How do you stop a hp 8500A pro from trying to align the printheads

SOURCE: alignment

I've seen this happen with clogged heads as well. If even one color of the color cartridge does not print, it will mess up the alignment page. I'd say take a damp paper towel, wipe the print head off. That the area on the cartridge where ink comes out. after wiping, do a "foot print" test. Gently but firmly, lol press the print head into the damp paper towel. You should see a blue yellow and red foot print. They should be about the size of the print head itself. Do this for the black as well. IF you don't see good foot prints, then take them to your local cartridge world and get them replaced!

SOURCE: Hp psc 2310

Hi,
unplug the power cable
Press and hold # and 6 on the printer while keeping these tow buttons on hold plug the power cable back in . when the screen goes off release the buttons and press the power button to turn the printer on. it ll perform a semiful reset on the printer .
if the issue still persists then unplug the power cable again
Press and hold OK and CANCEL on the printer while keeping these two buttons on hold plug the power cable back in . when the screen goes off release the buttons and press the power button to turn the printer on . follow the screen ...
it shud be resolved ..
:-)

SOURCE: Printer Alignment Failed in HP C5280

You must replace both with new GENUINE HP ink cartridges at the same time or alignment will fail.

This is how HP makes their money.

SOURCE: HP psc 2110 Printer keeps

Press the cancel button. Then press the "setup" and top "copy option" buttons together to enter maintenance. Use the right arrow (right copy option) button to scroll through the options if you like, but then hit the cancel button to skip the alignment.

SOURCE: printer Align keeps failing after I chnaged the color cartridge

Are all the inks printing? If not you need to get all colours working before correct align can take place Have you tried cleaning the gold cartridge contacts? Wth a little distilled water, cotton bud and then let dry before reinstalling