1. From the Home screen on the printer control panel, scroll to and touch the Administration button.
2. Open the following menus:
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Troubleshooting
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Print Quality Pages
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Print PQ Troubleshooting Pages
3. Touch the Print button to print the page.
Follow the instructions on the print-quality troubleshooting procedure page.
Calibrate the printer to align the colors
Calibration is a printer function that optimizes print quality.
Follow these steps to resolve print-quality problems such as misaligned color, colored shadows, blurry
graphics, or other print-quality issues.
1. From the Home screen on the product control panel, scroll to and touch the Device Maintenance button.
2. Open the following menus:
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Calibration/Cleaning
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Full Calibration
3. Touch the Start button to start the calibration process.
A Calibrating message will display on the product control panel. The calibration process takes a few
minutes to complete. Do not turn the product o until the calibration process has nished.
4. Wait while the product calibrates, and then try printing again.
Try a dierent print driver
Try a dierent print driver when printing from a software program and the printed pages have unexpected
lines in graphics, missing text, missing graphics, incorrect formatting, or substituted fonts.
Download any of the following drivers from the HP Web site: www.hp.com/support/colorljM577MFP.
HP PCL.6 driver
HP PCL 6 driver
HP PCL-6 driver
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Provided as the default driver on the printer CD. This driver is automatically
installed unless you select a dierent one.
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Recommended for all Windows environments
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Provides the overall best speed, print quality, and printer-feature support for most
users
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Developed to align with the Windows Graphic Device Interface (GDI) for the best
speed in Windows environments
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Might not be fully compatible with third-party and custom software programs that
are based on PCL 5
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