After replacing ink cartridges, printer prints colors differently. Help?

I have a Canon Pixma mg6320. I replaced the yellow cartridge to no problem. However, after I replaced the magenta cartridge, all of my reds look terrible. I am printing something with some deep red-oranges, but all of them come out pure magenta. The magenta color even shows up in the print preview! What is happening?? This has cost me a daw of work.

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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b. All the diagnostics (the ones that are in the installed software as well as the ones I obtained from the HP website) all show the condition of both printheads to be good, and
c. When all printing was working just fine before I replaced the cartridge. Is there a physical way to clean the printheads since it appears from all of the above that it is the genuine HP ink that may have actually plugged it up?
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