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SUSAN SMITH Posted on Nov 18, 2012
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HOW CAN I BYPASS THE ALIGNMENT PRINTING ON MY HP 3054

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Why would you want to bypass the alignment phase? That is the time that the printer sets it's registration. You would most likely suffer a poorer print image if you were to bypass, I recommend you perform that step.

  • Ed James
    Ed James Jan 14, 2015

    The reason I'd like to bypass the alignment phase is that the alignment step gets activated quite often, and yes this is with genuine HP printer ink. I want to be able to go straight to the default printer settings for alignment, but I don't see how to do that. When the printer does go to the default alignment settings, the printing looks fine. It's hard to predict when it will go to default mode and when it gives you that "load plain white paper and press OK" message, promting you to go through the print aligment page step.

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1. Disconnect the power cord from the unit, wait five seconds, and then plug it back in. This will reinitialize the unit.
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  2. Print another alignment test page. If the Press Enter to align message is not currently on the front panel display, complete the following steps to print an alignment page:
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  4. If the blue light is visible and the alignment pages are printing correctly, but the alignment pages still fails, there still may be a hardware problem with the unit.
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Models with a semi-automatic print cartridge alignment Some HP products have a semi-automatic alignment process. These models do not have an additional sensor and will print two pages for the alignment process instead of one. The alignment page must be placed on the scanner glass or into the automatic document feeder (HP Officejet V series) and scanned.
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  3. With the product turned on, open the scanner cover and check the bulb assembly. If the scanner bulb is not lit, the product must be serviced.
  4. Verify that the alignment page is placed correctly on the scanner glass or in the ADF (if the product has one). Place the printed side down.
  5. 5. Make a copy of the alignment page. The unit will make a copy even if the alignment message is displayed. Compare the copy to the original. If vertical lines appear in the copy, check to see if the scanner assembly requires cleaning. If cleaning the scanner assembly does not correct the problem, service the product.
  6. 6. Use the information in the Bypassing the ink cartridge alignment section below to bypass the alignment. Operate the HP All-in-One to determine if there are other problems. The unit should be serviced if other error messages or problems occur or if alignment problems occur every time the ink cartridges are changed.
To bypass the ink cartridge alignment: Press and hold the Setup button, and then press Options (or Copy Options ).

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