http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer<p>How do I calibrate my HP CP1518ni printer thru linux, HP basically says get windows. CUPS-Calibrate will do the color but not the alignment which is the problem. appears the "Blue" is out of alignment with the other colors. I have done a diagnostics and it confirms it needs calibration. have been using this printer with several flavors of linux for a couple years and it has been rock solid until now and it went out between two prints, I was doing 4 and 1&amp;2 were fine 3&amp;4 were out. currently running Kubuntu 12.4 but have been since it was release.<br> how do I get this thing working again. have reset defaults, and shut it down for long periods and rebooted but nada.</p> <p>help is expensive paper weight</p> <p>thanks Bob</p>enThu, 01 Aug 2013 11:03:27 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3148<p>Oops, guess I didn't read your original post carefully enough. I didn’t' see you were trying to align the cartridges. Yes, that can be done via the menu on the printer. </p> <p>There is also the terminal command "hp-align" but that only applies to certain printer models, not including my own Officejet Pro 8600</p> <p>Depending on your printer model, "align cartridges" may or may not be available in HPLIP. </p>purevwThu, 01 Aug 2013 11:03:27 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3148http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3147<p>actually an olde tech gave me the answer that worked. he told me to run the "Calibrate now" command from the printer itself at least 4-5 times in a row one right after the other finished. seemed strange but what do I have to lose. and derned if it didn't work.</p> <p>already had all of the software installed so that wasn't it.</p> <p>thanks Bob</p>accessbobThu, 01 Aug 2013 10:51:25 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3147http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3146<p>actually an olde tech gave me the answer that worked. he told me to run the "Calibrate now" command from the printer itself at least 4-5 times in a row one right after the other finished. seemed strange but what do I have to lose. and derned if it didn't work.</p> <p>already had all of the software installed so that wasn't it.</p> <p>thanks Bob</p>accessbobThu, 01 Aug 2013 10:50:42 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3146http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3144<p>If you haven't found it already, : <a href="http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html">HP Unofficial Linux website</a></p>purevwThu, 01 Aug 2013 09:16:27 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3144http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3061<p>It seems that your printer is supported by <a href="http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html">hplip</a>. Install that and calibrate through the HP toolbox. Ensure you read all the instructions!</p>XavierPMon, 04 Mar 2013 16:53:06 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2939/calibration-of-printer/3061