Black Prints as Blue on Photo Paper

I have a Photosmart 6510 and am using Mac Snow Leopard. Black prints fine on plain paper but prints a blue on photo paper. This is a new problem. It was working fine before. Any suggestions?

Hi Dlking,
I responded to your other post, but this thread will work too
Can you clarify "Working fine before", did you change any settings or OS X versions?
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