4650 printer. New printer. We keep getting

IssueA Printer alignment failed error message displays on the product.SolutionFollow these steps to resolve the issue.

1. Load letter or A4 unused plain white paper into the input tray.
2. Touch the Setup icon.
3. Touch the down arrow button () and select Tools.
4. Touch the down arrow button () and select Align Printer. The product calibrates, aligns the printhead, and prints an alignment page.
5. Touch OK to close the message.
6. Recycle or discard the alignment page.

CauseAn incorrect type of paper is loaded in the input tray. If colored paper or photo paper is loaded in the input tray when aligning the product, the alignment might fail.

It is a multi-function printer> What model? if, all-in-one model, did you put the cartridge alignment printout on scanner and press Resume?

Press the enter key and hold it while you press the menu button. That will make the align message go away, but if just one color is missing it will always fail the alignment. The paper size is chosen in control panel and printer properties, printing preferences.

It appears to be an erroneous indication fault, the printer works OK.

The print head is the carriage that holds the ink cartridges and has tiny nozzles on the bottom that spray the ink on your paper. The nozzles have to be aimed (aligned) either automatically, or in WinXP with the following manual process:

1 Left click on the start button
2 Open "Printers and faxes" on the Start menu.
3 Find your printer on the printer list and right click on it once.
4 Select "Properties" from the pop-up menu.
5 Click on the "Maintenance" tab at the top of the new window.

A selection page for all sorts of upkeep items is then shown. Manual alignment of the print head is one of the choices.

Hello tabbeach. The printing cartridge align page message appears if u have any alignment job pending, if it asks to print the alignment page. Follow the steps provided here.
Still if u are facing the same issue, perform a HP Media sense caliberation , which in most cases will resolve the issue
the steps to perform media sense calibration are provided here .
gud luck

Press and hold the Enter button, and then press Menue.
Also visit
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bpu00657#Bypass_Alignment

Problem The following error message appears on the LCD panel on top of the printer after you insert a cartridge: Press enter to align cartridges . You press Enter , but the error message does not go away. The printer will not print. Solution To bypass the cartridge alignment, do the following:

1. Press and hold the Setup button.
2. Press the Options button. The printer should be ready to print.

If the print quality is unacceptable after bypassing alignment, follow the steps below until the error is corrected. Step 1 - Check the paper Make sure the printer is loaded with clean, unused, white paper. If the paper is not feeding properly, check the paper path. For information about how to do that, see the instructions under "If the paper does not feed correctly" at the end of this document. Step 2 - Remove and inspect the cartridges
NOTE: The "problem" cartridge is the cartridge indicated by the error message.

1. Turn on the unit, then open the print carriage access door. The print carriage moves to the center of the unit.
2. Press down lightly on the top of the ink cartridge latch and pull the lower section of the latch out to release the cartridge. Figure 1: Removing the cartridge

There is no doubt in my mind it Will be the cartridges you are using, alignment will continue to be requested if print out is missing bits do yourself a favour and use HP gen., not trying to plug HP just telling you the facts

In the process of alignment there are two phases:

1. When the message comes to align the ink ..press ok and the page is printed out.

2. Once the page is printed then place the page on the scanner glass and tehn scan the same.

Follow these two steps in the same order and it will never give Align Ink Cart message again.