There can be multiple reasons why the HP Photosmart printer won’t print black. The first solution is the most important: use genuine ink cartridges. Ingenuine ink cartridges can cause damage to the printer, further causing problems like HP Photosmart 5510 printer is not printing Black. Furthermore, please check the ink levels on your printer and refill if needed, as low ink levels may be the reason for this problem’s recurrence. To avoid such issues with the printer, please ensure that your ink cartridges are genuine. If the cartridges are indeed authentic, the next thing to do is to allow automatic servicing to complete on your printer. Automatic servicing can fix many problems like the inability to print in black ink or poor ink text quality, and more. The following solution for this particular problem with the HP Photosmart 5510 InkJet printer is to check the paper in your printer. Ensure that the documents are correctly placed in the paper tray, there is no wrinkled or curled paper in the paper tray, use the correct paper type, or use a different set of sheets altogether. If these solutions do not seem to work, please manually check the print settings on your computer to check whether there is a problem with the settings resulting in the situation at hand.
