Photosmart 8750 and IMAC

I have a Photosmart 8750 which works fine with my windows laptop but when printing with IMAC using latest version of Safari the colours are all washed out, the greys are orange etc.
If I print text in red, blue, green and yellow the print is fine. I have cleaned the print heads, deleted the printer and reinstalled but still no good.
Any thoughts?
Regards
David
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What version of OS X?
Download and install this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907
Restart your Mac.
Reset the printing system:
- Go to System Preferences > Print & Scan
- Right (or control) click in the rectangle listing your printers and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add a printer. Select the Defualt tab on the top of the window. Look for the printer, select it and then next to the "Use" pulldown, select the printer model (not AirPrint). Wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.
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