Q: H P Deskjet 970 cxi printer only prints in black

This is a mid-2000 printer, with HP drivers only thru OS X 10.5.  Unless there's a driver upgrade within Lion drivers, which you would probably already have, you may be stuck, as HP hasn't updated it's 970cxi-specific OS X drivers for over 4 years.

think i might be having the same problem with my deskjet 940c...have tried drivers on apple site, and hp and gutenprint and still only black and white.....i just dont understand it was working fine before i put on mavericks....

Hi Folks,

I understand that since using Mavericks you are no longer able to print in colour. After some research, I have found a document pertaining to printer and scanner software available to download and the supported printer lists. This list is on the Apple Support site and was updated on November 14, 2013 after the Mavericks OS X release. You will notice that the Deskjet 940c and the 970cxi are not on the list. Please see link below:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Mac-Printing-and-Scanning/Maverick-10-9-prints-blac k-and-white-only/td-p/3046801

With that being said, Apple may or may not release a driver. I would recommend contacting Apple or keep checking the page for updates. I hope this was helpful.

Thanks,

HevnLghHP

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