Can anyone please tell me how to check ink levels on my 3-in-1 printer?
It is an hp model 1050 series and I am using Windows 8.

When I was still on Windows XP I had no trouble with this operation which
I carried out as follows:-

1. I went to ALL PROGRAMS and chose HP.
2. I clicked on this wording (i.e. HP) to get a small dropdown menu where I chose the name of my printer.
3. I then right-clicked on the printer's name to get a dialogue box where I chose the wording ESTIMATED INK LEVELS.

I know that in Windows 8 ALL PROGRAMS has been changed to ALL APPS but why cannot I use the above method? I can never reach the page containing the wording ESTIMATED INK LEVELS.

I am using brand new original ink cartridges.

Test Page: Have obtained a good test page but why is it unlike the previous ones I used to get? The present one is all in black, no colours at all, and it says that I have QUOTE correctly installed HP Deskjet 1050
J410 series Class Driver on ACER-NOTEBOOK. UNQUOTE
Is this because I have just changed my old computer to a new laptop, an ACER model which I had never used before?


Please help as i am greatly frustrated from persistent but useless efforts to solve these problems.

Many thanks for helping an oldage pensioner.

Joe