Calibrate color, Calibrate print quality, Automatically clean print cartridges – HP Deskjet 5440 Photo Printer User Manual

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4.

Click Align, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

Note

This feature might not be available in your operating environment.

Calibrate color

Perform a color calibration if the colors in photos that are printed with the

photo print

cartridge

consistently look incorrect.

Before performing a color calibration,

align the print cartridges

, and then reprint the

photo. If the color is still incorrect, perform a color calibration.
To calibrate color:
1.

Load Letter or A4 plain, white paper in the In tray.

2.

Verify that both a tri-color print cartridge and a

photo print cartridge

are installed

in the printer.

3.

Open the printer

Toolbox

.

4.

Click Calibrate Color.

5.

Click Start, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

Note

This feature might not be available in your operating environment.

Calibrate print quality

Perform a print quality calibration if light or dark horizontal lines appear in documents
that are printed with the tri-color and black print cartridges.
Before performing a print quality calibration,

clean the print cartridges

, and then reprint

the document. If the lines still occur, perform a print quality calibration.
Follow these steps to calibrate print quality:
1.

Load Letter or A4 plain, white paper in the In tray.

2.

Verify that both a black and a tri-color

print cartridge

are installed in the printer.

3.

Open the printer

Toolbox

.

4.

Click Print Quality Calibration.

5.

Click Continue, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

Note

This feature might not be available in your operating environment.

Automatically clean print cartridges

If your printed pages are missing lines or dots, or if they contain ink streaks, the print
cartridges might be

low on ink

or might need to be cleaned.

If the print cartridges are not low on ink, follow these steps to clean the print cartridges
automatically:
1.

Open the printer

Toolbox

.

2.

Click Clean the Print Cartridges.

3.

Click Clean, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

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