Mysterious Printing Problem

[paul_brenner1]

<p>I don't know if anyone has any thoughts on this, but I hope so...<br>

<br />I do very little printing. My old HP home/office 6122 does what I need, which is primarily printing digital negs. The printer has always been accurate color-wise.<br>

Everything was fine up until recently. Now, color pics print out very accurately, but b&w images have a reddish-brown cast, even if the image is totally desaturated and neutral. I'm not talking about a minor color cast: I'm talking about a significant reddish-brown.<br>

- As I said, color still prints out accurately, including the printer test prints<br>

- This problem occurs with multiple photo programs (including Photoshop CS4)<br>

There is apparently something the printer is not "reading" with respect to b&w images, but I can't figure out what. I've made no changes.<br>

Any thoughts?<br>

Thanks,<br>

Paul</p>

 

[paul_brenner1]

<p>Never mind. I looked more closely at the color prints, and they have a cast also, which not surprisingly is less noticeable than on a print of a straight b&w image.<br>

<br />Assume I simply need a new cartridge, even though the utility shows plenty of ink...</p>