Blurred Photo Printing after replacing ink cartridges

Hi everyone,
First post on here! I have a PSC 1355, which has always printed very good quality photographs, until yesterday. The old HP ink cartridges (Tricolor and Photo) were both low on ink so I replaced them with new HP ones (identical models) and ran the alignment procedure. There were no messages to say the alignment failed, but now the photos are printing blurred as if the cartridges are not aligned. There appears to be a slight overrun of ink outside the border of the print, which suggests misalignment to me.
I put the old cartridges back and aligned them, but they now print blurred too. I reprinted a picture I'd previously printed to compare - the original print was pin sharp, but the new one is very blurred. I've cleaned the cartridges using the utility but no change. Paper is good quality HP photo paper, the same as I was using before. I haven't changed any other settings, print preferences, etc. Any ideas anyone??
Thanks. 

I am going to ask the very obvious question:
You did get each cartridge in the correct place?
You are using genuine Canon cartridges and not off brand or refills? <-----this is very important
You have the correct paper settings?
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EF 70-200mm f2.8 L IS II, Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 EX APO
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