Photosmart B8350 Prints page bottom as black block

My Photosmart B8350 printer sometimes prints what should be blank space at page bottom as a large black block.
This mostly occurs on the last page of a set, or the bottom of a single page, but have had intermediate pages (eg. pages 2 & 4 of 5) that contain text also filled at the bottom as a black block.
I am printing in the FAST DRAFT MODE, manual duplexing, black/grey cartridge only so as to conserve ink when print when the print color or quality is NOT an issue. Only needing something readable.
It would seem that I am defeating the aim of conserving ink if I'm going to get nearly half a page printing as a black block.
Has anyone else encountered this problem of blank space printing as a black block and what solution(s) did you use?
Thank

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