Performing the aligning and cleaning procedures unnecessarily can waste ink and shorten the life of the
cartridges.
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Clean the printhead if your printed output is streaked or has any incorrect or missing colors.
There are three stages of cleaning. Each stage lasts about two minutes, uses one sheet of paper, and
uses an increasing amount of ink. After each stage, review the quality of the printed page. You should
only initiate the next phase of cleaning if the print quality is poor.
If print quality still seems poor after you complete all stages of cleaning, try aligning the printer. If print
quality problems persist after cleaning and aligning, contact HP support. For more information, see
HP
support.
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Align the printer 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.
The printer automatically aligns the printhead during the initial setup.
NOTE: Cleaning uses ink, so clean the printhead only when necessary. The cleaning process takes a few
minutes. Some noise might be generated in the process.
Turning the printer off improperly can cause print quality problems.
To clean or align the printheads
1. Load Letter or A4 unused plain white paper into the input tray. For more information, see
Load paper.
2. From the printer control panel display, touch Setup.
3. Touch Printer Maintenance, select the desired option, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
NOTE: You can also do the same from the HP printer software or embedded web server (EWS). To access
the software or EWS, see
Open the embedded web server.
Restore defaults and settings
If you disable some functions or change some settings and want to change them back, you can restore the
printer to the original factory settings or network settings.
To restore the printer to the original factory settings
1. From the printer control panel display, touch Setup.
2. Touch Printer Maintenance.
3. Touch Restore.
4. Touch Restore Settings.
5. Select which function you would like to restore to the original factory settings:
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Copy
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Scan
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Fax
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Photo
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Network
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