Not right colour when printing picture

Question

a black and white picture is printed with a blue/green colour/haze, anybody any clue on how to solve?
cartridges are oke. have them checked on the printer and in the store where i bought them.
problem can exist since i installed hp software for the printer from the internet........
hope to hear from someone.
i have a psc 1205 all in one printer.

Answer 1

Some of the troubles with printing could be addressed in the system update:
•Mac OS X 10.6.8 Combo Update v1.1
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1399
{Usually if there were printer drivers (often are) for all of the main brands
of printers, these Combo updates included them; plus later or more
recent versions of these, are available from the maker's support site.}
I'm a bit curious if you'd tried a second-user account to see if (once set up
from scratch) that would give you some other information on how to go in
and re-set your main user account's print settings.
Some basic system issues can be resolved by simple things, such as in
the use of Disk Utility's 'repair disk permissions' that can affect almost all
things a user can do in the system.
•OS X Printer & Scanner Software Available for Download:
support.apple.com/kb/ht3669
•Mac printing and scanning on HP Support Forums - BoardReader:
http://boardreader.com/fp/HP_Support_Forums_1153782/Mac_printing_and_scanning_22 27042.html
[About old MacBooks, I can see by the OS X version that it could be
almost any MB prior to 2010 that could run Snow Leopard. My old
MacBook1.1 (coreduo, first edition MB 2006) can run it, but isn't.]
Been several years since I used an HP all-in-one, it worked OK until one
day it would not print. It pretended to print, the heads went back & forth;
but no ink came out. New cartridges, almost new HP device; checked
drivers (got newest) and as the unit was new-old-stock, the warranty was
gone in short order. A relative bought it ahead of need; clock was ticking.
So my current AIO is an Epson, bought it new at 55% off. Even has a
real phone modem for the fax. And it does OK prints. Not as good as
my older Epson photo printer, whose inks are harder to find now.
Anyway, hopefully you could fine the helpful paper usually included with
the HP printers, a quick reference set-up guide; they have Mac info, too.
Good luck & happy computing!