for it not to print from the black cartridge. Unless the
software you are using were designating a shade other than true Black
(0,0,0). The HP printer forums would be the place to inquire about this
problem.


"giannoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Prints the test page just fine, except again the black is composit
> full Yellow + Cyan + Magenta
>
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:27:00 -0500, "JS" <@> wrote:
>
>>How about when you print using the printer's 'Test' page option.
>>
>>JS
>>
>>"giannoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> P-IV and Celeron, home networked, with a HP CSe895 printer on the
>>> Celeron, but also serving the P-IV, etc. I have always been
>>> disappointed with the "Black" color really being a very Dark Gray and
>>> finally turning a Dark Blue when my color cartridge ran out of Yellow,
>>> telling me that it wasn't using the Black cartridge when appropriate;
>>> eg - when printing black text from Word , or black graphics from
>>> Visual Basic and other programs. I have tried every conceivable
>>> "tweak" from within the printer properties as well as the printing
>>> programs but NG. How can I get the printer to use the Black cartridge
>>> when Real Black [RGB = (0, 0, 0)] is being called for?!
>>