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My Hp deskjet 5550 is not printing every line clearly. One is dark, another line is to light to read. I changed the cartridges.i t continued to print the same way. Is ist fixable ? can I purchase a new one? I have to be able to print in Classic and OS 10.4 on a Power book G4.

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It seems that your printer head needs cleaning. Clean the print head. The following link will give you steps of cleaning the cartridge.

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1st page prints perfect but the 2nd page comes out with very light and skipped printing.
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