Lexmark x1180 prints in black but will not print in colour

if not used for a while the print head would have dried up.
You can try being it back to life by cleangin the heading with some nail varnish remover and cotton bud.
If this doesn’t work you will need to just buy a new cartridge.

It could be that the cartridge has become dry.
you have to try several head cleans using the printer software and if that doesnt help then the cartridge needs to be replaced.

hi hello i tell you try replace that cartridge of yours. if your still use it, not working.. that cartridge is damage..

These models use a "3 colour" printing process. In other words, these printers do not contain black ink when the BC-05 colour cartridge is installed. To produce black print, a 3 colour printer mixes an equal amount of the three primary colours. This process is known as "composite" black.

As the ink in the cartridge runs out, one of the three primary colours will run out first, depending on the material that has been printed. After one of the three colours has depleted, this colour will be missing from the mixture required to print black, and the print will change colour. This is the indication that the cartridge needs to be replaced. Usually the remaining colours in the cartridge will run out soon afterwards.

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No, if you print or scan, you need always to store the file on a computer, and if you use copy function, you still need the computer, as copy function allowed on this printer is only Colour Copying with PC .

This printer cannot print, scan or copy if it is not connected to a computer.

It sounds like your cartridges should be alligned. In your Lexmark 1180 Program Group (Start->All Programs->Lexmark 1180) there should be a Lexmark Solution Center or Lexmark Productivity Studio.

If Lexmark Solution Center - go to the maintenance tab and run the alignment process.
If Lexmark Productivity Studio - click on Printer Maintenance and then select Align

Steve

just take out the colour cartridge from the printer, then you will be able to print.

lexmark x1270 wont work with vista

You have XP or Vista?

This is what worked (so far) with my Dell AIO A940 printer that wouldn't print black ink.

It worked for awhile when I chose photo/glossy paper, but then it quit printing again (see below).

PRINT, PROPERTIES, PAPER SETUP, SPECIALTY PAPER, PHOTO/GLOSSY


I got it to print, again, by putting SEVERAL papers in the feeder (instead of just 1) - there is a sensor that is supposed to automatically detect paper type, and it might not be working right, especially with one or only a couple of sheets.