Photo Quality Photosmart 7520

Verticle lines, close together, in picture.
Printing from my pictures, Windows 7 OS, to HP Photosmart 7520 all in one.
Have cleaned cartridges twice and realigned several times. Useing "Best" setting and quality hp photo paper.
I wonder if it is the design of the printer, which has 5 ink cartridges. Our old HP photosmart printer used two cartridges and printed perfect pictures, however, it has given up the ghost, and, thus, our new printer, which, so far, is rather disapointing. All help apreciated.
sreidrobby

Hi sreidrobby,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums. I see that you are experiencing a print quality issue when trying to print photos with your Photosmart 7520 printer.
I have included the Fixing Ink Streaks, Faded Prints, and Other Common Print Quality Problems document. It has the steps for correcting the issue that you are seeing.
Please let me know how things go.
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I came across such issues using AirPrint from Mac OS.. probably an Airprint bug.
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Hi,
Please try HP Photo Creations there are many templates for you to design cards:
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Hello there! Welcome to the forums @alrbridger ,
I read about the print quality issues you are facing with your Photosmart 7520. I know you had mentioned that you have tried the obvious help pages however, I am unsure of which steps you have actually tried. See the guide below for troubleshooting this type of issue and if the bad quality problem continues, call HP directly to inquire about your replacement or trade in options.
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Welcome to the HP Community Forum.
I am sorry you are having issues with your new Photosmart 7520 printer.
Ideas:
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Install Full Feature Software – Photosmart 7520
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Chapter 5, Page 20
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