Printing problems using a macbook pro and an hp photosmart 309g printer
I am using a macbook pro with lion 10.7.4. I have been printing on a wireless hp photosmart 309g printer and all of a sudden, on 90% or more of what I try and print, every once in a while a line wil print but the rest is faded or you might say smeared. I have been having it for over a year (the printer) and it has worked just fine with my macbook pro. Could someone please tell me if they have had this problem. It is not my ink, I uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it....... PLEASE HELP ME.
You can try resetting the printing system. Just secondary click below the list of printers in the white space, when you are in print and scan preferences.
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