Deskjet 6122 Print color is off

I have successfully used this printer for many years. I replaced the color ink cartridge 78 (vivera) with a new cartridge (same 78 vivera) because the color was off and it was toward the end of the cartridge and I thought maybe one of the colors was depleted. With the new cartridge that is not expired I am getting the same effect. The green/blue seems to be missing. However, if I clean the ink cartridges it will print correctly. A couple hours later it is back to the color being off. I did all levels of ink cartridge clean, and prime. The black (45 cartridge) is current. Does anyone have any suggestions?
There has been no changes to the setup, printer connected to single pc (windows xp). I know it's getting to be time for a new printer, but I've got $75 in genuine HP ink in this one and it would be nice to get the use out of it.

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I think it's indicated just by the old school type print cartridge/head, but I should be able to use this one with the black ink cartridge only right? I know newer ones will force you to have both. I like that the cartridge prices for this one are very economical too.
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The Deskjet 6122 requires an electrically sound black and color cartridge to be installed in the printer to allow printing. It is not necessary to have ink in all the colors, but both cartridges must be installed.
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I searched through this forum for a known problem, but I'm at a loss...
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I understand that your color printing is coming out excessively dark with your HP Deskjet 1512, and I am happy to help you with this print quality issue!
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The Deskjet 6122 driver should work fine on Windows 7 using the DEskjet 990c driver, but many folks (myself included) have been having problems getting the Deskjet 990 driver to download from Windows Update.
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I cannot get my HP Deskjet 2540 to stop printing, it's off color cartriges are new.

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Hello. my printer is an HP photosmart 6510- cq761a-b211a. my os is both windows 7 ultimate 64-bit and Mac OS 10.8.4.
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On my screen the image is clear and the colors are right, However when I print to either my epson of HP the image color is off.

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Here is a Histogram of you image. Do you really want it to print this dark? Or is it just the colors that are off? Of course I have no idea how you want it to look.
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