HP Officejet 5510 - clean the print cartridges

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clean the print cartridges

Use this feature when the Self-Test Report shows streaking or white lines through
any of the colored bars. Do not clean print cartridges unnecessarily. This wastes
ink and shortens the life of the ink nozzles.

1

Press

Setup

.

2

Press

5

, then press

1

.

This selects Tools and then selects Clean Print Cartridge.

A page of patterns is printed. The print cartridges are cleaned. Recycle or
discard the page.
If copy or print quality still seem poor after you clean the print cartridges,
replace the print cartridge that is affected. For information on replacing
print cartridges, see

replace the print cartridges

on page 63.

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Tools

1: Clean Print Cartridge

2: Align Print Cartridge

3: Restore Factory Defaults

4: Reprint Faxes in Memory

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