Calibrate Color

My printer (Photosmart C5180) has always printed photos with colours that are too dark. According to the HP support page there should be a 'Calibrate Color' option in the Printer Toolbox. I suspect this is an error, as there is no such option.
So my problem remains. How do I fix my colours? The print quality is very good, it's just that the colours are dark.

hi,
Calibrate colors option appears only in some AIOs but not all.
if the colors are printed too dark, try playing with print quality (best or normal). how was the alignment process by the way?
regards,
junina

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