HP Color LaserJet 2605dn color alignment issue

Question

We have a HP Color LaserJet 2605dn at work that recently lost its mind. The red and blue colors are offset from where they should be and producing a rather trippy 3D look. I've performed a manual calibration through the menus and poked at just about everything I could find. These toner cartridges are not new (as you can see they're about 50% used) but only just recently started this problem. They were working great up until this error appeared. It happens on mac, pc, and via the printer menu printouts so I don't think it's a driver problem. The printer has been restarted and reset and is running the newest firmware.

Anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

I tried everything suggested for months to fix the mis-alignment of the colors. I finally took it apart and cleaned the mirrors. No change! I stumbled on this fix today and it worked. Took me all of 10 minutes and now my printer prints beautiful color again! I guarantee you the repair people know this trick and would charge you plenty. OK, enough chatter. Go to this link and do exactly what it tells you in order.

http://www.printer-repair.money-maker.co.uk/hp-color-laserjet-2605-colours-out-of-alignment/

It states that you could lose all your printer settings, I didn't lose a thing. Anyway, print out all of the config. pages anyway. After you do the NVRAM Config., the red will still be off a little. Do the color config (tells you how in the beginning) and the colors will now be perfect! Why doesn't HP tell you about this? You will now have your color printer back. Jim

Answer 2

It appears that this is a fairly well known issue with this printer.

The webpage HERE lists a detailed, step by step solution. Not 100% sure this is the same as your issue, but it sure sounds like it.

Also, if you are using non-HP Toner cartridges this can occur as well.

Answer 3

I had this same printer. As TomB noted, this is a very common problem. My symptoms were exactly the same after installing new cartridges. I attempted new, official cartridges, basic cleaning, tearing the printer apart and cleaning.

I also took the printer to a repair shop. A new board may fix the problem, but I have seen online reports where the problem is still unknown and a new board does not necessarily fix it.

Based on the cost of new color laserjet printers and the total costs for repairs, I considered repair a wash and bought a different printer.

Answer 4

I solved my problem by Cailbrating the printer colors Go to something like this on the printer itself: Main menu -> Settings -> Print quality -> Calibrate -> Calibrate now