I posted this already on a Stack Exchange site, but found out about this place later.
I have a Canon Pixma MX722 printer. I purchased new actual Canon cartridges for the thing and installed them. I can see the colors, but even after doing a manual print head alignment the black ink still is not...
...looks like the older is newbie again. I have dealt with personal to medium level official printers, but now am stuck on one, which I will mention elsewhere.