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If you have the tri-color and photo print cartridges installed, try calibrating
the color. For instructions, see

Calibrating color

.

Colors are printing as black and white

Check the printer driver settings

For Windows, the

Print In Grayscale

check box is probably selected. From

your software application, open the

Printer Properties

dialog box. Click

the

Color

tab and make sure

Print in Grayscale

is not selected.

For Macintosh, open the

Print

dialog box and from the

Image

panel, make

sure that

Grayscale

is not selected.

If you are printing with only the black or photo print cartridge, the printout
will be printed in grayscale. See

Single-cartridge printing mode

.

Wrong colors are printing

Check the printer driver settings

For Windows, the

Print In Grayscale

check box might be selected. From

your software application, open the

Printer Properties

dialog box. Click

the

Color

tab and make sure

Print in Grayscale

is not selected.

For Macintosh, open the

Print

dialog box and from the

Image

panel, make

sure that

Grayscale

is not selected.

For Windows, try adjusting the

Saturation

,

Brightness

and

Color Tone

from the

Color

tab in the printer driver. For Macintosh, adjust these

settings from the

Color Panel

in the

Print

dialog box.

Check the print cartridges

When colors are completely wrong, the printer might have run out of one or
more colors of ink. Check the print cartridge LEDs to make sure they are
not on (see

LED Reference

). You can also check the status of the print

cartridges from the

Printer Status

tab in the Toolbox. Replace any low or

empty print cartridges. For instructions, see

Replacing the print cartridges

.

If you are printing with only one print cartridge, see

Single-cartridge printing

mode

.

If you have the tri-color and photo print cartridges installed, and the color
does not print out as expected or there is a color tinge in gray shades, try
calibrating the color. For instructions, see

Calibrating color

.

Whenever print quality noticeably decreases, try cleaning the print
cartridges. For instructions, see

Cleaning the print cartridges

.