Printing issues in CS5

I found this thread that pretty much goes over the issues I have been having. I was wondering if this was every resolved. It looks like the last time this was addressed was May of 2011. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/634402
concerned and confused.

Thanks for the great Feed back.  I was able to fix the printing problem by doing several things:
1) Re-install the printer drivers
2) Runnning the printer through nozzle checks and cleaning cycles. Had to peform the cleaning cycle 3 times.
3) Replacing the yellow ink cartridge.  The ink level was showing about 15% remaining but in fact I was out of yellow ink. I had read that the ink levels were not always accurate.
So for me this issue has been solved.  Thanks for the help.
-D

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    [email protected]

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