HP Officejet 7000 User Guide - Page 91

Align the printhead, Print Quality - print test page

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To clean the printhead from the Toolbox (Mac OS X) 1. Click the HP Utility icon in the Dock. NOTE: If HP Utility is not in the Dock, click the Spotlight icon on the right side of the menu bar, type HP Utility in the box, and then click the HP Utility entry. 2. Select Clean Printheads and then click Clean. To clean the printhead from the embedded Web server 1. Load letter, A4, or legal unused plain white paper into the main input tray. 2. Click the Settings tab, click Device Services in the left pane, select Clean Printheads from the drop-down list in the Print Quality section, and then click Run Diagnostic. Align the printhead The product 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. 2. Control panel: Press and hold (Power button), press (Resume button) three times, and release (Power button). To align the printer from the Printer Toolbox 1. Load letter, A4, or legal unused plain white paper into the main input tray. 2. In the HP Solution Center, click Settings. 3. In the Print Settings area, click Printer Toolbox. NOTE: You can also open the Printer Toolbox from the Print Properties dialog box. In the Print Properties dialog box, click the Features tab, and then click Printer Services. The Printer Toolbox appears. 4. Click the Device Services tab. 5. Click Align the Printer. The product prints a test page, aligns the printhead, and calibrates the printer. Recycle or discard the page. To align the printhead from the Toolbox (Mac OS X) 1. Click the HP Utility icon in the Dock. NOTE: If HP Utility is not in the Dock, click the Spotlight icon on the right side of the menu bar, type HP Utility in the box, and then click the HP Utility entry. 2. Select Align and then click Align. Print quality troubleshooting 87

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To clean the printhead from the Toolbox (Mac OS X)
1.
Click the
HP Utility
icon in the Dock.
NOTE:
If HP Utility is not in the Dock, click the
Spotlight
icon on the right side
of the menu bar, type
HP Utility
in the box, and then click the
HP Utility
entry.
2.
Select
Clean Printheads
and then click
Clean
.
To clean the printhead from the embedded Web server
1.
Load letter, A4, or legal unused plain white paper into the main input tray.
2.
Click the
Settings
tab, click
Device Services
in the left pane, select
Clean
Printheads
from the drop-down list in the
Print Quality
section, and then click
Run
Diagnostic
.
Align the printhead
The product 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.
2.
Control panel:
Press and hold
(
Power
button), press
(
Resume
button) three
times, and release
(
Power
button).
To align the printer from the Printer Toolbox
1.
Load letter, A4, or legal unused plain white paper into the main input tray.
2.
In the HP Solution Center, click
Settings
.
3.
In the
Print Settings
area, click
Printer Toolbox
.
NOTE:
You can also open the
Printer Toolbox
from the
Print Properties
dialog
box. In the
Print Properties
dialog box, click the
Features
tab, and then click
Printer Services
.
The
Printer Toolbox
appears.
4.
Click the
Device Services
tab.
5.
Click
Align the Printer
.
The product prints a test page, aligns the printhead, and calibrates the printer.
Recycle or discard the page.
To align the printhead from the Toolbox (Mac OS X)
1.
Click the
HP Utility
icon in the Dock.
NOTE:
If HP Utility is not in the Dock, click the
Spotlight
icon on the right side
of the menu bar, type
HP Utility
in the box, and then click the
HP Utility
entry.
2.
Select
Align
and then click
Align
.
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