P1006 prints maps very light

I have P1006 that works fine on Win 7 64-bit except when printing maps, the streets are very light. This is from Google Maps or MapQuest. This same printer worked fine with maps under Windows XP. It started this issue with Win 7. I have updated the drivers to 20100427.
I've done Google searches for this problem and found hits but no solution.
Does anyone have an answer?
Thanks,
Steve

Hi Try this
Press and hold the cancel button (), and then press the red-eye removal button (). It prints 2 pages.
Do these look ok, and what are they stating about the ink levels?
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I see that you are having issues with the print being very light. You already replaced the toners with Genuine HP Toners and still have the same results. I would really like to be able to help you resolve this issue today.
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