HP PhotoSmart A526 User Manual

							LabelDescription
1Power: Press to turn the printer on or off. The power button will glow
when the power is on. When the printer is idle, the button will pulse
softly.
2Color graphic display: View photos and menus here.
3Red Eye: The Red Eye feature reduces the red-eye effect you
sometime see in flash photos. This feature is on by default. Press this
button to turn the feature on or off.
4Print: Press to print the currently viewed image from a memory card.
The Print button glows when the printer power is on.
5Navigation arrows: Press  or  to scroll through photos on a
memory card or to navigate the printer menu.
6Cancel: Press to stop an action, exit a menu, or to cancel printing a
queued image.
Figure 2-3 Indicator lights
LabelDescription
1Attention LED: Flashes red when the printer requires attention.
2Memory card LED: This light turns aqua blue after the memory card
is correctly inserted. It flashes blue when the printer is communicating
with the memory card or when a connected computer is performing
a read, write, or delete operation.
Printer menus
This section contains the following topics:
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How to use the Printer menu
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Printer menu options
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							How to use the Printer menu
The Printer menu gives you many print options, allows you to change the printer defaults,
provides maintenance and troubleshooting tools, and provides how-to information for
common printing tasks.
1Navigation arrows
2Print
3Cancel
TIP:The menu contains many useful commands and options, but common
functions, such as printing, are usually available with a single button press on the
printer control panel.
To use the Printer menu
NOTE:If there is a memory card inserted in the card slots, remove it to access the
Printer menu.
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							1.Press  or  to open the Printer menu.
2.Pressing  will move to the next option and pressing  will move to the previous
menu option.
3.Press Print to select an option. Menu options that are not accessible are dimmed.
4.To exit a menu, press the Cancel button.
NOTE:For a list of printer menu options, see “Printer menu options” on page 12.
Printer menu options
Printer menu structure
•Print test page: Select to print a test page containing information about the printer
that can help in troubleshooting problems.
•Print sample page: Select to print a sample page, which is useful for checking the
print quality of the printer.
•Clean cartridge: Select to clean the print cartridge. After cleaning, you will be asked
if you want to continue to a second-level cleaning (select Yes or No). If you select
Yes, another cleaning cycle will be completed. Next you will be asked if you want to
continue to a third-level cleaning (select Yes or No).
•Align cartridge: Select to align the print cartridge.
•Photo Fix: Select to enhance your photos.
• On (default)
•Off
•Print quality: Select to change the print quality. Choose between Best, which
produces the highest quality, Normal which uses less ink and prints faster, or Fast
Normal. The default print quality depends on the paper type selected.
•Paper type: Select to choose paper type. Select HP Advanced Photo Paper
(default), HP Premium Photo Paper, Other, Plain or Other, Photo.
•Borderless: Select to turn borderless printing On (default) or Off. When borderless
printing is turned off, all pages print with a narrow white border around the outside
edges of the paper.
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							•Dry Time: Select to turn the dry time feature On (default) or Off. If the dry time feature
is turned off the dry time dialog will not be displayed.
•Demo: Select to put the printer into the demo mode.
•Set Language: Select to change the language or country/region setting. Choose from
Select language and Select country/region. The printer screen displays text in the
language you choose. The menu lists paper sizes and other options specific to the
chosen language.
•Restore defaults: Select to restore printer defaults: Yes or No. Selecting Yes
restores the original factory preferences.
•Help
•Photo printing tips: Select to read tips that can help you obtain the best possible
prints.
•Printer features: Select to read about using the printer features.
•Print from imaging devices: Select to read about printing from memory cards,
PictBridge cameras, or USB flash/thumb drives.
•Printing specialty projects: Select to read about printing panoramic photos.
•Troubleshooting and maintenance: Select to read about troubleshooting and
printer maintenance.
•Getting assistance: Select to read how to obtain help with the printer.
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							3 Paper basics
Learn how to choose the right paper for your print job and how to load it into the input
tray for printing.
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Choose the best paper for the job
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Load your paper
Choose the best paper for the job
Use HP Advanced Photo Paper. It is especially designed to work with the inks in your
printer to create beautiful photos. Other photo papers will produce inferior results.
For a list of available HP-designed inkjet paper, or to purchase supplies, go to:
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www.hpshopping.com (U.S.)
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www.hpshopping.ca (Canada)
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www.hp.com/eur/hpoptions (Europe)
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www.hp.com (All other countries/regions)
The printer is set by default to print the best quality photos on HP Advanced Photo Paper.
If you print on a different type of paper, be sure to change the paper type. For information
on changing the paper type in the printer menu, see “
Load your paper” on page 15. For
information on changing the paper type when printing from a computer, see “
Change the
print settings for the print job” on page 27.
Load your paper
Paper loading tips
• You can print photos on small media, such as 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inch) photo paper,
index cards, L-size cards, or Hagaki cards. Use plain paper, such as index cards, only
for drafts or when print quality is not important.
• Before loading paper, slide out the paper-width guide to make room for the paper.
After loading paper, set the paper width guide gently against the edge of the paper,
so that it guides the paper in straight.
• Load only one type and size of paper at a time. Do not mix paper types or sizes in
the input tray.
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							To load paper
1.Open the output tray. The input tray opens automatically.
2.Load up to 20 sheets of photo paper with the print side or glossy side facing the front
of the printer. If you are using tabbed paper, load the paper so tab feeds in last. When
loading, slide the paper to the left side of the input tray and push the paper down firmly
until it stops.
3.Adjust the paper-width guide to fit close to the edge of the paper without bending the
paper.
If you are printing from a computer, change the paper type and other printer settings in
the print dialog box. For more information, see “
Print from a computer” on page 23 and
“
Change the print settings for the print job” on page 27.
You can select from a greater number of paper sizes when you print from a computer
than when you print without a computer. When you print without a computer, the printer
senses the paper size being used.
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							4 Print without a computer
This section contains information on the following topics:
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Print from a memory card without a computer
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Print from a PictBridge-certified camera or device
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Print from a Bluetooth device
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Enhance your photos
Print from a memory card without a computer
This section explains how to print digital photos that are stored on a memory card.
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Supported memory cards
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Print photos from a memory card
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Remove a memory card
Supported memory cards
The HP Photosmart printer can read a variety of memory cards. These cards are
manufactured by several vendors and are available in a variety of storage capacities.
• CompactFlash Type I and II
• MultiMediaCard
• Secure Digital
• Memory Sticks
• xD-Picture Card
• miniSD Card with SD adapter
CAUTION:Using unsupported memory cards may damage the memory card and
the printer.
LabelDescription
1xD-Picture Card
2Compact Flash I and II
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3Memory Stick
4Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard (MMC)
Print photos from a memory card
Important: Your photos are instantly dry, and can be handled immediately after they are
printed. However, HP recommends that you leave the printed surface of your photos
exposed to the air for 3 minutes after printing to allow the colors to fully develop before
you stack them with other photos or place them in albums.
To print a single photo
1.Navigate through the photos on the inserted memory card.
2.Display the photo you want to print.
3.Press Print.
NOTE:To print additional copies of the current image, press Print again.
To print multiple photos
1.Navigate through the photos on the inserted memory card.
2.Press Print to print the current photo.
NOTE:To print additional copies of the current image, press Print again.
3.Press  or  to browse to the next photo you want to print. You do not have to wait
for the first photo to finish printing.
To print camera-selected photos
1.Insert a memory card that contains camera-selected (DPOF) photos.
2.Select Yes when the printer asks you whether you want to print the camera-selected
photos, and then press Print.
NOTE:To print additional copies of the current image, press Print again.
Remove a memory card
CAUTION:Do not pull out the memory card while the memory card light is flashing.
A flashing light means the printer or computer is accessing the memory card. Wait
until the light remains solid. Removing a memory card while it is being accessed may
corrupt information on the card or damage the printer and card.
To remove a memory card
▲When the memory card light on the printer is solid, it is safe to pull the card out of the
slot.
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							Print from a PictBridge-certified camera or device
This section describes the procedure for printing from a PictBridge digital camera. The
procedure for printing from other PictBridge devices—such as camera phones and other
image capture devices—is very similar. Review the documentation that came with your
PictBridge device for specific information.
NOTE:If you disconnect the camera while printing, all print jobs are cancelled.
To print using a PictBridge-certified camera
1.Load HP Advanced Photo Paper into the printer.
2.Turn on the PictBridge-certified digital camera.
3.Make sure the USB configuration setting of the camera is set to Digital Camera, and
then connect the camera to the camera port of the printer using the USB cable that
came with the PictBridge-certified camera. The PictBridge light flashes green while
the camera establishes a connection to the printer, and then turns solid green.
See the camera documentation for more information about the USB configuration
setting. The name of the setting and its options may differ on non-HP digital cameras.
4.If you already selected photos for printing on the camera, the Print DPOF Photos?
dialog box is displayed on the camera. Select No to bypass printing pre-selected
photos. DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) lets the user mark photos on a digital
camera for printing and include other image information, such as number of copies
to be printed.
5.Use the options and controls on your camera to print your photos. See the camera
documentation for more information. The On light and the PictBridge light flash while
the photos are printing.
Important: Your photos are instantly dry, and can be handled immediately after they are
printed. However, HP recommends that you leave the printed surface of your photos
exposed to the air for 3 minutes after printing to allow the colors to fully develop before
you stack them with other photos or place them in albums.
Print from a Bluetooth device
This section describes how to print from any device with Bluetooth wireless technology,
a short-range communications technology that enables a wide range of devices to
connect with each other without the clutter of cables.
To use Bluetooth connectivity with the HP Photosmart A520 series printer, you must
purchase and connect the optional HP Bluetooth
® wireless printer adapter to the camera
port on the front of the printer. To learn how to print from a Bluetooth device, see the
documentation that came with your Bluetooth adapter.
This section contains the following topics:
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Configure Bluetooth
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Print photos from a Bluetooth device
NOTE:For more information on Bluetooth wireless technology and HP, go to
www.hp.com/go/bluetooth.
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