HP Photosmart 7280 ink runs

I have had the printer for almost a month and am still using the specially formulated ink cartridges that came with it. I have noticed that even if the document I have printed has completely dried the ink will run if even a drop of water should fall on it or I try to use a highlighter. I have had other HP officejet printers and never had this problem (once the ink dried I could use a highlighter on the document). Is this something that will clear up when I start using the regular ink cartridges or is this something unique to photosmart printers? If this problem will persist then I am thinking of exchanging the 7280 for the Officejet 6500. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi Hparethieves,
Sorry to hear this. I would recommend you speak to HP phone support about this. Here is a link to the phone support numbers worldwide. You might be interested in the inkjet page yeild information here.
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