HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer - Manual (Page 61)

7 Maintenance
This section contains basic maintenance procedures that can help keep your printer
performing well and producing top-quality photos.
• Align the print cartridge
• Clean the print cartridge automatically
• View estimated ink levels
• Insert or replace the print cartridge
• Get print cartridge ordering information
• Print a test page
• Print a sample page
• Store the printer and print cartridge
• Remove ink from your skin and clothing
Align the print cartridge
The printer automatically aligns the print cartridge after a new one is installed. You can
also align the print cartridge at other times to ensure optimal print quality. Indications that
you need to align the print cartridge manually include borderless prints with white space
along an edge, colors not printing satisfactorily, or poor print quality.
To align the print cartridge from the printer
1. Load a sheet of HP Advanced Photo Paper in the input tray.
2. Touch the Setup icon to display the Setup menu. For more information, see Setup
Menu .
3. Touch Tools to open the tools menu.
4. Touch Align Cartridge and follow the prompts.
Clean the print cartridge automatically
If the printed pages are missing lines or dots or contain ink streaks, the print cartridge
might be low on ink or need to be cleaned.
CAUTION: Clean the print cartridge only when necessary. Unnecessary cleaning
wastes ink and shortens the life of the cartridge.
Follow these steps to clean the cartridge automatically:
To clean the print cartridge from the printer
1. Touch the Setup icon to display the Setup menu. For more information, see Setup
Menu .
2. Touch Tools to open the tools menu.
3. Touch Clean Cartridge and follow the prompts.
If the documents are still missing lines or dots after cleaning, replace the print cartridge.
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