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The colors on my print outs from my HP Officejet Pro 8610 are appearing very dark. It was printing fine a week ago. Levels are near full. I've cleaned the print head the max of 3 times. And I've aligned the print head as well.

photo of print out

Update

generic cartridge

Not saying that this was it but it may be the cause. It doesn't look like there is any ink anywhere on the cartridge.

There is black ink on the nozzles of the other cartridges which are all official HP brand.

ink on cartridges

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    Are you using different paper? HP vs. 3rd party ink? Cleaning the print head will only help with clogs (missing spots), it won't affect darkness. Alignment corrects colors not printing in the right location . The symptom would be offset colored ghosts, which won't affect darkness. Print mode (draft, normal, high quality) directly affects how much ink is used. Also, the paper type setting in the printer driver. The amount of ink is adjusted for the type of paper selected, and the thickness setting affects how much the ink spreads and dries before hitting the paper.
    – fixer1234
    Sep 14, 2015 at 16:30
  • It's HP ink and the same printer paper Sep 14, 2015 at 16:54
  • How long ago was the ink changed? Sep 14, 2015 at 17:02
  • Maybe 3 months old? Sep 14, 2015 at 17:03
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    do not shot me in the head with this because i will first assume im very very ignorant with printers, but is not there an sponge to clean and if it is full of black ink it will make the rest of colours darker? Sep 14, 2015 at 17:06

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