HP Deskjet 5160 Color Inkjet Printer - print quality is poor

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print quality is poor

streaks and missing lines

If your printed pages are missing lines or dots or if streaks appear, the print
cartridges may be low on ink or may need to be

cleaned

.

print is faded

Verify that a black print cartridge is installed.

If the black text and images on your printouts are faded, you may be printing
using only the tri-color print cartridge. Insert a black print cartridge, in
addition to the tri-color print cartridge, for optimal black print quality.

Verify that neither of the print cartridges is low on ink.

If a print cartridge is low on ink, consider replacing the print cartridge. For the
correct part numbers, see

print cartridges

.

Verify that the protective piece of plastic tape has been removed from the print
cartridges.

1. plastic tape

Consider selecting a higher print quality.

blank pages print

The protective piece of plastic tape may still be attached to the print
cartridges. Verify that the plastic tape has been removed from the print
cartridges.

The print cartridges may be out of ink. Replace one or both empty print
cartridges.

too much or too little ink appears on the page

adjust the ink volume and dry time

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1. Open the

Advanced Features

dialog box.

2. Move the

Ink Volume

slider toward

Light

or

Heavy

.

If you increase the ink volume, move the

Dry Time

slider

toward

More

to avoid smearing the ink.

3. Click

OK

, then click

OK

again.