Printer stopped using Cyan ink when printing.

My HP Office Jet Pro L7789 All-in-One all of a sudden quit pulling the Cyan color when printing in color. It was doing fine and then the next picture is only using Black, Magenta and yellow. I have run "clean printhead" 3 times, run calibrate linefeed and run allign printer twice, all to no avail. When you print out a "Print Quality Diagnostics Page" everything comes out fine except on the test pattern 2 it does not have the Cyan (BLUE) color at all.
Any ideas?

Hello grumpsjlk, and welcome to the HP Forums.
I see you are experiencing ink issues.  I would like to try and assist. 
I would recommend removing your cartridges and power resetting the printer. 
I would also suggest utilizing this document on Fixing Ink Streaks, Faded Prints, and Other Common Print Quality Problems.
If that doesn't resolve the issue, I would recommend contacting HP directly.  You can utilize this website to learn how to contact HP appropriately, based on your region: Contact HP Worldwide.
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