HP Designjet 510 HP Designjet 510 Printer series - Quick Reference Guide - Page 25

Aligning printheads - paper size

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maintenance 10 Close the latch on the printhead cover by catching the hook over the latch and moving the handle towards the back. 11 Finally close the window. After the replacement of the printheads, the printer checks that they are all functioning correctly; this may take several minutes. You will see the front-panel message "HP No. 11 printheads successfully installed". Then the printhead alignment procedure starts, see the next section. Aligning printheads The printhead alignment procedure requires paper to be loaded, and will take several minutes to perform. You can start the procedure yourself, for example, after clearing a paper jam, as follows: 1 From the main front-panel menu, select Ink System ( ) and press Enter. 2 Select Align printheads and press Enter. 3 Choose either Standard (which will take about 4½ minutes, and which is recommended for normal use) or Special (which takes about 11 minutes and can correct problems that occur with alignment across the width of the paper); press Enter. Standard alignment requires paper of at least A4/ Letter-size, loaded in landscape mode. Special alignment requires paper of at least A3/B- Aligning printheads 25

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Aligning printheads
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maintenance
10
Close the latch on the
printhead cover by
catching the hook over the
latch and moving the
handle towards the back.
11
Finally close the window.
After the replacement of the printheads, the printer
checks that they are all functioning correctly; this
may take several minutes.
You will see the front-panel message “HP No. 11
printheads successfully installed”.
Then the printhead alignment procedure starts, see
the next section.
Aligning printheads
The printhead alignment procedure requires paper to be
loaded, and will take several minutes to perform.
You can start the procedure yourself, for example, after
clearing a paper jam, as follows:
1
From the main front-panel menu, select
Ink System
(
) and press
Enter
.
2
Select
Align printheads
and press
Enter
.
3
Choose either
Standard
(which will take about
4½ minutes, and which is recommended for normal
use) or
Special
(which takes about 11 minutes and
can correct problems that occur with alignment
across the width of the paper); press
Enter
.
Standard
alignment requires paper of at least A4/
Letter-size, loaded in landscape mode.
Special
alignment requires paper of at least A3/B-