Cartridge Alignment Won't Work

Hi

In order to have a succesfull alignment You need to have
good quility of printing
Replace and the other cartridge or try cleaning it frmo maintance menu
on your printers menu

But you have alwaeys the choice to cancel allingment by pressing cancel button


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To align the cartridge from the control panel:
Please follow the steps given below:

1. Please Load a plain paper.
2. Press and hold the "Scan" button for three seconds.
3. An alignment page prints.
4. Place the alignment page onto the scanner glass.
5. Press the "Scan" button.
6. Once scanning is complete, the cartridge has been aligned for optimal print quality. Alignment must be complete before continuing with any print jobs.

To align the cartridge from the control panel:

Please follow the steps given below:

1. Please Load a plain paper.
2. Press and hold the "Scan" button for three seconds.
3. An alignment page prints.
4. Place the alignment page onto the scanner glass.
5. Press the "Scan" button.
6. Once scanning is complete, the cartridge has been aligned for optimal print quality. Alignment must be complete before continuing with any print jobs.

i have the same problem. i think mine centers around the fact that i refuse to spend the money to buy a color cartridge. i believe the alignment sheet must be in full color.
i did find a very strange solution to preventing the alignment page from printing, but i haven't tried it yet. http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-All-in-One-Software-and/Alignment-Page-HP-PSC1315-prints-every-time-printer-is-turned-on/m-p/224243
not a solution, but it might help...

NOTE: The product must be on before you can insert the print cartridges.

1. Open the print cartridge door. Figure 7: Opening the print cartridge door
2. Make sure the print carriage moves to the right. If it does not move to the right, turn the device off, then turn it back on again.
3. Open the packaging and remove the tape from both cartridges. Figure 8: Removing the tape CAUTION: Do not touch the copper-colored contacts or re-tape the cartridges.
4. Hold the cartridges with the HP logo on top.
5. Insert tri-color cartridge in the left cartridge slot and the black cartridge in the right cartridge slot . Figure 9: Inserting the print cartridges
6. Push the cartridge firmly into the slot until it snaps into place.
7. Close the print cartridge door.

Step eight: Align the print cartridges When a new print cartridge is installed, the product aligns the cartridge. Align the print cartridges at any other time by using the software installed with the product. Aligning the print cartridges ensures high-quality output. NOTE: If a print cartridge is removed and reinserted, the product will not prompt for an alignment. The product memory retains the alignment values for that print cartridge. Follow these steps to align newly installed print cartridges.

1. When prompted, make sure that plain, white letter or A4 paper is loaded in the input tray, and then press the button next to OK . The alignment page prints.
2. Lift the lid. Place the top of the alignment page face-down on the front, right corner of the scanner glass. Figure 10: Placing the alignment page
3. Close the lid.
4. Press the button next to OK . When the On button stops flashing, the alignment is complete and the page can be removed.

Please chek the steps mentioned in the link bellow:\\

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bpu00804&dlc=en&product=79477

Good Luck

Could be one of two things....

1 - you may have bad cartridges (usually the color)...when the machine does an alignment it looks for specific marks on the paper...ie..green check marks before each line etc...if the correct marks are not there you will get an alignment failure...if the green check marks are there etc then you have a different problem...first replace color cartridge with a HP Brand cartridge

2- spot sensor on the side of carriage is not working...this is the little blue/green light that comes on during alignment. Its what reads the markings on paper so if the markings are correctly there and you still get this error then the spot sensor needs to be replaced. Simple fix that u can do. We sell the spot sensor for $15

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PRESS SET UP & OPTIONS AT THE SAME TIME. WILL CLEAR MESSAGE.

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.

Re-install your HP driver software
Down load and run HP's Software Cleanup Utility.
Please read the instructions first.
Download here:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00036626&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=79499&dlc=en&lang=en