Black line drawings print as purple at certain areas

Hi,
We have a HP designjet 110 plus in our office as a network printer. We have been experiencing some problems when we print black line drawings. Several parts of the drawing will print as purple instead of black (meaning a line/area of shade will be partly purple and partly black). The purplish areas are pretty much consistant through a single drawing, butwill be different from drawing to drawing. I have temporarily set the printer to print with black ink only, but the printing time doubles. Is there anyway to fix this problem? Thanks.

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