Pictures are dark and blurry

I have a DeskJet 2540 wireless printer and from two different tablet computers the pictures that I print are just hideous. They're dark and they're out of focus. They look really muddy. Is this as good as this printer can do? Or am I doing something wrong? It also prints the pictures very small and in one corner of the paper like it was meant to be the size of a photograph. But they're not photographs. It prints coupons off the Internet accurately. Not muddy not blurred. This is really driving me nuts. If this can't be resolved the printer really isn't usable.

Hello Conn137,
Printing from tablets is not like printing from a computer. On iPad's, if the iPad has a image on screen that you would like to print, it sends it print as a picture (no way around that using AirPrint). It seems this is the case here, the iPad is applying to much ink because it doesn't know you are not intending to print as a photo.
Try installing and printing with this App: Getting Started with HP ePrint Mobile Apps.
Within the App, you will have more control of printing setting, including the paper size, paper type, etc.
Cheers,
JERENDS
I work on behalf of HP
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