HP Deskjet F4240 All-in-One Printer - Manual (Page 80)

To align newly installed print cartridges
1. Before installing the print cartridges, make sure you have letter or A4 unused plain
white paper loaded in the input tray.
Once you install the cartridges, the product prints a print cartridge alignment sheet.
2. Load the print cartridge alignment sheet print side down on the right front corner of
the glass with the top of the page to the right.
3. Press the Scan button.
The product aligns the print cartridges. Recycle or discard the print cartridge
alignment sheet.
To align the print cartridges from the HP Photosmart Software
1. Load letter or A4 unused plain white paper into the input tray.
2. In the HP Solution Center, click Settings, point to Print Settings, and then click
Printer Toolbox.
NOTE: You can also open the Printer Toolbox from the Print Properties dialog
box. In the Print Properties dialog box, click the Features tab, and then click the
Printer Services button.
The Printer Toolbox appears.
3. Click the Device Services tab.
4. Click Align the Print Cartridges.
The product prints a print cartridge alignment sheet.
5. Load the print cartridge alignment sheet print side down on the right front corner of
the glass.
6. Press the Scan button.
The product aligns the print cartridges. Recycle or discard the print cartridge
alignment sheet.
Related topics
Control panel buttons
Clean the print cartridges
Use this feature when the self-test report shows streaking, white lines through any of the
lines of color or when a color is muddy after installing a print cartridge for the first time.
Do not clean print cartridges unnecessarily, as this wastes ink and shortens the life of the
ink nozzles.
To clean the print cartridges from the HP Photosmart Software
1. Load letter, A4, or legal unused plain white paper into the input tray.
2. In the HP Solution Center, click Settings, point to Print Settings, and then click
Printer Toolbox.
NOTE: You can also open the Printer Toolbox from the Print Properties dialog
box. In the Print Properties dialog box, click the Features tab, and then click the
Printer Services button.
The Printer Toolbox appears.
Work with print cartridges 77
Maintain the H
P
A
ll-in-One