Wrong, inaccurate, or bleeding colors – HP Photosmart C6340 All-in-One Printer User Manual

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Printouts have vertical streaks

Printouts are slanted or skewed

Ink streaks on the back of the paper

Paper is not picked up from the input tray

The text edges are jagged

The product prints slowly

Wrong, inaccurate, or bleeding colors

If your printout has one of the following print quality problems, try the solutions in this
section for help.

Colors look different than what you expected.
For example, the colors in your graphic or photo look one way on your computer
screen but print out differently, or magenta was replaced with cyan in your printout.

Colors run into each other, or look like they are smeared on the page. The edges
might have a feathering appearance instead of being sharp and defined.

Try the following solutions if the colors appear wrong, inaccurate, or bleed into each other.

Solution 1: Make sure you are using genuine HP ink cartridges

Solution 2: Check the paper loaded in the input tray

Solution 3: Check the paper type

Solution 4: Check the ink levels

Solution 5: Check the print settings

Solution 6: Align the printer

Solution 7: Clean the printhead

Solution 8: Contact HP support

Solution 1: Make sure you are using genuine HP ink cartridges

Solution: Check to see if your ink cartridges are genuine HP ink cartridges.
HP recommends that you use genuine HP ink cartridges. Genuine HP ink cartridges
are designed and tested with HP printers to help you easily produce great results,
time after time.

NOTE:

HP cannot guarantee the quality or reliability of non-HP supplies. Product

service or repairs required as a result of using a non-HP supply will not be covered
under warranty.
If you believe you purchased genuine HP ink cartridges, go to:

www.hp.com/go/anticounterfeit

Cause: Non-HP ink cartridges were being used.
If this did not solve the issue, try the next solution.

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