Printer prints blank pages despite cleaning, won't align

HP photosmart B210 all of sudden prints blank pages and won't align

Hi @bhoover64,
I see that you are getting blank pages and the printer won't align. I can help you with this.
Make sure the printer is connected directly to a wall outlet. (don't use a power hub or a surge protector) This ensures the printer is receiving full power and may help this situation.
I have provided a document to go through the steps to see if that will resolve the issue.
Printer Does Not Print Black Ink or Color Ink, or Prints Blank Pages.
Here is a document to manually clean the cartridge contacts.
An 'Ink Cartridge Problem: The Following Print Cartridges Appear to be Missing or Damaged' Error Mes...
This document provides steps for manually cleaning the printheads.
'Printhead Problem' or 'Printhead Appears to be Missing or Damaged' Message Displays on the Computer...
Hope this helps resolve your issue.
Have a nice day!
Thank You.
Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" on the right to say “Thanks” for helping!
Gemini02
I work on behalf of HP

Similar Messages

Laserjet 4M Plus (C2039A) prints blank pages after cleaning?

I have a Laserjet 4M Plus (C2039A) that was working well. I was getting toner streaks so I disassembled the covers and cleaned dust and toner out. Cleaned plastic and plates with soapy sponge, cleaned rollers with alcohol, brushed and used air to clean dust. I'm good with mechanical projects. After re-assembling, I print blank pages. The menus, display, and computer interface seem fine. Paper feeds correctly. Self Test displays no errors, but I am unable to read printed test results or settings. I went into Service Mode, and ran Self Test there. I'm ready to disassemble it again, but do not know where to look for improper fit. What would prevent any characters from being printed? I'm using Windows XP drivers, and parallel port cable.

Hello kbright,
Welcome to the HP Consumer printer Forums.
The product you have is a commercial printer. I suggest posting in the forum for HP Business Support for a better chance at finding a solution.
Here is the link to the Commercial Laserjet board:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/bd-p/bsc-413
If I have helped in any way, just click the Kudos star on the left. Also, if your issue has been resolved, don't forget to select Accept as Solution

6500A prints blank pages despite new cart's (MAC)

Officejet 6500A plus goes thru the motions but prints blank pages. Cartridges are new. This is wirelessly linked to a MAC

It sounds like an issue with the black/yellow print head.
I would recommend following this document to troubleshoot the issue:
Troubleshooting Print Quality Issues
It is a very long and detailed document. I would follow it exactly to best try and resolve your issue.
Report back to me and let me know if anything in that document helped.
Best of luck,
Kyle
-------------How do I give Kudos? | How do I mark a post as Solved? --------------------------------------------------------

HP Officejet Pro 8000 Printing Blank Pages Instead Of Data And Also Reorienting Itself

Hi all
We have a wireless HP Officejet Pro 8000 in our office (but via cable, not wireless) to a network. The printer is occasionally printing blank pages instead of say a spreadsheet selected to print.
The other issue is that if you say are printing two copies of the same spreadsheet, one prints okay (say landscape) and the second copy, selected at the time of printing, prints it portrait but only part of the left hand side of it and the rest is blank. Coming out of and going back inthe file usually recitifes this. But it does it again any time it feels like it.
We did have an upgrade, where our IT guy took away our desktop boxes and replaced with smaller base units and everything is run from a main server and alsoan upgrade from Windows 2000 to Network. Problems started after this and the IT guy did update the printer driver.
Please would anyone be able to assist? Any help for this frustrating problem gratefully accepted!
Thanks,
Saxplayer67

So the issue with the 8000 printer is periodic print jobs do not come out as you are wanting them. Is that right? This is interesting, just from the point of view that generally speaking issues like this are like a light switch, they are either there or they are not - they usually don't come and go. That being said, we are going to see what we can do to resolve this. First I am going to recommend that we perform a clean installation of the printer after uninstalling it from the machine. By the way, what is the operating system you are working with - Is it Windows 2000 Network?
First if you use a USB cord, make sure to remove it. Do not plug it back in until the software directs you to. Then go through the Devices and Printers, Programs and Features and Device Manager folders and insure that all copies, files, and programs related to the printer are removed. Then as directed, restart the computer.
In the START menu type "%temp%" and press ENTER. Here I want you to press Ctrl+A and hit DELETE. Some of the files will not allow you to delete them, skip those files and delete the majority that allows it.
Then follow this link to download the full feature software and drivers for the printer:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3762364
Install that and let me know the result!
Have a great day!

HP Deskjet 3050 All-in-One Printer J610a is printing blank pages

Your HP Deskjet 3050 is printing BLANK PAGES?
The printer ejects blank sheets of paper when printing. Some or all the printed pages might be partially blank or half printed. It can be the software that you are printing from or program. Sometimes it can be the actual print head needs cleaning or cartridges are low.
Here is a link that will provide you with steps that will get the issue resolved. In this document you will have different Operating Systems. (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OS X) Software.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02744420&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc...
**Click the KUDOS star on the left to say 'Thanks'**
Please mark a reply "ACCEPTED AS SOLUTION" if it solved your problem, so others can find it.
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Yes, the link is down.
See if you can print a self-test page or printer status report from the printer itself. If so, then it is a software or connection issue.
If you can print test page, try to use a different USB cable. Also, you can uninstall and re-install the software and drivers.
If you are NOT able to print a test page from the printer, try to clean the cartridges with lint free cloth and water.
**Click the KUDOS star on the left to say 'Thanks'**
Please mark a reply "ACCEPTED AS SOLUTION" if it solved your problem, so others can find it.

932c prints blank pages

I have an old but always reliable, until today, 932c deskjet, tied to a dell e521 Vista (home basic) computer. The printer worked fine yesterday, and now prints blank pages. (Correction -- nearly blank, there are very faint horizontal irregular dashed lines in the "draft" quality setting. If I set the print quality on best, it does appear to print the document to a very slight degree, but still unreadable.) The cartridge indicator is on the far right (the OK position, and there are no blinking lights. In that it was printing very clearly yesterday, I am sure there is ink in the cartridge.
Any ideas? (One last note: given that two new cartridges will be approach the cost of a newer and faster machine, that is one solution that I have considered trying and have ruled out.)
Thanks

Try printing a diagnostic page as shown here. If this page is blank then gently blot the printheads on a damp tissue. The black cartridge should have a dark black blot and the color should show dark stripes of cyan, magenta and yellow. If the cartridges do blot properly but do not print the printer electronics may have failed. If the cartridges do not blot properly then I would suggest returning the cartridges to the printer and running three cleaning cycles from the toolbox. If this does not clear the problem then try soaking the printhead in 1" of very hot water for a few minutes, then blot on a tissue and try a test page.
Bob Headrick, HP Expert
I am not an employee of HP, I am a volunteer posting here on my own time.
If your problem is solved please click the "Accept as Solution" button ------------V
If my answer was helpful please click the "Thumbs Up" to say "Thank You"--V

Windows Machine Prints Blank Pages

Purchased the new Airport Extreme n this week. I was able to get the wireless working with my iMac and Windows XP laptop, however I am having printing issues.
I have a Canon 4200 hooked up to the Extreme via a USB hub. I was able to get the XP machine to see the printer, but when I print, it prints blank pages. I can tell that it recognizes the document because it prints blank pages for however many pages are in my document. I went through the iFelix steps but get the same result.
I searched through the forum (in addition to other independent mac forums), but most people's issues are with the Extreme simply recognizing the printer.
Please help!
Airport Extreme N

Can't see the channel would make any difference, although specifying a channel might be better than letting it wander.
There won't be any printer settings in the extreme settings (didn't realise that was what you were after) they will be in the printer utility on your mac. Again you have probably done it but your printer should be set up as a network device not a s a USB device. Sorry I can't be of any more help at the moment.
It might encourage you to know that I had my printer working just fine, I changed some setting just as a trial and it started printing full pages of yellow, I changed the setting back and it was OK again. Only thing is I don't remember what setting I changed.
Have you tried WEP instead of WPA. and have you tried restarting (not resetting) all your devices.
Got to go to bed, 5am here, hope someone else picks up this thread with you, there are a lot of good people here.

HP All-in-One 2100 Prints Blank Pages

Anyone had this issue where an HP ALL-IN-ONE only prints blank pages, or only parts of the page? It worked great for years, now after a few clean installs, it's junk. Sometimes it works somtimes not. Now seemingly always not.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

I have had this problem FOREVER. I even paid the $59.95 to HP for "Support time" to fix the problem, which they never could do.
For the last year or so I've been using GIMP print drivers, which work, but I have even better news.
Every few months I check the HP site to see if they have released new drivers. This weekend when I checked there was a new driver, version 7.9, as a Universal binary. So I gave it a shot.
I have an OfficeJet 6110xi, but I bet they updated it for all the All-in-ones. Here's the link to the drivers I am using:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=79480 &lang=en&os=219
To my amazement and surprise everything is working again!
Another great surpise is that scanning multi-page documents under "PDF to Adobe Reader" now actually results in one file with N pages rather than N 1-page files.
It was a long wait, but thank goodness it's finally over!
Best of luck,
Alan

HP PSC 1410 printing blank pages

I have recently installed windows 7 (32 bit) on my Asus G50 laptop. First thing i did was installing all the latest drivers from the HP website including the HP solution centre and other software. Now here's my problem:
Whenever i try to print anything through 3rd party software (i.e. browsers, Word, Notepad etc.) my PSC 1410 'prints' blank pages. The reason i say print is because i can hear the printerhead moving as if it was really printing and the paper gets pulled through in short steps like it normally would. There is however no ink on the pages.
Now here's the weird thing. When i check my ink levels in the solution centre, both color and black are over 75%. It get's even better now: When i use solution centre to print a test page or clean out the inkcartridges it works fine! It seems like all programs outside of HP software have problems communicating somehow.
i'm pretty sure i have the latest drivers installed (downloaded them 3 days ago). I'm running the 32bit version of Windows 7, kept nicely up to date, on an Asus G50v notebook. some technical specs for the lovers:
Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53 GHz)
Nvidia GeForce 9700M GT
4GB DDR3 RAM

Hello MPQCNC,
I seen your post on having issues with your Photosmart C7280 printing blank pages. I would like to help you.
I have located a troubleshooting document that I recommend you follow to help resolve the problem.
Troubleshooting Print Quality Issues
I hope this helps you, if you have any other questions please feel free to respond.
Take care,
R a i n b o w 7000I work on behalf of HP
Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" at the bottom of this post to say
“Thanks” for helping!
Click “Accept as Solution” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution!

HP Color LaserJet CP3525n keeps printing blank pages without stopping

Hi, I'm having trouble with this printer, it keeps printing blank pages one after anotther as soon as it is turned on. Some pages are completely blank others have smiley faces and other characters on it. And it keeps doing this even after it has been restarted. Any idea how to fix this problem?

1. take out all of the ink cartriges and look at the big black roller on the door for streaking, if streaking, clean with a lint free cloth dampened with windex (window cleaner) then close the door.
2. let it run to initializing.
3. open the door and look and the black roller on the door to see if you have streaking. If no streaking put one cartridge in and close the door and repeat the steps until you find what cartridge is causing the problem.
I did this and found that my cyan was creating the lines on my paper. I cleaned the cyan roller with a Qtip and some rubbing alcohol and it works fine now, no more lines on the paper.
Cheers

Printing blank pages (that aren't actually blank) problem.

I'm having a weird problem with an InCopy file. I'm using Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2 and InCopy CS3 5.0.3 (and InDesign CS3 5.0.3, although that's not giving me any problems).
I created a series of files for a book in InCopy; each file is a single story. These files are then linked to InDesign layout files (it made sense to the actual content in InCopy, because each of these files will be formatted four separate ways for different book layouts, and I will be updating some of the information quite frequently).
I printed out one file in InCopy to proofread it. As I was looking through, I noticed that certain pages didn't print. When I went back and tried to print them individually, an error popped up telling me that the selected pages were blank, and to select the "print blank pages" option from the print dialog box...except that option doesn't come up anywhere in the dialog box, or under any setting that I can find. This error makes no sense in the first place, as far as I can tell, since if the text displays in layout view, and in preview mode, shouldn't it not be considered blank? Trying to print the pages on a spread with the other pages that printed fine in the first place doesn't change a thing, either. The page that worked initially prints, the one that InCopy claims is blank doesn't.
I tried restarting. I tried copying the offending text into a blank document--which works, if I set the paragraph styles back to basic paragraph (I tried reimporting the paragraph style from InDesign and applying it, and the error came back). I checked to make sure the text wasn't somehow on another, non-printing layer. I checked to make sure that all of the paragraph and character styles were the same as in the printing pages. I tried trashing InCopy preferences. Oddly enough, the InDesign file, with the linked text from this InCopy document, prints just fine, without me checking the "print blank pages" box.
This is driving me crazy. I've only been using InDesign since last winter, and I've only been using InCopy for a few months, so I'm certainly no expert. Am I missing something painfully obvious, or is this a bug, or what?

Hello RED430,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand your Deskjet F4580 is printing blank pages. I will do my best to assist you! I would recommend following this entire HP document on Troubleshooting Print-Quality Issues.
Could you print a extended self test report from your printer to verify if you're receiving any color on this page. Please let me know on this post: (Source)
Make sure you have plain white, letter-size paper loaded in the input tray.
Press and hold the Power button ( ) and the Cancel button ( ) for 10 seconds. The extended self-test report prints.
If this page comes out blank, then I would suggest cleaning the cartridges which is indicated from this document. If this page comes out with all colors, then I need to find out your operating system on your computer? Windows or Mac?
I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Have a great day!
I worked on behalf of HP.

Photosmart C7280 prints blank pages

My C7280 started printing blank pages between pages. I use this printer as wireless. Sometimes it won't print until I go to add printer again. After this last episode it started printing blank pages. I downloaded the file listed in post below for 7260 but it didn't resolve the issue. I went on their troubleshooting page and did as it suggests with the separator page. That didn't fix it either. Any other suggestions? Thanks ahead of time for any help.

Hello jprrpj,
Welcome to the HP Forums.
I see that you are having an issue with the printer printing out blank pages.
I suggest that we start off by clicking on the following link for Troubleshooting Print Quality Issues.
Write me back if you are still having an issue or if you have any other questions.
Cheers,
Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" at the bottom of this post to say “Thanks” for helping!
Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
W a t e r b o y 71
I work on behalf of HP

HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus only printing blank pages

Hi, My HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus currently only prints blank pages.I've gone through the following troubleshooting steps-Soft reset-Hard reset-3 levels of print head cleaning-Replacing ink When I try to realign the print head, an error pops up saying that there may be a jam, but I cannot see anything blocking it... I know the printer is out of warranty, but if there are any other troubleshooting steps, please let me know. Product Number: cm750a Kris

Hey there Kris, Welcome to the forums! I read about how your Officejet 8600 Plus is only printing out blank pages, and I'd like to help! I have a few ideas in mind that you could try and I hope they work! You mentioned that you are seeing a "jam" error, so I would like you to try out these guides:A 'Paper Jam' Error Displays on the HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One Printer SeriesA 'Carriage Jam' Message Displays for HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One Printer Series (N911) Please try making copies afterwards and if the copies work, try printing. Let me know the results!

Printing blank pages - even with new genuine HP cartridges

All of a sudden, my 6700 has started printing blank pages, even the copier runs blanks - after replacing cartridges with new HP cartridges.
I ran all the diagnostics, printer says its fine, printhead was cleaned, and still printing blanks.
Printer's out of warranty, what should I do? I just bought a ton of cartridges for this....!
Help!!

arcalgud wrote:
All of a sudden, my 6700 has started printing blank pages, even the copier runs blanks - after replacing cartridges with new HP cartridges.
I ran all the diagnostics, printer says its fine, printhead was cleaned, and still printing blanks.
Printer's out of warranty, what should I do? I just bought a ton of cartridges for this....!
Help!!
The document here may help resolve the issue of blank printing on the Officejet 6700.
Bob Headrick, HP Expert
I am not an employee of HP, I am a volunteer posting here on my own time.
If your problem is solved please click the "Accept as Solution" button ------------V
If my answer was helpful please click the "Thumbs Up" to say "Thank You"--V

Appleworks only prints blank pages ( whether printer, PDF or Preview)

I am at the end of my rope.
Since updating to 10.4.7, none of my Appleworks database pages work properly. The one that has customer’s special orders in it prints, previews and pdfs only blank pages.
The Appleworks database we use to place vendor orders will only print from preview. No direct-to-printer or pdfs will work.
Both databases reside on the a MacBook Pro in the front of the store. From that location:
1. Won’t print anything but blank pages
2. Won’t preview anything but blank pages
3. Won’t PDF anything but blank pages
I transferred the database to the G4 PowerBook in the back office. Same story, in all cases. It is also running 10.4.7.
We are using Appleworks 6.2.9...the same version we’ve used since its release.
I’ve trashed both the prefs and the p.list. Still nothing.
Our customer and vendor files are critical to operation of the business...we simply have to get them out. HELP!
MacBook Pro, G4 PowerBook, G4 tower Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hello paperqueen,
In the first place-
Can you print a newly created WP document of AW6 in problem machines under OSX10.4.7?
Can you print a newly created DB document of AW6 in problem machines under OSX10.4.7?
The common factors in the two machines are not limited to OSX10.4.7.
* Problem DB is in common.
* User account problem may be in common. (e.g. certain customization in common)
So it is really an important test to create a new user account and check whether problem persists in the new user account. I repeat this because you seem not have done it in spite of Yvan's suggestion.
Also if the problems have occured since 10.4.7 update, re-applying Combo 10.4.7 updater (after repairing permissions) may clear things up.
Anyway, if you're using any input method, the following thread may be relevant:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=455765&tstart=0
Also it has been reported in Japanese Apple Discussions board that OSX10.4.7 introduced new problem in printing, that is if file name contains Japanese character, print to PostScript printer should fail. (PostScript error should occur)
So, if your file name contains, e.g. non-ASCII character, this might be relevant.
Good luck,
H
Mac OS 9.1.x

Printer prints blank pages despite cleaning, won't align

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for