Align the printhead, Clear jams, Clear paper jams – HP Officejet 6100 User Manual

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To clean the printhead from the embedded web server (EWS)
1.

Open the EWS. For more information, see To open the embedded web server.

2.

Click the Tools tab, and then click Print Quality Toolbox in the Utilities section.

3.

Click Clean Printhead and follow the onscreen instructions.

Align the printhead

The printer 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 printer control panel
1.

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

2.

On the printer control panel, press and hold (Power) button.

3.

Press (Resume) button three times.

To align the printhead from Toolbox (Windows)
1.

Open Toolbox. For more information, see Toolbox (Windows).

2.

From the Device Services tab, click the icon to the left of Align Printheads.

3.

Follow the onscreen instructions.

To align the printhead from HP Utility (Mac OS X)
1.

Open HP Utility. For more information, see HP Utility (Mac OS X).

2.

In the Information And Support section, click Align.

3.

Click Align, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

To align the printhead from the embedded web server (EWS)
1.

Open the EWS. For more information, see To open the embedded web server.

2.

Click the Tools tab, and then click Print Quality Toolbox in the Utilities section.

3.

Click Align Printer and follow the onscreen instructions.

Clear jams

Occasionally, media becomes jammed during a job.
This section contains the following topics:

Clear paper jams

Avoid paper jams

Clear paper jams

CAUTION: To prevent possible damage to the printhead, clear paper jams as
soon as possible.

Clear jams

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