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HP Smart Tank Plus 551 Wireless All-in-One
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My HP Smart Tank Plus 551 is no longer printing the yellow and I can't get the printhead to come to the middle so that I can access the heads for manual cleaning. They are tucked away deep on the left of the printer and will not come to the center despite following the instructions. I can't even get shold of them to manually force them to the center because they will not budge. How do I get them to come out oif hiding so I can clean them?  Using the built-in cleaning program is doing no good at all so I need to be able to access the printheads to remove them for cleaning. . 

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@sbhobert

 

Welcome to the support community.

 

I understand that you are getting print quality issues, I am glad to assist you.

There is no option to manually clean the printhead.

However, follow the steps mentioned in this HP document to fix the issue:- Click here

 

Keep me posted.

If this helps, please mark the public post as an accepted solution so that it benefits several others.

Cheers.

Sandytechy20
I am an HP Employee

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