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Anonymous Posted on Jun 25, 2014

HP DesignJet 500 is printing crooked lines

I recently replaced the print head belt on my HP DesignJet 500. Now I get crooked lines and I get traces of colored lines on a chart that is supposed to be all black. Any ideas?

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SOURCE: HP Designjet 500, I have replaced the black print

it seems there r some air in ur ink tube *** inser the priming heads & done the priming & reinstall the print heads if problem not resolved replace the carridge assembly,,,,,,,,,

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SOURCE: I replaced the belt on

You do not state the error message, but the common problem after this type of repair is that the encoder strip is damaged or dirty and the printer track across the page accurately. If you post back the actual error codes I can give you a better idea of what to look for.

Christopher

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SOURCE: HP designjet 500 printing void areas

It might be the software issue. Try reinstalling the drivers and reseting the printer. If you need help, search the user manual.

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