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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by Stella Peppercorn <st...@live.co.uk> on 2020/12/05 09:46:19 UTC
Printing Problem
I have a problem printing in Black ink from OpenOffice 4.1.8
The printer is an XP-245. It will not print black from OpenOffice . All I get is a shadow with lines across. But if I PrintScreen into Paint is will print from there correctly. So the black cartridge is working.
I have reloaded Open Office, and the Printer Driver. I have also tried USB connection and WiFi. Nothing cures this.
If I change the font colour to Dark Yellow, say, it will print but this is a combination of the colour cartridges.
What on earth is the problem and how can I solve it please?
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Re: Printing Problem
Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com.INVALID>.
At 09:46 05/12/2020 +0000, Stella Peppercorn wrote:
>I have a problem printing in Black ink from OpenOffice 4.1.8. The
>printer is an [Epson Expression Home] XP-245. It will not print
>black from OpenOffice. All I get is a shadow with lines across. But
>if I PrintScreen into Paint is will print from there correctly. So
>the black cartridge is working.
I don't think that's obvious, in fact.
>I have reloaded Open Office, ...
Unlikely to be relevant or useful.
>... and the Printer Driver.
Good scheme.
>[...] If I change the font colour to Dark Yellow, say, it will print
>but this is a combination of the colour cartridges. What on earth is
>the problem and how can I solve it please?
I think this is all consistent with your black ink cartridge being
empty or blocked or otherwise faulty. When you print black text from
OpenOffice, only the black cartridge and its ink will be used. But
when you use Print Screen to copy the appearance of the OpenOffice
editing screen into Paint, everything becomes part of a picture, and
the text you thought was black is now something very much
approximating black, but as part of colour picture. So the effect
when you print from Paint will be that the colour ink cartridges will
be used, possibly also with the black cartridge to increase contrast.
In other words, what Paint is doing to create the almost black it
wants is to combine the colour cartridges, just as does your dark yellow.
There are obvious ways to test this. Start (Windows) Notepad and
write a few words. Print that: I predict that you will find that this
fails too - confirming that it is not OpenOffice that is at fault but
very probably your black cartridge. Alternatively, go to Start |
Settings | Devices | Printer & Scanners. Click on your printer and
click Manage. Click "Print a test page". Again, if the black text
that should be part of this fails to print properly and clearly, your
black cartridge is empty, blocked, or otherwise faulty.
I imagine that the software that was supplied with your printer
incudes the facility to display the current ink levels. If the black
cartridge is empty, you have your solution; if it still contains ink,
it may be blocked or not fitted properly. It seems that the
cartridges are also transparent, so that you can take out your black
cartridge and simply see if there is remaining ink.
There is at least one other, far more complicated possibility,
involving your OpenOffice text not being black (perhaps white) but
appearing legible in the editing screen because of high contrast or
similar settings in Windows. But you'd probably know if you had arranged that.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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Re: Printing Problem
Posted by David Belina <db...@comcast.net>.
The problem may not be with Open Office. Here is a link to a page to removing black ink printing problems I found using an internet search.
https://www.ldproducts.com/blog/printer-wont-print-black-what-to-do/
On December 5, 2020 at 8:02:13 AM, Julian THOMAS (jt@jt-mj.net) wrote:
XP-245
Re: Printing Problem
Posted by Julian THOMAS <Jt...@jt-mj.net>.
I am not familiar with that printer but many have 2 black tanks - one for B&W and one for black tones when printing color.
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> On Dec 5, 2020, at 04:50, Stella Peppercorn <st...@live.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I have a problem printing in Black ink from OpenOffice 4.1.8
> The printer is an XP-245. It will not print black from OpenOffice . All I get is a shadow with lines across. But if I PrintScreen into Paint is will print from there correctly. So the black cartridge is working.
> I have reloaded Open Office, and the Printer Driver. I have also tried USB connection and WiFi. Nothing cures this.
> If I change the font colour to Dark Yellow, say, it will print but this is a combination of the colour cartridges.
> What on earth is the problem and how can I solve it please?
>
>
> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
>
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