[pchelpers] black printer ink not showing up

HP Deskjet 990cse.
Printer has been working fine.  I ran out of black ink this week.

I inserted a printer cartridge in black that was here buried under a stack of 
stuff.  I didn't know if it was a new one or an old one.  It had the plastic 
pulled off the print head so I am assuming it was one I had used before, but 
strangely, when I did a check to see how much ink it has in it-  it is showing 
a full ink.

But when I run the 'test' page it does when you close the door after inserting 
a cartridge, one spot on the first line shows some black, and there is no black 
anywhere on the rest of the page.
Printing a text test page in notepad - well nothing showed up.

I did a print clean.

I put some alcohol on the print head on the cartridge and cleaned it with 
cotton.

Anyway... any more suggestions?

Could the think showing that it is a full black be wrong?  I don't know how to 
check that if it is the case.

Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA
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