My photos are too blue!

Dear Tech. Guru,
I love my HP Photosmart C6380 All-In-One for printing on regular paper. However it fails miserably at printing on photo paper. I bought this printer beacuse I was promised it would do both. I have tried countless times to print pictures on hp photopaper and the color is always off. Today they are too blue and orage. What should I do?
Thank you again,
J.G.

Hi @gonzalesje,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I see that your photos are too blue and orange, when printing with your HP Photosmart c6380, and I am happy to help you with this print quality issue!
Please try the solutions within this print quality guide. Printed Colors Are Not the Colors Expected. As I believe this will work.
Hope this helps you, and thank you for posting!
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