12/28/2022 0 Comments Alignment failed hp officejet pro 8500![]() ![]() Ignore the titles of 2nd & 3rd documents. Please, try the following steps to see if it will help solve the problem. You have changed the cartridges and have the same results. Hi see that you have problems printing in color. What are the documents? I would lov eto to be able to print in color again! Any ideas? I also cleaned the print heads several times and tried to line up, but this part came failure refers to the documentation. I have new ink cartridges, but it will only print in black. ![]() Too bad this printer is not eligible for the Instant Ink program.HP Officejet Pro 8500 has more: 8500 has more - will not print in color and alignment of printhead failure Of course, it could have been the 20,000 pages I have printed, too. Based on what I found inside - a light coating of ink on everything - I think the repeated cleaning produced an ink "fog" inside and coated everything, even the sensor. Just ran the alignment a second time, both pages printed and it was successful. Returned to the printer to find a full alignment page, but it still failed. I thought it was successful because it printed more than one line of the alignment page so I came here to brag, thinking I was a genius. Great, right? No, stupid! Could have purchased a new printer for the money and time spent on this thing.Īctually, the alignment failed. Alignment is working again! $100 printheads were probably unnecessary, $125 of ink is all but gone. Scrubbed it with alcohol, Windex and cotton cloth before I finally got the grime off. Sure enough it had some kind of semi transparent film/grime on it. I located it on the right side of the printhead carriage and removed it. I figured that maybe the alignment sensor is dirty. Now that my new ink cartridges are almost depleted because of the repeated cleaning, I am not happy. Purchased two new printheads as per HP guidance. Cleaned all levels of printhead cleaning, but alignment would still fail.Ĭleaned printheads (removed and cleaned with hot water, then tried alcohol) - started working again, but Alignment Failed message always appeared when printing from the computer. Installed new ink cartridges as they were nearly depleted. Just started having problems with the printing (scanner feed mechanism failed two years ago). ![]()
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