How To Automatically Clean Hp Printer Cartridge?

In case you are using an HP printer, you need to clean the print head periodically; if not, the ink will be clogged on the nozzles and you have to manually clean the cartridges. With the help of the print head tool, you can automatically clean the cartridges. Follow this page and learn how to automatically clean HP printer cartridge.

Steps to clean the print head from the printer control panel

Make sure that your printer is turned ON; if not, press the Power button to turn on the printer.

Now, you must press and hold the Power button on the printer until this process is over.

Make sure that you have loaded plain paper into the input tray.

Now you have learned how to automatically clean HP printer cartridge

On the printer control panel, press the Cancel button two times and then press the Resume button once.

Now, release the Power button.

The HP printer will automatically start cleaning the print head and cartridges.

Steps to clean the cartridges using HP Solution Center

On the Windows XP computer, click Start > All Programs > HP > HP Solution Center.
In the HP Solution Center window, click Settings and then click Printer Toolbox.
In the Toolbox window, click the Device Services tab and then click Clean Printheads.

Click Clean to start the cleaning process and follow the on-screen instructions.
Once the cleaning process is over, the printer will automatically start printing a test page.

Manually clean the cartridges

If there is no automatic cartridge cleaning process on your printer, try to clean the cartridges manually. Follow the below steps and clean your ink cartridges manually.
Make sure that your HP printer is turned ON.
Open the ink cartridge access door.
Wait until the print head stops at the center of the printer.
Release the lock and take the cartridge from the cartridge slot.

Hold the cartridge on its sides.
With a clean cloth, clean the face and edge of the ink nozzle.
Do not clean the cartridge nozzle plate.
Once the cartridge is cleaned, insert it into the slot and press until it snaps.
Finally, close the ink cartridge access door.
Perform a test print and check the print quality.
Now you have learned how to automatically clean HP printer cartridge