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 It seems to be using too much colourd ink. Printing seems to take a long time. After ages (over one hour) checking if prints are dried , I get wet black ink on fingers

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What king of paper you are printing on, not all papers can be printed.




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Thank you for replying. Kodak photo paper gloss. 180 GSM

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It's the paper, use different photo paper.




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Thanks again. Do you have any photo paper preference.

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For best results HP recommends using HP photo paper, those are top quality. 

Take note that printing photos consume a lot of ink.




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Once again thaks.

I will try what you suggested and let you know the outcome

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