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    07-03-2025 02:05 PM
        Product: HP OfficeJet Pro 8035 All-in-One Printer
      
      
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11
      
	Hp Officejet Pro 8030 Series - Not printing Blue color. All blue colored items are printed in light pink.
Did the following
- Cleaned Printhead
- Cleaned Smear
- Installed a new cartridge (Cyan)
- Cleaned the cartridge
- Restarted the printer
- Updated the firmware
- Tried "Align Printhead" - Failed to perform the task. Alignment document got printed, failed to scan the doc.
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