For some reason my printer keeps printing a yellow and blackish color ? -

Everything prints when i want it to but im using a lexmark 1200x and currently using its cartridge #26.It keeps printing only yellow and black colors instead of using its variety of colors in the ink?

You are out of cyan and magenta ink. Or... you have not used you printer is more than a month and you cyan and magenta ink have dried. Try a couple print head cleanings, if that doesn t work - replace the cartridge.

Is the cartridge #26 designated for this printer? If so, if there is a 2nd (or 3rd) cartridge, it sounds like you need to go in to the properties amp; change the configuration. Another possiblility is that a cleaning of the printer is required