HP Deskjet 450 Mobile Printer series - Manual (Page 44)

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To perform a level 3 cleaning
1 Press and hold down the P OWER BUTTON .
2 While holding down the P OWER BUTTON , press the C ANCEL BUTTON twice and
then press the R ESUME BUTTON twice.
3 Release the P OWER BUTTON . The printer begins the print cartridge cleaning
process.
Aligning the print cartridges
Whenever you replace a print cartridge, you should align the print cartridges for
the best possible print quality. If your printout is grainy, has stray dots, jagged
edges, or the ink is bleeding into another color on the page, you can re-align
them through the Toolbox or the printer driver.
To align from the printer driver in Windows
1 Load plain paper into the input tray.
2 Click Start > Settings > Printers .
3 Right-click the printer icon, and then click:
• Printing Preferences (Windows 2000 and Windows XP)
• Properties (Windows 98 and Windows Me)
• Document Defaults (Windows NT 4.0)
4 Click the Services tab, and click Align Print Cartridges .
5 Click Align from the Align Print Cartridges dialog box.
You are prompted to specify the combination of print cartridges you are
using.
6 Specify the combination of print cartridges you are using.
An alignment page prints.
7 Follow the instructions on the screen to select the best-aligned patterns
from the alignment page.
8 Click OK to close the Align Print Cartridges dialog box when the
alignment procedure is complete.
If you have the Toolbox installed, you can also align the print cartridges from the
Printer Services tab in the Toolbox.
If you are using a PDA, please connect to a Windows or Macintosh operating
system and align the print cartridges according to the instructions below.