Printing Pink Streaks

[DAJACKSONS]

My printer just started printing pink streaks when ever there is blue that needs to be printed. Why?

[TEJ1602]

@DAJACKSONS, Welcome to HP Support Community!

Have you tried making photocopies on the printer? Does it give pink streaks as well?

Meanwhile, try the steps below-

Clean the printhead

The printhead could be clogged, and you might need to clean the printhead several times to restore print quality. Use an automated tool from the printer control panel to clean the printhead.

   CAUTION: 

Never turn off the printer when ink cartridges are not installed. To avoid issues that require cleaning the printhead or that can damage the ink system, always replace ink cartridges as soon as possible, and always turn off the printer using the Power button.

1. Load plain white paper into the tray.

2. On the printer control panel, swipe the display to scroll to Setup, and then touch the Setup icon .

3. Swipe the display to scroll to Printer Maintenance, and then touch Printer Maintenance.

4. Touch Clean Printhead.

   A test page prints.

5. Examine the test page.

   • If the print quality is unacceptable, touch Clean Again to continue the next level of cleaning. If necessary, repeat these steps for the third cleaning cycle.

     NOTE: 

     If the printhead is badly clogged, it might require another cleaning cycle. If so, wait 30 minutes before you perform all three levels of cleaning again.

   • If the print quality is acceptable, touch Done.

Try to print. 

Update the printer firmware

Download available firmware updates from the HP website

With the printer on and connected to the computer, go to HP Customer Support - Software and Driver Downloads, and then identify your printer. Look for and install any available firmware updates. Refer to the document HP Printers - Updating or Upgrading Printer Firmware

Refer to the document Black or Color Ink Not Printing, Other Print Quality Issues for additional steps.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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