HP 5530 Envy: Photo quality is bad

My printed photos look terrible!  Skin tones are similar to a "bad spray tan.  This can be corrected?  I know very few photograph so I need very simple instructions, if you have a.  Thank you very much in advance for the answer to my SOS.

Hi @stmpn_scrppn,

Welcome to the community of HP.

I understand that you are experiencing some poor print quality on photos printed from your HP ENVY 5530. I'll be happy to help you.

Below, I've posted a link to a document that has some instructions on how to print photos. Please try all the steps in order and get back to me with the results.

http://support.HP.com/us-en/product/HP-envy-5530-e-all-in-one-printer-series/5304881/document/c03781263/

If you still experience the problem of print quality after going through the above link, try the link below for steps solve print quality problems.

HP ENVY, printers DeskJet - fixing poor print quality

If it helps, will testify of my answer by pressing the 'thumbs up' below, or click on the button "Accept as Solution" if I helped you reach a solution.

I hope this helps and have a nice day.

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