prints very faint

[Mclark04]

Can anyone help, I just opened the ink to the printer and it is printing very faint can barely read my prints.  I have changed the settings to the darkest, tried both black and white and color nothing has fixed it.   Could something be wrong with the ink? 

[sandytechy20]

@Mclark04

Welcome to the HP support community.

I understand that you are getting print quality issues, I am glad to assist you.

Clean the ink cartridges

• Load the printer with plain white paper.
• On the printer control panel, swipe left on the display, and then touch Setup .
• Touch Tools, and then touch Clean Cartridges.
• Examine the print quality on the Print Quality Diagnostic report.
• If the print quality is acceptable, touch No. You can stop troubleshooting.
• If the print quality is unacceptable, touch Yes when prompted to perform the next level of cleaning.

Manually clean the area around the ink nozzles

Gather the following materials:

• A clean, lint-free cloth or a clean, dry cotton swab
• Distilled or bottled water

•   CAUTION:Do not use tap water because it might contain contaminants that can damage the printhead.

• Gently grasp the handles on either side of the printer, and then raise the ink cartridge access door until it locks into place.
• The carriage moves to the center of the printer.
• 
• Wait until the printer is idle and silent before you continue.
• Lift up the lid on the ink cartridge slot, and then pull up on the ink cartridge to remove it from the slot.
• 
• Hold the ink cartridge by its sides.
• 
• Lightly dampen a clean, lint-free cloth or swab with bottled or distilled water.
• Clean the face and edges around the ink nozzle with the cloth or swab.

•   CAUTION:Do not clean the ink nozzle plate.
• 

• Nozzle plate - Do not clean
• Area surrounding ink nozzle - Do clean
• Ink cartridge contacts - Do not clean
• Wait for the cleaned area to dry before you continue (approximately 10 minutes).
• With the nozzles toward the printer, insert the ink cartridge into its slot until it snaps into place.

• NOTE: Install the color ink cartridge on the left and the black ink cartridge on the right.

• 
• Close the lid on the ink cartridge slot to secure the ink cartridge into place.
• Repeat these steps to clean around the nozzles on the other ink cartridge.
• Close the ink cartridge access door.

Refer to this HP document for further assistance:- Click here

Keep me posted.

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Cheers.