HP Officejet Pro 8500A - Manual (Page 8)

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HP Apps .................................................................................................................................81
Marketsplash by HP ................................................................................................................ 82
8 Work with ink cartridges
Information on ink cartridges and the printheads ....................................................................83
Check the estimated ink levels ...............................................................................................84
Replace the ink cartridges ......................................................................................................84
Store printing supplies ............................................................................................................86
Store ink cartridges ...........................................................................................................86
Store printheads ...............................................................................................................86
9 Solve a problem
HP support ..............................................................................................................................87
Obtain electronic support ..................................................................................................88
HP support by phone ........................................................................................................88
Before you call ............................................................................................................88
Phone support period .................................................................................................89
Telephone support numbers .......................................................................................89
After the phone support period ...................................................................................91
General troubleshooting tips and resources ...........................................................................91
Solve printing problems ..........................................................................................................91
The printer shuts down unexpectedly ...............................................................................92
Alignment fails ..................................................................................................................92
The printer is not responding (nothing prints) ...................................................................92
Printer takes a long time to print .......................................................................................93
Blank or partial page printed .............................................................................................93
Something on the page is missing or incorrect .................................................................93
Placement of the text or graphics is wrong .......................................................................94
Solve print quality problems ....................................................................................................94
General print quality troubleshooting ................................................................................95
Meaningless characters print ............................................................................................95
Ink is smearing .................................................................................................................96
Ink is not filling the text or graphics completely .................................................................96
Output is faded or dull colored ..........................................................................................97
Colors are printing as black and white ..............................................................................97
Wrong colors are printing ..................................................................................................97
Printout shows bleeding colors .........................................................................................97
The printout has a horizontal band of distortion near the bottom of a borderless print .....98
Colors do not line up correctly ..........................................................................................98
Text or graphics are streaked ...........................................................................................99
Something on the page is missing or incorrect .................................................................99
Printhead maintenance .....................................................................................................99
To check printhead health ........................................................................................100
To print the print quality diagnostic page ..................................................................100
To align the printheads .............................................................................................101
To calibrate the linefeed ...........................................................................................102
To clean the printheads ............................................................................................102
To clean the printhead contacts manually ................................................................. 103
To replace the printheads .........................................................................................105
Solve paper-feed problems ...................................................................................................108
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