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 | HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Julie Ellis (4/12/04 8:54 PM) reply | + / - |
I am having a problem with my HP Officejet K60 - the Press enter to align print cartridge message is on and when I align, the Alignment Failed error message comes on. I have cleaned and replaced cartridges with 2 brand new ones so I don't think its a cartridge problem. It also won't print in yellow. I have Power Cycled and Semi-full reset as listed on the HP website to no avail.
Any help you have would be appreciated.
Thanks, Julie
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 | Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Bert  (4/12/04 10:00 PM) reply | + / - | The printer must be able print yellow in order to execute the alignment. Part of the alignment process involves scanning printed yellow bars. See the web page below for a sample of the printout. I suggest that you clean the carriage and cartridge electrical contacts with a cotton swab moistened with water. If you still fail to get yellow, test the cartridge in another printer. Any Deskjet 900 series will accept the cartridge.
http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?lc=en&docName=bpu00657
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Julie Ellis (4/13/04 1:21 PM) reply | + / - | Well, I just wanted to say that I resolved the problem. I contacted a local printer repair place and they suggested (don't laugh) to take a shop vac and gently vacuum out the ink cartridge. He said that many times the ink dries up in these cartridges, even though I had 2 brand new HP cartridges. It worked! I had to keep the suction on the cartridge until the yellow ink appeared. I cleaned it off and put it back in the printer and the error message went away after the alignment. And the yellow now prints. thanks for all the suggestions. I wasn't going to buy a new printer (this one was $400.00)
Julie
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Lee (4/13/04 3:46 PM) reply | + / - | So...do I understand that your vacuumed the new cartridges?
If the new cartridges were at fault, they should have been returned. In fact, I'd still do it.
Could you explain a bit more just how you did this vacuuming?
I've been in printer support for many.a.year and this is a new one on me. I am fascinated.
Obviously, the ink had not dried in the cartridge itself. I think they meant that it had dried in the nozzles.
You may have put a new tool in my bag.o.tricks.
LEE
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 | Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by René (8/2/04 3:29 AM) reply | + / - | Hi,
I read this thread and had a similar problem with a K80 officejet. It wouldn't align and kept wanting me to push enter to realign. After reading the vacume trick, i decided this might be the miracle i've been waiting for......so i took out the cartridge and 'vacumed' it.
Guess what? I works wonderful again. Lots of colours and perfect auto aligning.
Thanks Julie Ellis, you've made my day.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Janie (8/12/04 6:43 PM) reply | + / - | I have just put in a new color cartridge and my printer says to align and press enter. I have done this now 20 times and it still gives me the same message. Any suggestions?
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Bert (8/12/04 7:59 PM) reply | + / - | Go to this web page and scroll down to "Supplemental information, Examples of alignment pages." If the printer will not print black and yellow, the alignment will probably fail. The printer prints the alignment pattern and then scans it. The web page also gives info on how to bypass the alignment.
h10025.www1.hp.com
Failure to properly print the alignment page can nearly always be traced back to defective cartridges. Even new cartridges come out of the box bad. Check some of the previous posts for ways to 'revive' cartridges.
If the printer is capable of printing all colors and fails to align, the spot sensor lens is probably broken. Repost for more info on this issue if you need it.
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| Awesome!! Thanks!!! by Cas (8/15/04 7:07 PM) reply | + / - | Man, this vacuum trick worked awesome for me.. I have had the same problem for weeks and have tried several cartridges. After reading about the vacuum trick in this post, I used the hose of my vacuum cleaner directly on the cartridge (careful not to damage the electronics). After sucking some ink out for 2-3 times, the yellow (which was the problem in my case as well) came through just as clear as red and blue.
Put it back into my printer, re-aligned, problem solved.
Great solution, I would have NEVER though of something like this.
Thanks!
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Ron (8/26/04 3:28 PM) reply | + / - | I tried this trick as well and it worked perfectly. I've been having problems with my cartridge not printing yellow and this vacumm trick worked. THANK YOU!!!
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 | Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by jackie (8/26/04 6:01 PM) reply | + / - | Didn't work for me :-( - although it seems to be the same problem. I think I've sucked all the ink out of my cartridge by now - that is, the magenta and cyan - still no yellow.
http://www.MannTre.com
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| Re: no yellow color.USE RUBBER GLOVES by Anonymous (1/10/05 8:07 PM) reply | + / - | shop vac worked great, but use rubber gloves or plastic wrap on your hands. that ink does not come off your hands afterwards.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Jeff (1/26/05 11:13 PM) reply | + / - | Ahhhh yes, the vacuum trick! It worked for me as well. Thanks Julie.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow c by Joey Joe Joe (7/22/05 11:37 PM) reply | + / - | Ink exploded everywhere. Thanks Buddy
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by ramzero13 (8/14/06 5:00 PM) reply | + / - | This vac trick worked like a charm..After futzing around with this dilemma, I decided to check web for answers..BAM..Here it was..THis post is old, but the trick worked for me in 8.06!! THanks for posting!!!
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 won't fully load by yindee (8/15/06 4:44 AM) reply | + / - | Just tried to connect my officejet k60 to a new computer running xp home and it will not fully load! I can't use the director though it will work as an independent printer/fax. Has anyone else has this problem and what did you do to resolve it? Can it be resolved? HP says it is out of warranty and they offer only to buy a new printer or very expensive help ($59.00 for 45 minutes). Help!
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 won't fully load by yindee (8/15/06 4:47 AM) reply | + / - | Just tried to connect my officejet k60 to a new computer running xp home and it will not fully load! I can't use the director though it will work as an independent printer/fax. Has anyone else has this problem and what did you do to resolve it? Can it be resolved? HP says it is out of warranty and they offer only to buy a new printer or very expensive help ($59.00 for 45 minutes). Help!
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| Re: Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Anonymous (12/17/06 12:37 AM) reply | + / - | Awesome result. I tried this method of vacuuming my printer cartridge with alot of reservation but am extremely happy. I now have a printer that is fully functional again. Thanx
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow c by Anonymous (8/25/07 7:54 AM) reply | + / - | Place a paper towel over the cartridge so the vacuum is pulling the ink into the paper towel. This protects the cartridge and avoids the 'ink everywhere' issue.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by bagman25 (9/20/07 3:03 PM) reply | + / - | Wow!!! Shop worked BIGTIME!! Thanks, thanks. Use a papertower over the ink release area though and house out vacuum nossel when down. Use the thinnest tool on the end of the hose.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by xxxxxxx (10/1/07 7:29 PM) reply | + / - | Vacuum worked for me too
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Anonymous (12/22/07 7:20 PM) reply | + / - | I did the vacuum trick on my HP 712C color cartridge and it worked great!! Thanks.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Anonymous (12/1/08 5:21 PM) reply | + / - | It works, do the vacuum trick and save some money. They are right to say the ink stains your hands. It's not like old ink that builds up in the printer, the fresh ink from the vacuum trick does not wash off.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by olemiss89 (3/1/09 5:44 PM) reply | + / - | I was surprised to hear the "vacuum it" approach, but since the postives far outweighed the negatives I gave it a shot.
It worked, first time and you could see the difference in the holes on the cartridges. Thanks to everyone for saving me some $$!!
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by FJ999 (3/30/09 10:30 PM) reply | + / - | The vacuum did the trick for me no SHIT! I swapped out my black starter cartridge with a refill and had the alignment problems. Used some alcohol to clean off the dried up ink with a paper towell then put the vacuum to the color cartridge till I seen all three colors. Cleaned again then re-installed. Alignment sucessful!
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| Re: Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Anonymous (4/25/09 12:35 PM) reply | + / - | I was having the same problem with my Office Jet K80. I replaced the black and the color cartridges twice. I thought it was the printer. I tried what your suggested and it worked. Awesome tip... thanks you saved me from buying another printer.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Octavius (5/29/09 8:21 AM) reply | + / - | How do you load a black ink cardrige in the printer im using hp 60 is that right please help me.
thanks Octavius F.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Bert (5/29/09 5:14 PM) reply | + / - | Please don't write in text messagese (or whatever you are using). Use less economy of words so that I don't have to guess what the problem is.
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by teidell (6/9/09 6:29 AM) reply | + / - | I had a K80 that sat around for a few months without use and upon putting it back into service, I got the alignment failed error. After reading this post, I did the vacuum trick, cleaned the cartridge after and am back in business.
Thanks for the post. Who would of thought a vacuum could fix this issue?
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| Re: HP Officejet K60 Alignment Failed /no yellow color by Anonymous (11/6/09 9:32 AM) reply | + / - | Worked like a charm. Too bad I didn't see this post earlier; I could have saved myself a few ink cartridges.
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