Lines and streaks when printing

Ihave anhp j3680 all-in-one - the black ink level is high but i'm getting lines and streaks when printing.

Sometimes the cartridge itself may be causing the issue. You may want to check the cartridges being used, clean the heads and align the cartridges. The link below will walk you through the steps consecutively.
Link to print quality issues
MammaBear
I work for HP.
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, David Powers wrote
>However, you are very selective in your quote. Michael
goes on to say
>(and I agree with him on this point):
>
>"The problem with logical inches and all other fixed
units of measure
>is that they do not scale well on systems with different
dot-per-inch
>settings. What may seem just right in Windows at 96 dpi
may be too
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settings, has
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problem.
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compatibility is
>desired."
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inches, are
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Michael Bowers
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on screen.
I can't see where you get the idea that either Michael Bowers
or I have
said that there is a unit "defined as 1/72 of a logical
inch". Every
Windows program written takes it that there are 72 points to
a
_physical_ inch.
>
>Yes, you *can* use points to set font sizes (or any other
measurement)
>in CSS for onscreen display, but your fixation with
logical inches
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seem to have missed the point that what I am doing is
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informed than "Points are only for print because I don't know
what they
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hardly
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>
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