HP photoSmart 5510 Print head Alignment

I have re and re the print head. Now I am having trouble aligning it as it keeps hitting the right side of the printer and I get a message to power down to avoid damage to printer. Can someone please descript to me how to align print head.
Keethers

Hi Keethers,
Understand that you are having alignment problem with your photosmart 5510 printer.
Let me direct you to the page to assist you with aligning the print head.
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Hi Keethers,
Understand that you are having alignment problem with your photosmart 5510 printer.
Let me direct you to the page to assist you with aligning the print head.
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First off, I know that this question doesn't really belong in the mbp section, but since I am printing from one, I thought this would be the closest match.
I have an Epson NX420 printer which came with my 2011 mbp 13in for free (err... $100 off the original $95ish to be exact). It will turn 3 years old in less than a month.
This past week, I have had troubles printing "good" images, so I did the print head alignment on Epson Printer Utility 4, following the written directions. I printed something out, and it was still disgustingly off, so I repeated the process two more times, each time printing something different. The vertical alignment is fine, but the horizontal alignment seems to get worse and worse. One thin line will be split into two in some places, and one will be dotted while the other solid, and in the case of color, the two bands are different colors. Solids come out grainy.
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This is a printer issue and it's only covered under the Epson Warranty Program, which is 1 year. AppleCare has nothing to do with that.
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I would suggest starting with your MacBook Air.
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Hi there,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand that no color is printing on your Photosmart 5510 Printer. I am happy to look into this issue for you!
Please take a look through this guide, Printer Prints a Blank Page or Does Not Print Black or Color Ink for the HP Photosmart 5510 e-All-in....
if you have gone through all those steps, and the issue is not resolved, please call our phone support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region. Country-language selector.
Hope this clears things up for you!
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This is a printer issue and it's only covered under the Epson Warranty Program, which is 1 year. AppleCare has nothing to do with that.
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Hello Jeanne_J47,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand your Photosmart 5510 is not connected wireless anymore. I will do my best to assist you! Is the wireless blue light blinking on your printer? If so, please use the wireless setup wizard to setup the wireless: (This information is stated here.)
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