Poor print quality HP Photosmart c8180 Printer

When printer is idle for several hours, first sheet printed is faint. blurred, streaked.
Quality improves on subsequent sheets and will be normal by 2nd, 3rd, or 4th.
Printer is 5 years old. No problems until recently.

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I followed these instruction at the link provided. However, I couldn't follow through -
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