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(65,403 posts) Thu Dec 28, 2017, 11:38 AM Dec 2017

Can anyone tell me why my printer is printing everything in yellow? [View all]

The paper I load is white. When I print something out it comes out on yellow sheets (the back is white). I guess it has something to do with my color cartridge...but this is just strange...

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Can anyone tell me why my printer is printing everything in yellow? [View all] CTyankee Dec 2017 OP

Mine prints in bands of color when the cartridge is low secondwind Dec 2017 #1

tRump effect...? wcmagumba Dec 2017 #2

... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #3

Do I need to get a new ink/toner cartridge? CTyankee Dec 2017 #4

Go to page 38 in this document for info on test page CurtEastPoint Dec 2017 #5

Interesting. It shows bands of color but this is the entire page, not a band or two CTyankee Dec 2017 #6

This is another one of those instances Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #7

My computer guy could prolly help us out. Hubby usually changes the cartridge but CTyankee Dec 2017 #8

Good idea. nm Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #9

Just fyi. My computer guy said to try unplugging the printer and shutting down CTyankee Dec 2017 #10

I hope it was a fluke... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #11

oops, it happened again when I printed out a page with some artwork on it in color. CTyankee Dec 2017 #12

Yeah, I hate to buy new cartridges... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #13

I think that would make me truly crazy. CTyankee Dec 2017 #14

I'm 61, so no spring chicken.... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #15

I hear that statement about how you couldn't go back to being without a smart CTyankee Dec 2017 #16

You made me chuckle...being a pro photog, I fully understand the Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #17

Well, it was the flash component of photography then that the museums didn't like. CTyankee Dec 2017 #18

I am envious of your travel adventures. Very envious. nt Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #19

It was a wonderful time, over now. I had a mission, which was to see the CTyankee Dec 2017 #20

I will have to win the lottery for any of that to happen.... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #21

I know so well how that goes. My husband and I have a lot to be grateful for. CTyankee Dec 2017 #22

I have been a member since 2002 but had stopped Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #23

You can find them here but you have to know the titles or a particular artist. CTyankee Dec 2017 #24

Dali is my favorite artist of all time. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #25

Hate Dali. Love Magritte (the other Surrealist painter of that era) CTyankee Dec 2017 #32

Do check out your local museums mercuryblues Dec 2017 #28

I love art too! MLAA Dec 2017 #30

Fatty liver WheelWalker Dec 2017 #26

Try asking this in "Computer Help and Support (Group)" left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #27

thanks! CTyankee Dec 2017 #31

It is a secret message that the release of the pee tape is imminent. fierywoman Dec 2017 #29

Hey, I think you are onto something there... CTyankee Jan 2018 #33