How do I lighten the printing on a HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M277dw

[siusaidhc]

  All my printing is too dark and if any of the pictures have any black in them they come out smeared? How do I lighten the colour?

[The_Fossette]

Hi @siusaidhc,

Welcome to the HP Forums!

Thank you for posting your query on this forum, it's a great place to find answers.

I reviewed your post and I understand that you want to know how to change the print quality settings.

Don’t worry, I assure you I will try my best to get this sorted.

You can print in draft mode to reduce the quality of the print. Please refer to below settings and select the setting which best suits you.

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[siusaidhc]

Sadly this does not solve my problem. Any picture I print out which has darker colour in it smudges across the paper. I then have to stop and clean the printer with cleaning sheets before printing anything else at all.

Somehow I need to stop this, I am losing time, paper and ink 😞

Regards,

Siusaidh

[The_Fossette]

Hi @siusaidhc,

Follow the steps in the below article and check if it helps.

http://hp.care/2hovLWm

Let me know how it goes and you have a great day!

To simply say thanks, please click the "Thumbs Up" button to give me a Kudos to appreciate my efforts to help. If this helps, please mark this as “Accepted Solution” as it will help several others with the same issue to get it resolved without hassles.

Take care.

Cheers!