HP Deskjet 6988dt Printer - Photo has an unwanted border

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Photo has an unwanted border

The following conditions can create an unwanted border.

For most paper types

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HP Deskjet 6980 series

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If the photo has an unwanted border, try one of the following solutions:

Align the print cartridges

.

Open the

Printer Properties

dialog box, click the

Paper/Quality

tab, and then verify

that the selected paper size matches both the paper size that the photo is formatted
for and the size of the paper that is loaded in the In tray.

Verify that no problem exists with the source image. For example, if you are printing
a scanned image, verify that the image was not crooked when it was scanned.

For photo paper with a tear-off tab

If the border appears below the tear-off tab, remove the tab.

If the border appears above the tear-off tab:

Align the print cartridges

.

Verify that no problem exists with the source image. For example, if you are printing
a scanned image, verify that the image was not crooked when it was scanned.