To check printhead health, To print the print quality, To print the print quality diagnostic – HP Officejet Pro K5400 Printer User Manual

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3. Clean the printheads. For more information, see

To clean the printheads

.

4. Replace the printheads if the problems persist after cleaning. For more

information, see

To replace the printheads

.

CAUTION:

HP is not responsible for damage to the device that results from

modifying the printheads.

This section covers the following printhead maintenance tasks:

To check printhead health

To print the print quality diagnostic page

To align the printheads

To calibrate the linefeed

To clean the printheads

To clean the printhead contacts manually

To replace the printheads

To check printhead health

Use one of the following means to check the printhead health. If the status of any
printhead is not good or fair, then perform one or more of the maintenance functions,
or clean or replace the printhead.

Self-Test Diagnostic Page: Print the self-test diagnostic page on a clean sheet of
white paper, and check the printhead health section. For more information, see

Understand the self-test diagnostic page

.

Embedded Web server: Open the embedded Web server. For more information,
see

To open the embedded Web server

. Click the Information tab, and then click

Ink Supplies in the left pane.

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

To open the

Toolbox

. Click the Information tab, and then click Printhead Health.

To print the print quality diagnostic page

Use the print quality diagnostic page to diagnose issues affecting the print quality. This
will help you decide whether to run any maintenance services to improve the print
quality of your printouts. You can also view the ink level information, and the printhead
health status on the page.

Control panel: Press and hold (Power button), press (Cancel button) seven
times, press (Resume button) two times, and release (Power button).

Embedded Web server: Click the Settings tab, click Device Services in the left
pane, select Print PQ (print quality) diagnostic page from the drop-down list in
the Print Quality section, and then click Run Diagnostic.

Toolbox (Windows): Click the Services tab, and then click Print PQ (print
quality) diagnostic page
and follow the onscreen instructions.

HP Printer Utility (Mac OS): Click Print Quality Diagnostics from the
Information and Support panel.

Maintain the printheads

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