Align the printhead
The printer automatically aligns the printhead during the initial setup.
You might want to use this feature when the printer status page shows streaking or white lines
through any of the blocks of color or if you are having print quality issues with your printouts.
To align the printhead from the control panel
1.
Load Letter, A4, or Legal unused plain white paper into the main input tray. For more
information, see Load standard-size paper on page 16.
2.
On the printer control panel, touch (Right arrow), and then touch Setup.
3.
Touch Tools, and then select Align Printhead.
To align the printhead from Toolbox (Windows)
1.
Load Letter, A4, or Legal unused plain white paper into the main input tray. For more
information, see Load standard-size paper on page 16.
2.
Open Toolbox. For more information, see Open the Toolbox on page 246.
3.
From the Device Services tab, click the icon to the left of Align Printheads.
4.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
To align the printhead from HP Utility (Mac OS X)
1.
Load Letter, A4, or Legal unused plain white paper into the main input tray. For more
information, see Load standard-size paper on page 16.
2.
Open HP Utility. For more information, see HP Utility (Mac OS X) on page 247.
3.
In the Information And Support section, click Align Printhead.
4.
Click Align, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
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To align the printhead from the embedded web server (EWS)
1.
Load Letter, A4, or Legal unused plain white paper into the main input tray. For more
information, see Load standard-size paper on page 16.
2.
Open the EWS. For more information, see Embedded web server on page 248.
3.
Click the Tools tab, and then click Print Quality Toolbox in the Utilities section.
4.
Click Align Printer and follow the on-screen instructions.
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