LaserJet 2605dn washed out colors with new color cartridges

I loaded the 3 new color cartridges, the black still has ink.  Now when I print, the colors are washed out .  I calibrated color and ran the cleaning utility.  Strangely, the demo print page with the bright blue and orange looks just fine.  I investigated further and found that printing from Adobe is okay.  So it looks like I only have the problem when I'm printing from MS Office applications.  Any ideas?  It was working fine yesterday, before the toner change.

Hi Thomas,
With my iP8500 I leave it on, so it appears to be specifically the behavior of the Pro9000. I did a little more testing last night as I recently re-calibrated my system, and have another method you can try. Instead of turning off "Black Point Compensation" which can leave photos with lots of shadow detail a bit too dark, open up the "Printer Settings" window and go to the color management options. The only thing you can change here is the brightness setting. Change it from Normal to Dark, leaving BPC turned on. I think you'll be pleased with the results. Good luck!

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