Printer Troubles

[Seno Ypsamee]

So, as some of you know, in the process of printing my C.Q.B., I ran out of ink. Well, earlier today, I found an old printer that still has some ink in it, but it only uses one cartridge, and that's tri-color. Now, my old one also used a tri-color cartridge, because that's what it came with (it does take black or single color, though). Now onto the problem, I hooked it up and reinstalled the drivers, and I also set it as my default printer, but when I print, I'm getting a blank page. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

 

[AoBfrost]

Ink head may be dried up, you could try soaking the sponge in water or dabbing some on there, fixed my old ink this way many times.

 

[Seno Ypsamee]

Ink head may be dried up, you could try soaking the sponge in water or dabbing some on there, fixed my old ink this way many times.

So how exactly would I do this? I know not to touch the contacts, but I'd rather ask so I don't totally screw it up and have to go out and buy more ink just to finish this helmet, but then again, I'll need it anyways...

Sorry, I suck with printer maintenance...

 

[AoBfrost]

I just dab it directly onto the spongy material on the head of the ink tank. Or just have a low amount of water in a bowl and let the tank sit up right. But like you said, dont let it touch the contacts. If the spongy material is dried up, water will soften it again.

 

[Seno Ypsamee]

Alright, my Geometry teacher was really nice and gave me a printer, has brand new cartridges, but the black won't print. I'm trying what you just told me to do, but what confuses me is that it'll print a gray or some other color that contains black, but not black itself... kinda weird...