Get to Know the HP Photosmart
Printer parts
- Front view of the printer
| 1 | Lid |
| 2 | Lid Backing |
| 3 | Glass |
| 4 | Color graphics display (also referred to as the display) |
| 5 | Memory Card slots LED |
| 6 | Memory Card slots |
| 7 | USB Drive slot |
| 8 | Photo tray |
| 9 | Paper-width guide for the photo tray |
| 10 | Paper tray extender (also referred to as the tray extender) |
| 11 | Paper-width guide for the main tray |
| 12 | Main tray (also referred to as the input tray) |
| 13 | Output tray |
| 14 | Wireless LED |
| 15 | On button |
| 16 | Cartridge door |
| 17 | Automatic document feeder |
| 18 | Automatic document feeder tray |
- Top and rear views of the printer
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Control panel features
The touch screen display shows menus, photos, and messages. You can touch and drag your finger horizontally to scroll through photos and vertically through menu options.
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- Display: The touch screen display shows menus, photos, and messages. You can flick horizontally through photos and vertically through list menus.
- Home: Returns to the Home screen (the default screen when you turn on the product.
- Web Services: Opens the Web Services menu, which displays status details. You can also change settings and, if Web Services is enabled, print out a report..
- Wireless Settings: Opens the Wireless menu where you can see wireless properties and change wireless settings.
- Ink Levels: Opens the Ink Levels menu showing estimated ink levels.
- Settings: Opens the Settings menu where you can change product settings and perform maintenance functions.
- Help: From the Help screen, lists the topics for which help is available. From other screens, provides help applicable to the current screen.
- Apps: Provide quick and easy way to access and print information from the Apps, such as maps, coupons, coloring pages, and puzzles.
- Back: Returns to the previous screen on the display.
- Photo: Opens the Photo menu where you can view, edit, print, and save your photos.
- Copy: Opens the Copy menu where you can preview your copy, edit for size and darkness, select black or color, and select the number of copies. You can also change settings to make 2-sided copies, or select size, quality, and paper type.
- Scan: Opens the Choose Scan Destination menu, where you can select a destination for your scan.
- Fax: Displays a screen where you can send a fax, or choose fax settings.
- Cancel: Stops the current operation.
Tips for getting to know the printer
Use the following tips to get to know the printer:
- Learn how to manage print apps for printing recipes, coupons, and other content from the web. Click here to go online for more information.
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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
Do one of the following:
Print photo on small-size paper
- Load paper.
- Load up to 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inch) photo paper print side down in photo tray.
Load photo paper in the photo tray
- Insert a memory device.
Insert a memory device
- Select photo.
a. Touch Photo on the Home screen. b. Touch View & Print.
c. Flick left or right to scroll through the photos.
d. Touch photo you want to print.
e. Touch up arrow to increase number of copies.
- Print photo.
a. Touch Print to preview print job.
b. Touch Print.
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Print photo on full-size paper
- Load paper.
- Load full-size photo paper print side down in the main input tray.
Load paper
- Insert a memory device.
Insert a memory device
- Select photo.
a. Touch Photo on the Home screen. b. Touch View & Print.
c. Flick left or right to scroll through the photos.
d. Touch photo you want to print.
e. Touch up arrow to increase number of copies.
- Change page layout.
a. Touch Print to preview print job.
b. Touch Print Settings to change print settings.
c. Touch Layout.
d. Touch 8.5×11.
- Print photo.
▲ Touch Print.
Memory cards and slots
Your printer has one of the following configurations and supports the memory card types listed below.
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Memory cards and slots (continued)
– Or –
1 Memory Stick Duo or Pro Duo, Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo, or Memory Stick Micro (adapter required)
2 Secure Digital (SD), Secure Digital Mini, Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC), Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC), or TransFlash MicroSD Card (adapter required),
- Memory Stick Duo or Pro Duo, Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo, or Memory Stick Micro (adapter required)
- MultiMedia Card (MMC), MMC Plus, Secure MultiMedia Card, MMC Mobile (RS-MMC; adapter required), Secure Digital (SD), Secure Digital Mini, Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC), Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC), or TransFlash MicroSD Card (adapter required),
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 Web site 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. Raise photo tray lid.
- Raise photo tray lid and slide paper-width guide outwards. b. Load paper.
- Insert stack of photo paper into photo tray with short edge forward and print side down.
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- Slide stack of 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 edge of paper.
c. Lower photo tray lid.
Load A4 or 8.5 x 11 inch paper
a. Raise the photo tray.
- Slide paper-width guide outwards.
- Remove all paper from the main input tray. b. Load paper.
- Insert stack of paper into main input tray with short edge forward and print side down.
- Slide stack of paper forward until it stops.
- Slide paper-width guide inward until it stops at edge of paper.
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- Lower the photo tray.
Load envelopes
a. Raise the photo tray.
- Slide paper-width guide outwards.
- Remove all paper from the main input tray. b. Load envelopes.
- Insert one or more envelopes into far-right side of main input tray, with envelope flaps on left and facing up.
- Slide stack of envelopes forward until it stops.
- Slide paper-width guide inward against stack of envelopes until it stops.
- Lower the photo tray.
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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.
| Paper | Description |
| HP Brochure Paper and HP Professional Paper 180gsm | These papers are glossy-coated or matte-coated on both |
| sides for 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 Presentation120gsm 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. |
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| Paper | Description |
| 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.
Print tips
- 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 check the estimated ink levels, touch the Ink Levels icon on the printer display.
- 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 guide in the input tray to fit snugly against all paper. Make sure the paper-width guide does not bend the paper in the input tray.
- Set the print quality and paper size settings according to the type and size of paper loaded in the input tray.
- 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 v10.6) 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.
- Use print preview to check margins. Do not let the margin settings for the document exceed the printable area of the printer.
- Learn how to share your photos online and order prints. Click here to go online for more information.
- Learn how to print documents from computer. Click here to go online for more information.
- Learn how to print photos saved on your computer. Learn about print resolution and how to set the maximum DPI. Click here to go online for more information.
- Learn how to print envelopes from computer. Click here to go online for more information.
- Learn more about managing apps for printing recipes, coupons, and other content on the HP ePrintCenter website. 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.
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- Copy and scan
Scan to a computer, memory device, or email
To scan to a computer, memory device, or email.
- Load the original.
a. Lift the lid on the product.
b. Load original print side down on the right front corner of glass.
c. Close the lid.
- Start scan.
a. On the Home screen, touch Scan.
b. Select the destination by touching either Computer, USB Flash Drive, Memory Card or E-mail.
If you are scanning to a computer and the printer is network-connected, a list of available computers appears. Select the computer on which you want the scan saved.
For scanning to a USB Drive, insert a USB Drive in the slot.
For scanning to a Memory Card, insert a Memory Card in the slot.
c. Touch Scan.
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Copy text or mixed documents
- Do one of the following:
1-sided copy
a. Load paper.
- Load full-size paper in the main input tray.
b. Load original.
- Load original print side up into the automatic document feeder.
c. Specify number of copies.
- Touch Copy on Home screen. The Copy preview appears.
- Touch the screen to set the number of copies. d. Start copy.
- Touch B&W or Color.
2-sided copy
a. Load paper.
- Load full-size paper in the main input tray.
b. Load original.
- Load original print side up into the automatic document feeder.
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