My HP Color Laserjet CP 1215 recently started printing crooked.

My Printer at work, HP Color Laserjet CP1215 recently has started printing crooked. I have open all doors to check for anything stuck in the printer that could be causing it to print crooked.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am not getting anywhere with what I have found on the website.
Tawnya Slagle

Hi Tawnya,
A couple of items come to mind that we can check:
1) Paper type/specs Make sure you're using recommended paper type for this product.
2) Remove, restack and reload and check paper guides in the tray to ensure the guides are against the paper and if available, restock with some fresh paper.
3) Have you recently experienced a paper jam? Were you able to remove the page intact? If not, there still may be a small piece of paper lodged in the printer causing the skew.
4) If the above steps don't resolve, I might recommend a calibration, steps listed below.
Best of luck!!
Follow these steps to calibrate the product.
Open Toolbox .
Windows XP: Click Start ( ), click All Programs , click HP , click your product, and then click HP Color LaserJet CP1210 Series Toolbox .
Windows Vista: Click the Windows icon ( ), click All Programs , click HP , click your product, and then click HP Color LaserJet CP1210 Series Toolbox .
Click the Device Settings folder, and then click the Print Quality page.
Under Print Quality , click Calibrate next to Calibrate Now .
Click OK when the 'Your request has been sent to the device ' message appears on the computer. The calibration process begins.
NOTE:Calibration might take 2 to 3 minutes. Do not turn the product off during calibration.
When calibration ends, try printing again.
If the issue is resolved, stop troubleshooting.
If you are still experiencing print quality issues, repeat steps 1 through 5 in this solution. You can recalibrate the printer as many as 3 times.
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