Clean the print cartridges, Clean the print cartridge contacts – HP Photosmart D5345 Printer User Manual

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3.

Click the Device Services tab.

4.

Click Align the Print Cartridges.
The HP Photosmart prints a test page, aligns the print head, and calibrates the printer.
Recycle or discard the page.

Clean the print cartridges

Use this feature when the self-test report shows streaking, white lines through any of the
lines of color or when a color is muddy after installing a print cartridge for the first time.
Do not clean print cartridges unnecessarily, as this wastes ink and shortens the life of the
ink nozzles.

To clean the print cartridges from the HP Photosmart Software

1.

Load letter, A4, or legal unused plain white paper into the input tray.

2.

In the HP Solution Center, click Settings, point to Print Settings, and then 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 Services tab, and then click
Service this device.

The Printer Toolbox appears.

3.

Click the Device Services tab.

4.

Click Clean the Print Cartridges.

5.

Follow the prompts until you are satisfied with the quality of the output, and then click
Done.
If print quality still seems poor after you clean the print cartridges, try cleaning the
print cartridge contacts before replacing the affected print cartridge.

Related topics

“Clean the print cartridge contacts” on page 62

“Replace the print cartridges” on page 54

Clean the print cartridge contacts

Clean the print cartridge contacts only if you get repeated messages on the display
prompting you to check a print cartridge after you already have cleaned or aligned the
print cartridges.
Before cleaning the print cartridge contacts, remove the print cartridge and verify that
nothing is covering the print cartridge contacts, then reinstall the print cartridge. If you
continue to get messages to check the print cartridges, clean the print cartridge contacts.

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