My HP office jet k 60 prints a color test page fine. When I go to print a picture or excel spreadsheets in color they only print in black and white

Try running cleaning cycle multiple times. Sounds like ink tubes may be clogged.

if your printer is already, click file -> print, then do you hear the voice from printer. if not, your printer is not boot.
and you said your preview is blank. you not load the page with content. I guess you don't have the right to print it.
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when im printing pictures are not same color

Your black cartridge is most definitely clogged. You can easily check that by removing the cartridge and press the print head on some tissue. If there is no mark, the print head on your black cartridge is clogged. Now, HP has some kind of software head cleaning. It doesn't always work, but you can try. Here is a link to HP site, referring to your problem: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01361894&cc=bg&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3692888
Read carefully and follow the instructions.
If that doesn't solve your problem, you should buy a new black cartridge.
Also, bear in mind that with ink-jet printers, you need to print something at least once in 10-15 days, otherwise the print head will again get clogged and you will be facing the same issue over and over again. If you do not print on a regular basis, make some kind of test page, that contains black, yellow, magenta and cyan. Print that page once in 2 weeks and your printer will always work fine.

Make sure you have highlighted yhe area you want to change the color on then click on the color you want and it should change for the screen as well as the printing phase of the program.

my hp printer officejet7410 made a wierd noise and now the only color that anything prints is in reds and pinks.

you may have to reset your color palet, some program have black/white set as the default

Hi manatoba,
you have not told that problem was starts after replassing the ink cartridge or for this problem you replased
the cartidge.
First reinstall the printer driver, then reinstall the
cartridge if problem iteel presists takeprints from outher printer
check whether there is a problem or not with the printing if its happen again with the other printer also then ther is a problem with your opereting system,if not presist then problem is in priners card.
I hope after cheaking these things you can able
to solve the problem.
vyas

replace the black print cartridge. I guess that the text is B&W. Pictures are printed in color - from the color ink cartridge.

When you go to print from IE check the prefrences and see if it is set to Monochrome. It should be under the Advanced tab.