Photosmart 8150 disorder - Microsoft Word print black, everything is RED

Hello

My printer prints ONLY red in all programs except Microsoft Word. It prints only red in PowerPoint, Excel, Preview (PDF format) and Web pages. I tried out the color cartridge and having only one black; pages through the printer and come out blank. I tried to do black and white or grayscale settings, and it still comes out red. I cleaned the cartridges and printed tons of test pages. The test pages are always correct.

I spent hours combing internet for more information about printing HP Photosmart 8150 in red by default in all programs EXCEPT Microsoft Word, but I have not found anything. I talked to Tech Support Applecare and we have reinstalled the printer driver, reset the printer to my Macbook settings and still cannot solve the problem. They told me to contact HP. I've had the printer for almost 5 years so it is old.

If anyone can help please respond. I'm on Mac OS 10.5.8 with a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Thank you

Spartanlia

I think it's a software problem.

Let's start with a reset of the print system:

-Sys Prefs, Print & Fax
-Right (Ctrl) click the box of the print queue and select Reset Printing System.
-Select the sign + to add again. Search for the printer, select it, and wait until the button 'Add' becomes available. Until it clicks.

If this does not work, uninstall the HP software like this:

Go to Applications/Hewlett Packard / click Uninstall HP
Click on continue
Highlight your device in the left pane
Hold down the Ctrl and Opt Cmd and click on uninstall
There will be a pop up that asks if you are sure you want to uninstall all hp software. (At this point, if you continue, all HP printers you have installed will need to be reinstalled)
Click on continue and let it finish

Now run a software update.

Finally, reinstall the software from here.

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