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Hello I have an deskjet 3700 series and when I print with it with the black ink the letters and the rest of the stuff that is black are all blurry I tried changing cartridges but it still does this I also tried alignment and cartridges clean but it still does that tried on and off it although it’s clearly hardware issue 

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Laserjet or Deskjet? You say both.

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Sorry its deskjet 

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May be lint stuck to the carriage unit and it smears the ink as it moves over the page. No cleaning routine built into printer will solve this, you need to manually inspect and clean if that is the case.

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I tried cleaning it with a paper towel and the black ink is still blurry 

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