Pictures Printing too dark

HP Officejet 6500 a Plus All in One.  Windows 7, 64 bit.  Print all pictures too dark.  I have checked the cartridges, cleaned print head, set preferences - set everything I can think of.  Provides excellent print quality but all of a sudden this change.  Can not think of any change I made to the computer itself.  Any thoughts?  And thank you very much.  Small drives me crazy!

Thanks for help. I did NOTthink of printing as a PROJECT; may have worked. But only one solution temporary vs a fix, right? I finally gave up and changed the black ink cartridge, even though it was almost new. With the new cartridge, returned to perfect photo printing. Now I think I bought a faulty cartridge. Once again, thaks for taking the time!

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