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People are saying software/driver. Let's try a different venue. I used to repair printers, after all...
Since it's an inkjet (classification for HPs versus laserjets), there's a culprit that's often overlooked. The contacts. The place where you seat the cartridge, are the contacts made of pink ribbon or are they metal "needles"?
If it's a pink ribbon, look for punctures on it. If there are any, you might as well get a new printer. HP doesn't manufacture replacements for those since it's not cost effective to buy a whole new carriage assembly. Not to mention getting to that part isn't easy. The encoder strip could also be damaged in the process.
If they're metal "needles", then compare it to the other cartridge holder. Is it missing a metal bar with springs at the center of the holder? If so, then what you're missing is the ground. You can go searching in the printer to see if the part is in there somewhere, but if it refuses to stay on, then you're out of luck. Same problem as the paragraph before. Sorry.
There's just not much you can do with ink-based printers without running into a lot of expenditures.
Also, as already said, pictures are not affected because they mix the colors to make black for some printers. For those types of printers, black is used mainly for text and such.
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