pdf will not print in black, fades from blue to nil

Do other apps print ok?
What is the printer make and model?
What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

sounds like your printer ran out of ink.
have you checked that?

Thank you for replying. I can print ordinary documents & make black
photo copies with good results. My problem seems to be with a
downloaded item. The ink cartridges are near new.

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM, marcus aurelius
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> have you checked that?
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Thank you for replying. I can print documents and black photo copy
with good results. The printer is HP Deskjet F380 All-in-one
Printer-scanner-copier

I don't understand the question re: output.

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM, actionparsnip
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> Do other apps print ok?
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> What is the output of:
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> lsb_release -a; uname -a
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It's a terminal command. Open a terminal and copy the below command as ONE command

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep hplip

Paste it to the terminal and press ENTER. Copy the output and paste here as an update

Thanks

I should explain that I am new to working with the applications etc.
of Ubuntu. I am copying the text that followed your instructions:

bernie@bernie-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep hplip
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
Linux bernie-desktop 2.6.32-34-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13
19:40:53 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
ii hplip 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.2
                        HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
ii hplip-data 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.2
                        HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
bernie@bernie-desktop:~$

Thank you.

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:45 PM, actionparsnip
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> It's a terminal command. Open a terminal and copy the below command as
> ONE command
>
> lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep hplip
>
> Paste it to the terminal and press ENTER. Copy the output and paste here
> as an update
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Grab the latest HPLIP from the HPLIP site, mark it as executable and run it as user (not sudo). The updated HPLIP may make things nicer