HP 8610 printing too slowly

Just installed a new HP8610. Wired setup (not wireless). It's plugged into the outlet (not a power bar) plus USB to back of PC (which is Windows 7 Home Premium). Prints ok from notepad but is painfully slow and halting printing from the PC.
Also cannot get the printer to stay set up print in black ONLY.
Is it supposed to print in a jerking (fax-like) manner or smoothly?
Used to have same setup to HP Laserjet 1006 and had no problem with speed and printing was smooth, not jerk-like printing that we are experiencing with the HP 8620.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Hi @waterwise
I appreciate the troubleshooting you have done thus far. I understand the printer is printing slowly and is not printing in a smooth manner.
i would like you to check to see of you have the newest firmware version. At first and in your title you mention the 8610, but near the end of your post you say 8620, just in case, I will include a link for each of them;
HP Officejet Pro 8620/8625 Firmware Update
HP Officejet Pro 8610/8615 Firmware Update
Fix/Enhancement
Security changes for SNMP and WJA
Improve control panel work-flow and messaging
Enhance NFC tag spec 1.1 support
Protection against OpenSSL Heartbleed bug
Although the issue you have described is not listed in the fix/ enhancements, this firmware update could resolve the issue.
If the issue persists, please perform an alignment as it could help;
Load plain white paper into the tray.
On the printer control panel, swipe the display to scroll to Setup, and then touch the Setup icon (). The Setup menu displays.
Swipe the display to scroll to Tools, and then touch Tools.
Touch Align Printhead.
After the printer prints the alignment page, touch OK, and then recycle or discard the alignment page.
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