I have got a Hewlet Packard 3325 Printer. When I came to print off a letter yesterday, it printed in green ink, instead of black. Had to use XP to print the letter. I had the same problem with Fedora 11. But I had problems with the Internet with Fedora so never resolved the issue.
Thank you all for your anticipated help. Roger
Printer prints letters in Green text instead of Black
Forum rules
There are no such things as "stupid" questions. However if you think your question is a bit stupid, then this is the right place for you to post it. Stick to easy to-the-point questions that you feel people can answer fast. For long and complicated questions use the other forums in the support section.
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
There are no such things as "stupid" questions. However if you think your question is a bit stupid, then this is the right place for you to post it. Stick to easy to-the-point questions that you feel people can answer fast. For long and complicated questions use the other forums in the support section.
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
-
Rojiru
Printer prints letters in Green text instead of Black
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
-
DrHu
Re: Printer prints letters in Green text instead of Black
Are all the ink levels OK, you have enough black ink ?
You mean to print in black, but you have printed in color instead and got green ?
HP and Linux
For this printer a black cartidge is optional
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_print ... skJet_3325
http://forums.openprinting.org/list.php?20
You mean to print in black, but you have printed in color instead and got green ?
HP and Linux
For this printer a black cartidge is optional
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_print ... skJet_3325
http://forums.openprinting.org/list.php?20
-
Rojiru
Re: Printer prints letters in Green text instead of Black
According to XP my ink levels are fine.
I needed to print off a letter, so the printer should have printed in black, but did not. Instead it printed in green. It works fine in Microsofts XP.
Does this clarify your questions.
I needed to print off a letter, so the printer should have printed in black, but did not. Instead it printed in green. It works fine in Microsofts XP.
Does this clarify your questions.
-
ametedinov
Re: Printer prints letters in Green text instead of Black
Before you attemp to do anything, please read the entire post first
I have had that problem for about a year now, also with an HP printer, but the "solution" is simple. In the "print'' dialog box go to the "Advanced" tab and choose "Normal Grayscale (Black Cartridge)". This will print in Black and White using only your Black cartridge.
There is some problem with HP printers on Linux because this is what is happening: When you attempt to print the document with the default printer settings, all colors and including black are generated using the color cartridge. In other words, the black cartridge is not being used at all. When you change the settings as said above, only the black cartridge is used.
More generally, your (and my) hp printer can not use both cartridges at the same time; it is either the black or the color - and YOU are the one deciding which cartridge to use.
You may try installing HPLIP-GUI from the package manager and see if there are some options that will allow you to use both cartridges simultaneously.
I have had that problem for about a year now, also with an HP printer, but the "solution" is simple. In the "print'' dialog box go to the "Advanced" tab and choose "Normal Grayscale (Black Cartridge)". This will print in Black and White using only your Black cartridge.
There is some problem with HP printers on Linux because this is what is happening: When you attempt to print the document with the default printer settings, all colors and including black are generated using the color cartridge. In other words, the black cartridge is not being used at all. When you change the settings as said above, only the black cartridge is used.
More generally, your (and my) hp printer can not use both cartridges at the same time; it is either the black or the color - and YOU are the one deciding which cartridge to use.
You may try installing HPLIP-GUI from the package manager and see if there are some options that will allow you to use both cartridges simultaneously.
-
Rojiru
Re: Printer prints letters in Green text instead of Black
Thank you both. ametedinov your solution was spot on, but it looks as if there will be constraints when printing items with both colour and black print. I wonder what printers other linux users use, to overcome this problem.