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Full cartridge but ink not printing.

The black ink won't print on our printer. We thought it was out of ink but replaced it and the black ink still won't print. It acts like its printing but it's almost like the black printing components aren't working.

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Guest [Entry]

Did you remove the little piece piece of tape on the bottom of cartridge.
Guest [Entry]

I was having the same problem today. Ran carriage under water and dried. Still didn't work. Looked under tools menu on the printer screen and noticed "clean cartridges." Chose that option. I guess it did the job, because it ran a test print and when we tried to print again it worked just fine.
Guest [Entry]

I just talked to HP support, they said to replace printer because print head is defective. My printer was printing blank pages I replaced all ink cartridge black, cyan, magenta and yellow, it still printed blank pages. My advice, find a better brand. HP sucks.
Guest [Entry]

"This is exactly the issue I was seeing. I washed the head, replaced the inks, changed the printer head... All to no avail. Very frustrating.

At this point, sadly, the most effective solution I can see is simply replace the unit. I've already spent far too much on what is now a defective machine.

Seems such a waste though."
Guest [Entry]

I'm using windows 10, 64 bit and my Officejet 4620 printer wouldn't print black despite having a new HP cartridge. I removed the printer, uninstalled the software and set up the printer again from scratch. It now works.
Guest [Entry]

Get a small but sturdy paint brush (the kind children use for water colours), and brush the carriage under the ink tray. Worked for me.