Officejet Pro k8600 poor quality printing on "prenium plus photo paper"

Using paper "premium plus photo paper" Q5496A (a3 size) and C6832 (A4 size) the quality of photo printing is excellent.
This last time I bought paper "premium plus photo paper" CR675A (A3 size) 5 stars type and quality of the prints is very bad. The full range of blacks and grays disappears and turns into a single shade of very dark gray. Paper like "advenced photo paper" Q8697A (A3 size) 4 stars has same problem.
A3 paper Q5496A is difficult to find, may be it is no longer in production? What kind of A3 paper can I use instead of Q5496A?

The problem is that - with the same hardware, same software and same image file - when printing on Q5496A, the print quality is great while printing on CR675A, the print quality is really bad.
I have already done all tests and solutions suggestes at your link , and nothing changed.
Cartridges, heads and paper are all original HP and the paper is Premium Plus 5 stars.
So the issue really seems to be the paper to me or the ink that doesn't work well with this kind of paper...
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