Weird colours on printout

SOURCE: Excessive Yellow ink use

Issue The printer is working, but the colors in the printed output are not the expected colors. The output may look as if only one color has printed, or as if a color has not printed, or as if the wrong colors have been printed. Solution Complete the following steps to resolve this issue. Step one: Check ink levels If the print defect is minor, it might be caused by reserve mode operation. When the printer runs out of some colors, it can continue printing using remaining inks, but print quality may be affected. If cyan, magenta, or yellow is out, the printer can print only in grayscale.
NOTE: HP cannot guarantee the quality or reliability of non-HP ink. If ink cartridges have been refilled, try replacing them with genuine HP ink cartridges. Replace any empty print cartridges. To access the ink level gauge, follow these steps.

1. Press Setup .
2. Press to select Tools , then press OK .
3. Select Display Ink Gauge and press OK . The ink levels are displayed. Figure 1: Ink levels
   • Each icon corresponds to the cartridge that is the color of the icon. The icons are also in the same order, from left to right, as the cartridges in the printer.
   • If an icon is empty, the corresponding cartridge may need to be replaced soon.
   • The ink levels in non-HP, refilled, and remanufactured cartridges cannot be read by the printer. Instead of an icon, a question mark is displayed for these cartridges. HP cannot guarantee the quality or reliability of non-HP ink. Printer service or repairs required as a result of printer failure or damage attributable to the use of non-HP ink will not be covered under warranty.

1. Open the printer Toolbox :
   1. Open HP Solution Center (click Start , then All Programs , then HP , then HP Solution Center ).
   2. If you have more than one printer installed, make sure to select the correct printer tab in HP Solution Center .
   3. Click Settings .
   4. Click Print Settings .
   5. Click Printer Toolbox .
2. On the Device Services tab, click Calibrate Color , then follow the onscreen instructions. The procedure takes about two minutes and requires two sheets of paper.

1. Open the All-in-One Toolbox :
   1. Open HP Solution Center (click Start , click All Programs , click HP , and then click HP Solution Center ).
   2. If you have more than one All-in-One installed, make sure to select the correct All-in-One tab in HP Solution Center .
   3. Click Settings .
   4. Click Print Settings .
   5. Click Printer Toolbox .
2. On the Device Services tab, click Clean the Print Cartridges , and then follow the onscreen instructions. Three levels of cleaning are available.

Ginko

• 19396 Answers
• Posted on Mar 24, 2008

SOURCE: No PRINTOUT, only blank page/ no page received

Dear Teleios
'power button blinking without taking a paper to copy' usually means paper jam or no ink error.
First ensure you have no paper jam and you just replaced both ink cartridges.
If the printer still does not print, or does not print colors or black ink, then the ink must have dried up on printer head/nozzles.
You can try using clean nozzles option from hp printer software several times, and see if this fixes the problem. If it does not you will need to physically clean printer heads inside with solvent and cotton. To do this you need to disassemble part of the printer.
Having same work done in a service centre should cost around 50 euros.
HP DeskJet 3820 InkJet is not an expensive printer, if you cannot fix it with a clean head / nozzles from software you may also consider buying a new one for slightly more than the price of a cartridge change.

Regards

SOURCE: Cant print black or do black and white copies

He's not saying that the black cartridge won't print (which would warrant cleaning the heads, or messing with the cartridges) -- I have the same problem that MarkDan is having as well... no matter what you select as the output from any "Print" dialog window, the HP 21xx and 12xx series printers _always_ print in full color. You can choose Black and White, Greyscale, Color -- doesn't matter what you choose in the dialog boxes, it utterly ignores you, and will always print in color.
I have no idea why it does this, but it's eating a _ton_ of color ink for no good reason. I have searched all over the Web and on HP's site, but solution has been found.

Nalin DSouza

• 224 Answers
• Posted on Jun 24, 2009

SOURCE: HP J4680- change copy settings so printouts are fast draft

Change settings and copy from HP Solution Center

1. Open HP Solution Center.
   • Windows 2000: Click Start , click Programs , point to HP , and then click HP Solution Center .
   • Windows XP: Click Start , click All Programs , point to HP , and then click HP Solution Center .
   • Windows Vista: Click the Start icon ( ), click All Programs , point to HP , and then click HP Solution Center .
2. Click Make Copies . The Copy window opens.
3. In the Paper section, click A4 on the Size drop-down list.
4. In the Start Copy section, click Black or Color .
5. In the new window you can also change the copy settings
   

SOURCE: Just refilled the ink cartridges on my HP

If you do a lot of printing you may wish to look at an option such as this

http://cgi.ebay.com/Continuous-Ink-supply-system-Hp-74-75-CB335WN-CB337WN_W0QQitemZ370247388012QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090819?IMSfp=TL090819164007r16027

You can't get the in in the wrong section of the cart (which I suspect has happened).

Please note the link is for information only and I neither know nor have used the seller listed. A google search may well provided a list of sellers for you to choose from.

I have used a continuous ink supply on my Epson (have you noticed they appear less on here for problems?) for 3 1/2 years now and my printing costs are minimal compred to useing either after market refills or refilling myself.