Printing too light from imac - Canon MP210

Have recently bought the Canon MP210 connected it to my imac and the printing is too light, except for iphoto's. Any ideas?

If you make a copy, is the printing dark enough? If it is okay when copying, then you can rule out the print mechanism/machine settings.
So, concentrating on it being related to the printer driver settings, have you tried going to Quality & Media and selecting one of the other print modes?

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