Hp3525 Light print, all colors.Washed out look.

I was working on a light print issue on an hp3525. I tried pretty much everything. cleaned all contacts, tried different cartridges, cleaned the scanners,which are a pain to remove.
The problem turned out to be a bad connection on the dc controller, it has at least 5 ribbon cables and numerous other connections, I unplugged everything from the board and plugged it all back in, apparently oxides can build up ,most likely on the ribbon cables, I cleaned them with a pencil eraser to make them shine and that solved the problem.

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