Printer won't print on my inkjet waterslide paper?

[octa805]

Howdy!

Using my standard boring inkjet printer at home to print out my waterslide decals. Done it plenty of times with no issue.

This time I did a mock-up on normal paper to check for sizing. Worked great. Only black ink.

Checked ink levels. Nominal. Near full black ink.

Went to print on waterslide........printed top portion in brown (even though I chose grayscale) and then faded out.

Tried to reprint. Nothing.

Tried again. Nothing.

I'm going to go back and try again on regular paper but man, so weird.

Ghost in the machine or weird printer setting? EH?

[pryde]

what program are you using for your graphics? Inkscape?

[octa805]

Haha no. Not that advanced

I copy images off the web, put them in MS paint to edit and into Word to print

[pryde]

Sorry, don't think I can be much help then. I had that problem when using Inkscape to print. Otherwise, not really sure what you have going on?

[octa805]

in case anyone else has this issue it sounds like it's more common than I thought.

haven't done the soaking in water bit yet to fix it but that's next

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Ink-Toner-Cartridge-Printhead-Issues/HP-Officejet-6500-E709n-printer-black-ink-not-printing/td-p/1353707/page/4