I got this machine in an office buyout, I know it is old but was rarely used. I would like to print and copy in color but only can do black and white. I downloaded a driver for Windows Vista.
This machine (Sharp AL 1530CS) is a black and white printer/copier but can Scan (not print) in colour. It only has a black toner so will never print in colour...sorry
http://www.sharp.net.au/cms/products/4011/downloads/AL1530CS_Brochure.pdf
Testimonial: "Thank you an old one but a good one i suppose. "
SOURCE: Big Black not printing
Sounds to me your print head is plugged up. This is not usual though because the majority of people use black ink much more. So, in your printer utility, do a deep cleaning. If that does not work, there is a thing called a purge unit in it. This is a usual way of draining waste ink to a pad that soaks it up. if the hose, or other parts are clogged, it backs the ink up and causes the print head to clog. If this is the start of it, do not waste your ink cleaning, and try not to let it sit too long. Contact canon, and let them kno what you think it is.
SOURCE: How do I print black and white with an Office Jet 6500
Usually that option is either on the print setup when you go to print something or you would have to do it manually.
If you can't figure it out you could always print it, if it's in color then just copy it in black and white.
SOURCE: hp color laserjet 1600 copies have a blurred image
This sounds like a registration problem.
Use the menu (on the printer) to print antest page AND a configuration/information page.
Look (critically) at the alignment of the seperate coloure Yellow Magenta Cyan. You will probably find that these are out of aligmnent across the page.
The cause of this, is that the printer can't perform a calibration properly (printer probably takes a long time when calibrating too) and is usually down to failure of one of the sensors on the transfer belt.
Sometimes you can clean these and solve the problem, but often is a failure of the component itself. Thes are NOT available as a spare part, and the repair to correct this would need a replacement transfer belt.
Transfer belt replacement in this printer is quite an involved task, though it is within the capabilities of someone with reasonable mechanical aptitude.
SOURCE: black/white setting for printing?
When attempting to print something, open the printer's "settings" or "properties", and see if it can be convinced to use black/grey-scale, rather than colour.
Theres a pretty sure bet when the fuel light comes on in your car, fuel will fix it,
its a bit like that these cartridges fixs most things expesally if you have never changed it in a year and a half,
Exp date is shelf life,
End life of cart. is out of ink or error,
Machine uses colour ink when cleaning regardless if you use it or not that just uses more
With all that being said I've also had these with cartridge housing problems causing the fault vay rarely
And then if you look at prices of new inkjets with a years warranty and new inks against the just the price of both your inks then I think you may Buy another.!
If you get 3 years out of a inkjet your doin extremly well, machines dont last and arnt meant too!
If you rarely do colour I would tell you to look at a B/W Laser printer instead, inkjets are expensive to run, cheap to buy fail a lot
Laser machines run so so so much cheaper like 2cent compared to 20c a sheet, they are reliable, if you really need a colour print go to print shop and receive reletavely cheap quality colour prints or use a friends and let them have the problem of supporting an inkjet.
Laser toner based machines are now as cheap as inkjets but better except they dont do colour.
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