Printing colour issues

Hello, after having installed the Photosmart A440 on my MacBook Pro, it only prints either saturated pics in red, or yellow. Any thoughts?
Thanks a lot.

Hello disperazione,
I understand that when you print after installing the Photosmart A440 the prints are saturated reds and yellows. Have you tried changing the ink cartridges?
I was able to locate in the A440 manual steps the troubleshoot poor print quality, HP Photosmart A440 series.
Page 13 starts to troubleshoot printing issues, I hope this helps
JERENDS
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Printing Colour Issues - colour management settings

Hi there
I've been having some serious printing problems recently when I print from InDesign CS5 and also from Acrobat when printing PDFs exported from InDesign.
All of the print out colours a wrong (such as Blacks printing as pink)
I have tried changing several settings, but nothing seems to be fixing it.
I've replaced all my inks and I can print fine when printing in other programs such as word, so its not an ink issue.
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I'm using a Mac, on OS X Lion.
I think i'm using the default colour management settings, however could this possibly be the issue?- which settings might work?
I would REALLY APPRECIATE any help with this issue!
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if I look at the same image in the default 'Preview' on Mac, the
colours look different to what I see in PS
First, that would clearly indicate your image does not have an embedded profile, or Ps is being told to ignore the embedded profile — Ps is applying a different profile (or it may have been dinked around with in its Edit> Color Settings> More Options> Advanced Controls).
It is best for most people not to dink around with Color Settings> More Options...to get back a Default starting point, just select a preset like North American Prepress 2.
I know there are a million posts and articles on this complex subject
You only need one good article to grasp the basic issues.
The short answer is you are either missing something in scenario One, or you are hitting a bug.
When Photoshop setups a correct SourceSpace-to-PrintSpace Conversion the Epson will print your file faithfully if your Source Color is within print gamut and your Print Space reflects an accurate ICC profile to the specific printer-paper-ink you are printing to.
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Printer Driver issue for CM1312nfi MFP

I have a MFP CM1312nfi, which has worked great when using OS Windows XP, recently upgraded to Windows 7 Home Edition and downloaded the complete driver from HP - unable to get the printer to print in anything other than mono. Totally unable to print colour or install the fax device and scanner.
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If you are printing using HP Universal printing PCL6, right click on it from the Devices and Printers screen and select Properties.
Click the Device Settings tab change the Device Type from Automatic to Color.
Click OK and try printing again.
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Once you are done uninstalling, download and follow the HP UPD installer below:
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Keep only the 1st checkbox checked to remove any installed UPD driver, Uncheck the 2nd box to reinstall the latest version - that will fully scrub the UPD drivers from your system.
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Once you are done reinstall the latest software and follow the steps to reinstall the software (if you already hae the specific file on your PC simply run it again):
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software12/COL31138/tw-77243-2/CM1312series-win7-full-solution-AM-EMEA...
Once the installation prompt to conenct the USB, connect the cable and double click the Installing Device Software icon on the system tray:
From the shown dialog, click the bottom line to skip Windows Update if a such appear and allow it to complete any device installation, once it is complete click on Close and allow the installation to complete.
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I have an HP 7500A printer. I experinced this difficulty with my old printer when I first got my Mac the printer was blamed and as it was 10 years old and dying I accepted that. Now my brand new printer has the same issue.
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Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I would like to assist you today with resolving the Photoshop Elements error that you're receiving when printing from your Windows 7 computer to your HP Envy 4500 All-in-One. I did some research into this error and found that the message "Printing to non interpolated printer" is a postscript error. This indicates that rather than just a colour issue, you have a settings issue under Photoshop.  Apparently this message is just informing you that you have Postscript settings and you are using a non Postscript printer. Postscript is a printer language. Consumer printers, like your HP Envy, are only PCL 3 for their printing language capabilities. If you need to use Postscript settings (such as halftone patterns, transfer curves, interpolation . . .) than you will need a Postscript capable printer, like a Laserjet, or commerical Inkjet. Also, because you're finding that the colours aren't printing correctly, you may need to adjust the colour profile information under Photoshop.
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