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12-04-2018 07:56 PM
Welcome to HP forums, I see that you are getting print quality issues while printing on ENVY 5020 printer.
Check for ink smears on the back of printouts
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Load the printer with plain white paper.
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On the printer control panel, swipe left on the display, and then touch Setup
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Touch Tools.
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Swipe up on the display, and then touch Clean Page Smears.
The printer slowly feeds a blank page.
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Wait for the printer to eject the blank page.
Print a Print Quality Diagnostic report
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Load the printer with plain white paper.
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On the printer control panel, swipe left on the display, and then touch Setup
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Touch Tools.
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Swipe up on the display, and then touch Print Quality Report.
A Print Quality Diagnostic report prints.

If it does not print good, clean the ink cartridges
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Load the printer with plain white paper.
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On the printer control panel, swipe left on the display, and then touch Setup
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Touch Tools, and then touch Clean Cartridges.
The printer prints a Print Quality Diagnostic report.

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Examine the print quality on the Print Quality Diagnostic report.
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If the print quality is acceptable, touch No.
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You can refer to this HP document for more assistance:- Click here
Let me know how it goes.
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Cheers.
Sandytechy20
I am an HP Employee