Align the printer or printhead to improve print quality or fix alignment errors.
Use the HP Smart app to align the printhead.
Load plain white paper into the tray.
Open the HP Smart app, and then click the image of your printer or Printer Settings.
Under Tools, click Print Quality Tools, and then select Align Printer, Align Printheads, or Align.
An Aligning printhead message displays and an alignment page prints.
If the alignment page includes instructions to scan the page, follow the instructions to finish the alignment process.
Example alignment page with instructions to finish by scanning the page
If your printer has a control panel, you can use it to align the printer.
Touch Settings on the control panel.
Touch Printer Maintenance.
Touch Align Printhead and then Continue.
An alignment page prints.
If the alignment page includes instructions to scan the page, follow the instructions to finish the alignment process.
Example alignment page with instructions to finish by scanning the page
Use the HP Printer Assistant app to align the printhead.
Load plain white paper into the tray.
Open HP Printer Assistant.
Double-click the printer icon of your printer from the Windows desktop.
Search Windows for your printer model name, and then click your printer in the list of results.
Click Print, Scan & Fax.
Click Maintain Your Printer.
Click Align Printheads or the Align Cartridges/Printheads button.
Select Print alignment page, and then click Next.
An alignment page prints.
If the alignment page includes instructions to scan the page, follow the instructions to finish the alignment process.
Example alignment page with instructions to finish by scanning the page