Text becomes unreadable after one page of printing

Sorry, I don't have one. Mine was a different problem; incompatibility between my old hp desk jet 5650 and my new Mac Book Pro. Just needed a newer printer!
When something like what you describe happens it is because the cartridge is dry; I change the cartridge.

Anthony try removing the cartridge and gently tilting backandforth a few times. Re-install for good news!

If it's setting issue, you need to turn up the darkness to make it darker prints on lines.

It sounds like settings issue, remember darkness & speed combination is important.

Copy the text into the NOTEPAD application, to remove all text-formatting & text-colouring, e.g., "white" text over a "black" background will become "black" text over a "plain" background.

When you print photos you print in Max dpi, for this no faded lines anywhere. Probably you have a problem only in black color in print head.
Мay be it's partially clogged or partially defective.

Is the ink cart. good? If not, replace.
Are the Print Heads cleaned? If not, run the diag to clean.
Does this happen on all print jobs? (documents, images, etc..)
If not, then try to adjust the properties of the print driver to a lesser quality.
Sending higher quality print jobs takes up memory, try to increase your page file.

Hello,

Check out this website it will assist you with all the known printing problems out there,

This could be anything from a transfer roller to a defective ink cartridge. However the above link is for troubleshooting print quality problems with your printer

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&prodSeriesId=239135&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=239135&objectID=bpl12234

Try to change the dpi to the maximum, maybe 600 dpi. This will make the picture more defined.

hmm..now..that sounds more like a software issue, than a hardware issue. Can you check on all version updates for the software from MSoft, and ensure that the drivers for your printer, by application, are up to date. From what I'm seeing, this MAY not be a printer issue.

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There's a profile link on top right, that may be of some value, if this becomes unsolvable from your end.

Fiend your solution direct from hp. Here is your solution....

http://www.intel.com/motherboard/prob676ijt65/solution
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