High saturation on printed photos

[emirac]

Hello!

I own HP deskjet 2630 printer. I have recently changed ink cartriges to new ones (original HP number 304 cartriges). I have tried printing several pictures, however, I have come across an issue: all pictures seem to be way too saturated, even when I tried printing black and white picture - even then it seemed to have a brownish shade over it. I have went through all possible settings, printed all possible diagnostic pages, cleaned cartridges, I have looked though support procedures, but did not seem to find the answer. I have also tried editing pictures to make the saturation lower, but after I have tried printing edited pictures, the saturation seemed to be even greater on a printed version. The printing quality was satisfactory when I was using the cartriges that came with my printer when I bought it. The only diference that happened is that I changed cartridges. Maybe there is any way to calibrate the colors? I cannot seem to find this option for this type of printer.

This is really frustrating as now it is nothing but a waste of ink and photo paper.  I hope someone could help me out solve this. Thank you in advance!  🙂

[Dragon-Fur]

@emirac

Although the "doctor" is not necessarily designed to correct print quality, you can certainly run the software and see if the program has anything to offer:

Print and Scan Doctor - https://support.hp.com/us-en/topic/printscandoctor

Solutions, to be considered  / completed in the order presented:

•  Fixing Poor Print Quality

For example,

Step 2: Check for ink smears on the back of printouts includes the steps to use the print tools to clean the printer.

Step 7: Align the ink cartridges shows how to align the ink cartridges.

Step 13: Manually clean the area around the ink nozzles explains  how to clean around the ink nozzles (unlikely needed on the new cartridge - check other cartridges)

If all else fails, and the printer is still under warranty.

Contact HP Technical Support, open a case, explain the problem, and ask for help.

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