HP 8600 prints red out as a sort of brown colour

I think it is the magenta channel that is causing the problem. I seems that if I try to print anything with red in it then the red areas come out as brown. Yellow, green and blue seem to be OK. As it is the printer is now useless for anything other than black monotone. Unfortunately the machine is just out of warranty so at the moemnt I am completely scuppered! All other print tests pass perfectly, it is just that red comes out as brown! All help greatefully received. Note, I have tried fitting a completely new set of HP cartidges and the problem persists. Also cleaned the heads several times including third level clean. I have just tried a full-partial reset with no change in the print condition - still brown instead of red. Martin

Hello, Please perform CLEAN PRINTHEAD for atleast 3 times. >On the printer control panel, touch the Right Arrow () to display additional options.
>Touch Setup (), and then touch Tools.
>Touch Clean Printhead. The printer cleans the printhead, and then prints a test page. Please call HP Tech Support for further assistance.
If you are in US , the toll free # is 1-800-474-6836 .
If you are not in US , then log on to www.hp.com , at bottom-left corner there is a world map icon, click on it and then select the region you belong to, which would then provide support options for you for that region.

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