Printing the colour BLACK onto overhead projector paper?

[chunkymunky]

I've been trying now for about 3 months to print black onto a 30mm circle on transparency paper to go on an overhead projector, every time i print, it comes out a mucky grey colour, there MUST be a way of printing a BLACK black? Please help me before i go mad!! Regards Nick

 

[Zeealex]

are you using a special Acetate printer or a normal printer?

 

[chunkymunky]

Hi, I'm using a Kodak 5220 inkjet printer.

 

[Zeealex]

thanks for the clarification, sorry for the questions here.

but is the ink still wet?
does the overhead project it as black?
how old is the ink and printer?
has it printed black before?

 

[chunkymunky]

Never printed it black before.
Prints relativerly dry onto the transparency paper
Ink is new, and Kodak ink.
Never ever been able to show a really Black Black, just looks like a motled grey colour.

 

[Fatboy73]

These may sound like silly questions but...
Is your printer calibrated?
Does it have a black ink cartridge in it.

Again I know that sounds silly but those are two issue that would cause your problem.
Another I read up on is you have to have specific acetate for inkjet printers.

 

[chunkymunky]

Defo got a black cartridge in it and as far as i know, yes its calibrated.

 

[Fatboy73]

Have you messed with printer settings to change your ink volume, and make sure it's set to print on photo paper with all of the quality setting to the maximum? I apologize, I don't know what else to suggest. Hopefully someone with more expertise can help you better.

 

[MikeMc]

Print out your circle in white, let dry reprint with black. Black ink tends to be transparent, by printing on a white base you will get black. That is good for solids,you need transparency though, so ink density is all you can do. You might try a different printer, like at kinkos or someone like that...