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On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 08:34:24 -0400, Paul
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 12:39:40 -0400, Paul
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I love this printer. Now suddenly it only prints grey, whether color
or b&w. I put in new cartridges - same result. Anything I can try?
I'd sure like to keep the printer.
Thanks

JW
It has a "Restore to factory defaults", if you're not
making progress.

http://resources.kodak.com/support/s...1330c9s5.shtml

Paul
Thanks.
Tried it - no improvement. I wonder if the black cartridge is bad, or
its printer socket is plugged? It's a new cartridge. Re-manuf. tho
JW
Also, there is a FAQ entry on the Kodak site, that says
when printing black and white, it cannot make "dark black" without
adding a tiny bit of ink from the color cart. Which isn't really
consistent with some of the examples here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model

Your "suddenly printing grey" would mean that the color one
isn't working at all, and the printer cannot make a good
black without it.

Paul
I think I must have said something wrong. I was thinking it was the
black. I wonder what the test pattern is supposed to look like -
after I ran the calibration. My pattern is a single page of
different-sized boxes in three colors:
pink
blue
yellow
gray (a few)

The subsequent 'test page' has six larger color boxes:
yellow
light yellow
light blue
blue
red
light red

plus one or maybe two thin black lines

Just sayin'

JW



blue C
pink M
yellow Y
gray (a few) K

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model

If the test page prints all of those, the carts are working.

There's got to be something wrong with the driver
or the printing software. Even if you use B&W, it
uses a bit of CMY combined to darken the K.

Paul