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08-22-2019 03:57 AM
Hello,
After installing new cartridges and preforming printhead cleaning several times, my printers keeps printing black background behind pictures and objects in documents. These come out as black boxes where there shouldn't be any background at all. This happens in MS Word and PDF documents. I'll be glad for a solution.
Thanks.
08-24-2019 02:19 PM - edited 08-24-2019 02:19 PM
Let's start by updating the Printer firmware. You can refer to this Link: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c02919168
Next print a Quality Diagnostic Page and let me know if you face the same issue
Load plain white paper in the input tray.
From the printer control panel, open the Setup
menu.
Open the Reports or Tools menu.
Touch Print Quality Report.
A Print Quality Diagnostic Page prints.
Keep me posted
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KrazyToad
I Am An HP Employee
08-25-2019 09:37 AM
Hi,
Thank you for your help. The printer's firmware is updated, according to the quality diagnostic page everything is fine but still I have the same problem. This doesn't happen with every page I print, so I don't know what could be the cause for this.
I'm attaching a picture of the problem for reference.