HP L26500/L28500 Edge B8K59A 96

color intensity varies	59	change settings while printing
general 54		46
graininess 55		check porosity 10
horizontal banding	56	settings 42

ink smears	61	substrate bow deformation 68
ink smudges	62	substrate expansion 68
lack of sharpness 60		substrate jam 65

misaligned colors					59		take-up reel	69
stains or uneven print						61	substrate mispositioned			64
tiling	63						substrate shrinkage		68
vertical banding					58		substrate wrinkled		67
wrong size			62				substrate-advance adjustment 57
printer does not print					77		support services
printer logs		85					HP Customer Care			86
printer status		5					T
printhead							T
align	73						take-up reel
aligning		9					doesn't rewind		70
cannot insert				72			telephone number		87
clean; purge				73			telephone support		87
cleaning		18					W
cleaning connections						12	W
recovery		18					warning 3
replace		30					warning labels	4
reseat, reseat				73
status	6
printhead cleaning cartridge
cannot insert				72
printhead cleaning kit
replace		35
printhead status plot					54
printing faster			51
R
refilled ink cartridges					26
roller lubrication				20
S
safety labels		4
safety precautions 1
service information print						87
service maintenance					40
slow printing		77
squeaky rollers				20
statistics
ink cartridge				6
store the printer				22
straightness optimization						68
substrate
add new		41
advance		57
advanced settings					46
cannot load				64

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Contents

Page Page Table of contents Page Page Page 1 Safety precautions General safety guidelines Electrical shock hazard Heat hazard Fire hazard Mechanical hazard Heavy substrate hazard Ink handling Warnings and cautions Warning labels 2 Printer status Check printer status Check the status of the ink system Check the status of the ink cartridges Ink menu procedure Check the status of a printhead Check the file system Printer alerts 3 Firmware update 4 Hardware maintenance Ink system tips Check substrate porosity Page Clean the electrical connections on a printhead Page Page Clean the exterior of the printer Clean the platen Page Page Clean after porous substrates Clean (recover) the printheads Clean the substrate-advancesensor window Lubricate the printhead carriage Lubricate the platen rollers hardwareMaintain Maintain the ink cartridges Move or store the printer Replace an ink cartridge Page Page Refilled and non-HPink cartridges Replace the ink maintenance kit Page Page Replace a printhead Page Page Page Page Replace the printhead cleaning kit Page Page Page Page Service maintenance 5 Substrate settings Download media presets Add a new substrate Summary Select printer settings and color profile settings Substrate Page Load the substrate and print the diagnostic plot Change settings while printing Advanced settings Page Temperature profile Select the number of passes Check the quantity of ink on the substrate Page Faster printing Color calibration Color profiles Color reproduction tricks 6 Troubleshoot print-qualityissues General printing advice Use the printhead status plot Print the printhead status plot Interpret the printhead status plot Graininess Horizontal banding Adjust the substrate advance Vertical banding The print is deformed into a curved shape Misaligned colors Color intensity varies Lack of sharpness Black areas look hazy Ink smears Subtle stains or uneven appearance The ink smudges when touched, or looks oily The dimensions of the print are wrong Tiling issues 7 Troubleshoot substrate issues The substrate cannot be loaded successfully The substrate is mispositioned The substrate has jammed Check the substrate path Check the printhead path Page Avoiding substrate jams The substrate is deformed or wrinkled The substrate has shrunk or expanded The substrate has bow deformation Take-up reel substrate jam The automatic cutter does not work Take-upreel does not wind Page 8 Troubleshoot ink-systemissues Ink maintenance kit needs to be installed Cannot insert an ink cartridge Cannot insert a printhead Cannot insert the printhead cleaning cartridge Front panel recommends reseating or replacing a printhead Clean the printheads Page Page 9 Troubleshoot other issues The printer cannot get an IP address Cannot access the Embedded Web Server The printer is not printing The software program slows down or stalls while generating the print job The printer seems slow Cannot access files on the hard disk Communication failures between computer and printer The platen rollers squeak 10 Front-panelerror messages Error messages Page Page Page Printer logs 11 When you need help Introduction Documentation Customer Self Repair HP Customer Care Centers Telephone number Service information ASummary of common printing problems Index