Get to know the HP Photosmart
Printer parts
- Front and top views of HP Photosmart 6520 series
| 1 | Lid |
| 2 | Glass |
| 3 | Color graphics display (also referred to as the display) |
| 4 | Memory card light |
| 5 | Memory card slot |
| 6 | Memory card door |
| 7 | Output tray |
| 8 | Paper tray extender (also referred to as the tray extender) |
| 9 | Paper-width guide for the photo tray |
| 10 | Photo tray |
| 11 | Main tray |
| 12 | Paper-width guide for the main tray |
| 13 | Wireless status light |
| 14 | Power On/Off button |
| 15 | Printhead assembly and cartridge access area |
| 16 | Cartridge access door |
| 17 | Lid Backing |
- Top and rear view of HP Photosmart 6520 series
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| 18 | Printhead assembly |
| 19 | Cartridge access area |
| 20 | Model number location |
| 21 | Power connection (Use only with the power cord supplied by HP.) |
| 22 | Rear USB port |
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Control panel features
The touch screen display shows menus, photos, apps, and messages. You can touch and drag your finger horizontally to scroll through photos, apps, and menus, and you can touch and drag your finger vertically through menu options.
Control panel features
- Home: Returns to the Home screen, the screen that is displayed when you first turn on the printer.
- Back: Returns to the previous screen.
- Help: On the Home screen, shows all Help topics. On another screen, shows information or animation on the display to assist in the current operation.
- Cancel: Stops the current operation.
- Photo: Opens the Photo menu where you can view and print various photos, reprint a printed photo, or upload and share your photo to Snapfish.
- Copy: Opens the Copy menu where you can make 1–sided or 2–sided black or color copy.
- Scan: Opens the Scan menu where you can select a destination for your scan.
- ePrint icon: Opens the Web Services Summary menu, where you can check ePrint status details, change ePrint settings, or print an Info page.
- Wireless icon: Opens the Wireless Summary menu, where you can check wireless status and change wireless settings. You can also print a wireless test report, helping diagnose network connection issues.
- eco icon: Opens the eco menu where you can set up screen brightness, 2–sided copy, the Sleep mode, and auto Power-off to help energy saving.
- Ink icon: Shows estimated ink levels by cartridge. Displays a warning symbol if the ink level is less than the minimum expected ink level.
- Settings icon: Opens the Settings menu where you can change preferences and use tools to perform maintenance functions.
- Get More: If Web Services are enabled, takes you to the Internet for downloading more Apps.
- Apps: Provides a quick and easy way to access and print information from the web, such as coupons, coloring pages, puzzles, and more.
Wireless status light
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| Light behavior | Solution |
| Off | Wireless is off. Touch the Wireless icon to access the Wireless menu on the |
| printer display. Use the Wireless menu to enable wireless printing. | |
| Slow blinking | Wireless is on but not connected to a network. If connection cannot be |
| established, make sure your printer is within the range of wireless signal. | |
| Fast blinking | Wireless error has occurred. Refer to the messages on the printer display. |
| On | Wireless connection has been established and you can print. |
Memory cards and slots
Memory cards and slots
Your printer has one of the following configurations and supports the memory card types listed below.
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How do I?
This section contains links to commonly performed tasks, such as printing photos, scanning, and making copies.
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Print photos from a memory card
Related topics
Print photos from a memory card
To print photos from a memory card
- Load photo paper into the photo tray.
- Make sure the paper tray extender is open.
- Insert a memory card into the memory card slot.
- From the Home screen, touch Photo, touch View & Print.
- Touch Photo, touch Memory Card.
- Touch and select a photo that you want to print.
- Touch the up or down arrow to specify the number of photos to print.
- Touch Edit to select options to edit the selected photos. You can rotate, crop a photo, or turn Photo Fix on and off. You can also add frame to photo, adjust brightness, or implement color effect to photo.
- Touch Done and preview the selected photo. If you wish to adjust layout, paper type, red eye removal, or date stamp, touch Settings, and then touch your selection. You can also save any new settings as defaults.
- Touch Print to begin printing.
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Wireless Direct print
With Wireless Direct, you can print directly to the printer wirelessly, without a wireless router, from your Wi-Fi enabled computer or mobile device.
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To print with Wireless Direct
- Make sure Wireless Direct is on. To check Wireless Direct status, touch the Wireless icon from the Home screen. If it is off, touch the Settings button, and then touch Wireless Direct. See Connect wirelessly to the printer without a router for more information.
- From your wireless computer or mobile device, turn on the Wi-Fi radio, search for and connect to the Wireless Direct name (for example: HP-Print-xx-Photosmart 6520).
- Print a photo or a document as you normally do from your computer or mobile device.
NOTE: 1 If you want to print from a mobile device, you need to have a print application on your mobile device.
NOTE: 2 If you want to print from your computer, you need to install the printer software.
Select print media
The printer is designed to work well with most types of office media. Use HP media for optimum print quality. Visit the HP website at www.hp.com for more information about HP media.
HP recommends plain papers with the ColorLok logo for printing and copying of everyday documents. All papers with the ColorLok logo are independently tested to meet high standards of reliability and print quality, and produce documents with crisp, vivid color, bolder blacks and dry faster than ordinary plain papers. Look for papers with the ColorLok logo in a variety of weights and sizes from major paper manufacturers.
To purchase HP papers, go to Shop for Products and Services and select ink, toner and paper.
Load media
- Do one of the following:
Load 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inch) paper a. Pull out the main tray.
- Pull out the photo tray and slide the paper-width guide outwards.
b. Load paper.
- Insert a stack of photo paper into the photo tray with short edge forward and print side down.
- Slide the stack of photo paper forward until it stops.
NOTE: If the photo paper you are using has perforated tabs, load photo paper so that tabs are closest to you.
- Slide paper-width guide inward until it stops at the edge of the photo paper.
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c. Push the main tray back in, and then open the paper tray extender.
Load A4 or 8.5 x 11 inch paper
a. Pull out the main tray.
- If the photo tray is open, push it back in.
- In the main tray, slide paper-width guide outwards.
- Remove any previously loaded media.
b. Load paper.
- Insert a stack of paper into the main tray with short edge forward and print side down.
- Slide the stack of paper forward until it stops.
- Slide paper-width guide inward until it stops at the edge of the paper.
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c. Push the main tray back in, and then open the paper tray extender.
NOTE: When you use legal-size paper, leave the paper catch closed.
Load envelopes
a. Pull out the main tray.
- If the photo tray is open, push it back in.
- In the main tray, slide paper-width guide outwards.
- Remove any previously loaded media.
b. Load envelopes.
- Insert one or more envelopes into the center of the main tray. The side to be printed on should face down. The flap should be on the left side and facing up.
- Slide the stack of envelopes forward until it stops.
- Slide the paper-width guide inward against the stack of envelopes until it stops.
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c. Push the main tray back in, and then open the paper tray extender.
Recommended papers for photo printing
If you want the best print quality, HP recommends using HP papers that are specifically designed for the type of project you are printing. Depending on your country/region, some of these papers might not be available.
| Paper | Description |
| HP Premium Plus Photo Paper | HP’s best photo paper is heavyweight for producing professional- |
| quality photos. Features an instant-dry finish for easy handling | |
| without smudging. It resists water, smears, fingerprints, and humidity. | |
| It is available in several sizes, including A4, 8.5 x 11 inch, 10 x 15 cm | |
| (4 x 6 inch), 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 inch) and two finishes – high gloss or | |
| soft gloss (satin matte). It is acid-free for longer lasting documents. | |
| HP Advanced Photo Paper | This thick photo paper features an instant-dry finish for easy handling |
| without smudging. It resists water, smears, fingerprints, and humidity. | |
| Your prints have a look and feel comparable to a store processed | |
| photo. It is available in several sizes, including A4, 8.5 x 11 inch, 10 x | |
| 15 cm (4 x 6 inch), 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 inch) and two finishes – glossy | |
| or soft gloss (satin matte). It is acid-free for longer lasting documents. | |
| HP Everyday Photo Paper | Print colorful, everyday snapshots at a low cost, using paper |
| designed for casual photo printing. This affordable, photo paper dries | |
| quickly for easy handling. Get sharp, crisp images when you use this | |
| paper with any inkjet printer. Available in glossy finish in 8.5 x 11 | |
| inch, A4, 4 x 6 inch and 10 x 15 cm. It is acid-free for longer lasting | |
| documents. | |
| HP Photo Value Packs | HP Photo Value Packs conveniently package Original HP ink |
| cartridges and HP Advanced Photo Paper to save you time, and take | |
| the guesswork out of printing affordable Lab-quality photos with your | |
| HP printer. Original HP inks and HP Advanced Photo Paper have | |
| been designed to work together so your photos are long lasting and | |
| vivid, print after print. Great for printing out an entire vacation’s worth | |
| of photos or multiple prints to share. |
Recommended papers for printing and copying
Depending on your country/region, some of these papers might not be available.
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| Paper | Description |
| HP Brochure Paper and HP Professional Paper | These papers are glossy-coated or matte-coated on both sides for |
| 180gsm | two-sided use. They are the best choice for producing professional- |
| quality marketing materials, such as brochures and mailers, as well | |
| as business graphics for report covers and calendars. | |
| HP Premium Presentation 120gsm Paper and HP | These papers are heavy two-sided matte papers perfect for |
| Professional Paper 120gsm | presentation, proposals, reports and newsletters. They are a |
| professional weight for an impressive look and feel. | |
| HP Bright White Inkjet Paper | HP Bright White Inkjet Paper delivers high-contrast colors and |
| sharp text. It is opaque enough for two-sided color usage with no | |
| showthrough, which makes it ideal for newsletters, reports, and | |
| flyers. It features ColorLok Technology for less smearing, bolder | |
| blacks, and vivid colors. | |
| HP Printing Paper | HP Printing Paper is a high-quality multifunction paper. It produces |
| documents that look and feel more substantial than documents | |
| printed on standard multipurpose or copy paper. It features | |
| ColorLok Technology for less smearing, bolder blacks and vivid | |
| colors. | |
| HP Office Paper | HP Office Paper is a high-quality multifunction paper. It is suitable |
| for copies, drafts, memos and other everyday documents. It | |
| features ColorLok Technology for less smearing, bolder blacks and | |
| vivid colors. | |
| HP Office Recycled Paper | HP Office Recycled Paper is a high-quality multifunction paper |
| made with 30% recycled fiber. It features ColorLok Technology for | |
| less smearing, bolder blacks and vivid colors. | |
| HP Iron-On Transfers | HP Iron-on Transfers (for color fabrics or for light or white fabrics) |
| are the ideal solution for creating custom T-shirts from your digital | |
| photos. |
Tips for print success
Use the following tips to print successfully.
Tips for printing from a computer
For more information on printing documents, photos, or envelopes from a computer, use the following links for operating-system specific instructions.
- Learn how to print documents from your computer. Click here to go online for more information.
- Learn how to print photos saved on your computer. Learn how to enable maximum dpi resolution. Click here to go online for more information.
- Learn how to print envelopes from your computer. Click here to go online for more information.
Tips for ink and paper
- Use genuine HP cartridges. Genuine HP cartridges are designed for and tested with HP printers to help you produce great results, time after time.
- Make sure the cartridges have sufficient ink. To view the estimated ink levels, touch the Ink icon from the Home screen.
- If you want to print a black and white document using black ink only, do one of the following according to your operating system.
- On Windows: Open your printer software, click Set Preferences. On the Paper/Quality tab, click Advanced. Select Black Ink Only from the Print in Grayscale drop-down list under Printer Features.
- On Mac: From the Print dialog box, choose the Paper Type/Quality pane, click Color Options, and then choose Grayscale from the Color pop-up menu.
If the Print dialog does not show printer options, click the blue disclosure triangle next to the printer name (Mac OS X v10.5 and v10.6) or Show Details (Mac OS X v10.7). Use the pop-up menu toward the bottom of the dialog to choose the Paper Type/Quality pane.
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- To learn more tips about working with cartridges, see Tips for working with cartridges for more information.
- Load a stack of paper, not just one page. Use clean and flat paper of the same size. Make sure only one type of paper is loaded at a time.
- Adjust the paper-width guides in the photo or main tray to fit snugly against all paper. Make sure the paper-width guides do not bend the paper in the photo or main tray.
- Set the print quality and paper size settings according to the type and size of paper loaded in the photo or main tray.
- To clear paper jam, see Clear paper jam for more information.
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Use Web Services
Related topics
Print from anywhere
HP ePrint is a free service from HP that allows you to print to your HP ePrint-enabled printer anywhere you can send an email. Just send your documents and photos to the email address assigned to your printer when you enable Web Services. No additional drivers or software are needed.
- Your printer needs to have a wireless network connection to the Internet. You won’t be able to use HP ePrint via a USB connection to a computer.
- Attachments might print differently from the way they appear in the software program that created them, depending on the original fonts and layout options used.
- Free product updates are provided with HP ePrint. Some updates might be required to enable certain functionality.
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How to get started with HP ePrint Use the HP ePrintCenter website
Your printer is protected
To help prevent unauthorized email, HP assigns a random email address to your printer and never publicizes this address. HP ePrint also provides industry-standard spam filtering and transforms email and attachments to a print-only format to reduce the threat of virus or other harmful content. However, the HP ePrint service does not filter emails based on content, so it cannot prevent objectionable or copyrighted material from being printed.
Go to the HP ePrintCenter website for more information and specific terms and conditions: www.hp.com/go/ ePrintCenter.
How to get started with HP ePrint
To use HP ePrint, connect your printer to an active wireless network with Internet access, set up an account on HP ePrintCenter, and add your printer to the account.
To get started with HP ePrint
- Enable Web services.
a. Touch the ePrint button on the control panel.
b. Accept the terms of use, and then follow the onscreen instructions to enable Web Services.
The HP ePrint information sheet prints, containing a printer code.
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| c. | Go to www.hp.com/go/ePrintCenter, click the Sign In button, and then click the Sign Up link at the top |
| of the window that appears. | |
| d. | When prompted, enter the printer code to add your printer. |
- Touch ePrint on the control panel. From the Web Services Summary screen, get your printer’s email address.
- Compose and send email to your printer’s email address from your computer or mobile device, anywhere and anytime. Both the email message and recognized attachments will print.
Use HP Print Apps
Print pages from the web, without using a computer, by setting up Apps, a free service from HP. You can print coloring pages, calendars, puzzles, recipes, maps, and more, depending on the apps available in your country/ region.
Touch the Get More icon on the Apps screen to connect to the Internet and add more apps. You need to have Web Services enabled in order to use apps.
Go to the HP ePrintCenter website for more information and specific terms and conditions: www.hp.com/go/ ePrintCenter.
Use the HP ePrintCenter website
Use HP’s free HP ePrintCenter website to set up increased security for HP ePrint, and specify the email addresses that are allowed to send email to your printer. You can also get product updates, more apps, and other free services.
Go to the HP ePrintCenter website for more information and specific terms and conditions: www.hp.com/go/ ePrintCenter.
Tips for using Web Services
Use the following tips to print apps and use HP ePrint.
Tips for printing apps and using HP ePrint
- Learn how to share your photos online and order prints. Click here to go online for more information.
- Learn about apps for printing recipes, coupons, and other content from the web, simply and easily. Click here to go online for more information.
- Learn how to print from anywhere by sending an email and attachments to your printer. Click here to go online for more information.
- If you have enabled Auto Power-Off, you should disable Auto Power-Off to use ePrint. See Auto Power-Off for more information.
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