Not printing actual colours

sir my printer is not printing the actual colours, for example when i want to print yellow colour, it is printing brown colour, what might be the problem with my printer? and what shoul i do?
thanks..

Thank you for the information.
How old are your cartridges? And how long is it since the last use?
- Try read through this document.
http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/troubleshootDisplay/?sp4ts.oid=4...
- Skip the Contextual wrapper part, mac os part etc.
There is a few steps that I would recommend to read through and try. They will most likely solve the print quality issue.
Let me know when you tried these steps and the result of it.
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I understand that you cannot print in color or do duplex printing now. I will try my best to help you resolve this issue. Could you please try printing from another program to see if you have the choice to print in color and duplex.
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We're users here and do not speak for "Apple Inc." or "Kyocera Inc."
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