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Printer will not print in color

Have a HP Office Jet all in one G85, Relaced color cartridge with HP brand ink. went thru alignment, primed & cleaned heads printed results in color. but internet, programs test pages will not print color. have win XP Home Edition SP 3 installed. Any ideas
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limeykid

8/22/2022 - Mon
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open Internet explorer>click tools>click Internet options>click advanced tab>scroll down under printing>& put a check mark for print color backgrounds
wyliecoyoteuk

What driver?
Sometimes there are 2 drivers, PCL% and PCL6, and often the PCL6 one does not support colour.

Other than that, check the print driver>advanced tab>printing defaults, ensure that is set to colour
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the printer is been printing color for 2 yrs, no trouble, yes printer is set to color
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i will try that