Solving issues with color documents, Solving issues with color, Only black prints – HP 1500 Series User Manual

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78 Problem solving and maintenance

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Solving issues with color documents

This section describes issues that can occur when you print in color. Whenever you are
experiencing color-related issues, calibrate the printer before trying any other steps.
See

“Calibrating the printer” on page 89

.

Only black prints

Only black is printing when the document should be printing in color.

Color mode is not selected in your program or printer driver. Select color mode instead of
grayscale mode.

If you are printing on transparencies, all transparencies print in grayscale.

The correct printer driver is not selected in the program. Select the correct printer driver.

The printer is not properly configured. Verify the printer configuration by printing a
Configuration page. If no color appears on the Configuration page, contact HP Customer
Care.

Only black prints

Missing or incorrect
color

Color prints
inconsistently

Colors do not match

Color pages have
inconsistent finish

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