Awful prints and rapid ink use

Hi I have an HP 8150 and have recently moved from PC to iMac. Print quality is poor and has got worse just recently, the colour's off, it's dull and often blotchy with horizontal lines through all prints. Worse of all Im getting this awful quality and using ink very rapidly. I'm onlly managing about 12 A4 colour print-outs to a £28 cartridge before it runs out.
I am not very techy so need simple intructions please - and I have an important interview and need prints outs PDQ! Help! Thanks in advance.

Hello Doblinski,
I see that when printing you're getting poor output with the printer and your iMac. I will try and help you with this.
To attempt to correct the issue you're having, I was able to pull up some documents that may be helpful to you.
Wrong Colors
Ink Smears or Streaks
Images are Fuzzy, Blurry, Jagged, or Grainy
Some of what the documents cover may be the same or similar. I recommend following them in the order listed, and doing all steps between the documents, even if you end up repeating one (outside of replacing cartridges). Between them, it covers the majority of would could be causing the output issue your seeing.
I hope that's able to help you out, thank you for posting on the HP Forums.
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I see you have lost the ability to use the HP software to scan and check ink levels. You could continue scanning as you are now and simply download and install the HP Print and Scan Doctor to check your ink levels, or you could perform a comprehensive uninstall and reinstall.
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Download and run the HP Printer Install Wizard for Windows
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When you set the printer to print in grayscale did you also select "Black ink only"?
HP and other printer manufacturers have different printer technologies for different needs.
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