This image sums up the relationship I've had with just about every printer I've ever owned.
My photo printer (Kodak ESP C310) absolutely refuses to print anything in black and white. Whenever I try to print a page with just black text, it ends up choppy (the words are faded). If I print a photo, it comes out perfectly. Am I just not supposed to use a photo printer to print black text, or is there something I can do to fix it?
The amount of released stress indicated in this picture is glorious.
As to your question, it seems to be a common problem with Kodak printers from a quick search that I did. So aside from removing the black ink cartridge and reinstalling it. There isn't much you can do.
There was a comment that I read that mentioned making sure you are using Kodak cartridges.
Also, does your printer have the option to do a head cleaning? This could solve it as well.
