Have officejet pro 8600 plus and it prints photos to dark on regular or advanced photo paper?

have a officejet pro 8600 plus printer and whenever i print a photo out , either on regular or advanced photo paper it always comes out darker then the actual photo.

Belive it or not this is acctually normal.  Most photos will print a little darker than they appear on screen.  This is due to the way the picture is coded and the brightness level on your monitor.  You could try following the steps in this document to imporve the quality, but I'm pretty everything is doing what it should.  If the colors are completely distorted, let me know and I'll see what I can find.
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  • Officejet Pro 8600 Plus won't print or scan wirelessly using Mac OS 10.

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  • HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus no longer printing wirelessly

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  • HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus will not print the attached file in the e-mail

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  • New (bought last year) Officejet Pro 8600 Plus and I can't get the ADF working.

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  • Officejet Pro 8600 Plus - won't print wirelessly

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