HP Deskjet 990Cxi prints `in white!'

You can't print in white. Replace your catridge. After a while either you'll run out of ink or the ink head will dry up.

Sounds like it is out of ink and the ink level sensing is kaput.

Question about computer peripherals belong in the group with that device in its name. For printers, that's

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But cartridges are brand new. -> out of ink is impossible.

I don't want to print white. I just say that it looks just as if it was printing white: nothing appears, despite cartridges' moves on the sheet.

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So?

Why are you asking a question about printers in a newsgroup devoted to basic topics related to electronics? You aren't asking about resistors or capacitors, which this newsgroup is about.

Even if you were asking to repair the printer, there is another newsgroup for that, which you've alrady found and asked the same off-topic question. Not only could you not find the right newsgroup, you guest about two=20 different newsgroups, neither of which were relevant at this point.

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Yes ! Put ink in the cartridge. :-)

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Yes. @Michael: you're right, but the other group is so polluted by spam that I don't think it worths it.

This is almost always the case when it is out of ink or the ink head is dry. Try soking the ink head in alchohol and warm water. Generally when I have a dry ink head I let the facet water run on the ink heat at hot.

If you can't print a test page from the printer itself then it is something to do with the printer. If it's just windows then it is a setting in windows.

Try to reset the printer. Possibly you have changed the contrast settings or something.

Just because the thing looks like it's printing doesn't mean ink is actually coming out. If you were out of ink it would do exactly that unless it would not print because of low ink.

Search google for similar problems. Could be an issue with your computer. HP is notorious for screwing their customers.

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If you don't like spam, get rid of Google and get a real news service. If you like Google, you like spam. Simple.

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Thanks for the alcohol trick. It worked!