HP 5745 Printer Some lines only print half

[mind_84]

First time changing the ink cartrigages. Got 'Alignment unsuccessful' msg 3x.

Did the Hard Reset procedure. No prompt to run alignment. Sample print came out with some lines only printing half, so I went to 'Settings' on the printer to do the alignment. No change.

Help please and thank you!

[Chimney_83 · Accepted solution]

Greetings @mind_84, 

Welcome to HP Forums and Thanks for the post. 

I understand you are getting an alignment failure message on your printer, is that right?

Not to worry, I will be glad to help. 

Are you using genuine HP ink?

Request you refer to this HP Article and try the steps suggested in the article to overcome the issue you are facing. 

Let me know if this helped. 

[mind_84]

Yes, I am using genuine, brand new HP ink cartridges and clean white, unused printer paper. Although the screen said the Alignment was ok (passed or acceptable), I was still getting the half line printout in one or 2 lines. Cleaning the cartridges did the trick - solved!

Thank you very much for your help!

[sandytechy20]

@mind_84

Thanks for the reply.

I appreciate your time and effort.

Good to know that issue is resolved.

Feel free to contact us in feature if you need assistance.

Cheers.

[whitesentry]

re Hp Envy photo 7155

I am having the same issue. Black ink just printing half of the line. Black cartridge 7/8 full. Just started this morning.

HP help is closed for further "something" I can't remember the exact wording.

They are sorry bla, bla, bla......

It is only taking me 4 hours now to try and print 4 pages.

any help wold be wonderful!

Thanks,

whitesentry

[TEJ1602]

@whitesentry, Welcome to HP Support Community!

If you have already performed the steps from the document Black or Color Ink Not Printing, Other Print Quality Issues and the issue persists, it could be a hardware failure.

Please reach out to the HP Support in your region regarding the service options for your printer.

Hope this helps!

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