HP PhotoSmart A626 User Manual

							To use the Frames creative option
1.Touch Get Creative when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch the Frames creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option
if it is not visible.
3.Touch the desired category to view the frames available in that category. Touch
 to return to the main Frames window to select a different category.
4.Touch the desired frame.
5.Adjust the photo by using the Zoom buttons. You can move the photo around within
the frame with your finger or rotate it by touching the Rotate button.
6.When you are finished, touch Done.
7.In the Add Frame To dialog box, touch This Photo or All photos, as desired.
After a frame has been added to a photo, you can later delete it by touching the Edit
Photos button in 1-up view and then touching Remove Frame. Follow the prompts
on the touch screen.
Add clip art
The Clip Art creative option lets you add clip art to the current photo. You can select from
several categories, including: Seasonal, Kids, General, and Special.
To use the Clip Art creative option
1.Touch Get Creative when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch the Clip Art creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option
if it is not visible.
3.Touch the desired category to view the clip art available in that category. Touch
 to return to the main Clip Art window to select a different category.
4.Touch the desired clip art.
5.Adjust the clip art using the appropriate onscreen buttons to make it larger or smaller
or to rotate it. Move it around on the photo by dragging it with your finger or the stylus.
6.When you are finished, touch Done.
After clip art has been added to a photo, the next time you use the Clip Art creative
option with that photo, you will be prompted whether you want to add more clip art to
the photo or remove clip art currently on the photo.
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							Create albums
The Albums creative option lets you add photos to photo album books. You can select
from several categories, including: Seasonal, Kids, General, and Special.
To use the Albums creative option
1.Touch Get Creative when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch the Albums creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option
if it is not visible.
NOTE:If you want to zoom or rotate a photo, do it before you enter album mode.
You cannot manipulate a photo when you are viewing it in an album.
3.Touch the desired category to view the albums available in that category. Touch
 to return to the main Album window to select a different category.
4.Touch the desired album.
5.Follow the prompt to use selected photos (if any) or to select photos.
6.Touch Done when you are ready to preview the album.
7.In the Album Pages window the recommended number of pages that will create the
best looking album is displayed. Change the number of pages if desired, and then
touch OK.
The album opens with the selected photos placed on pages. The first selected photo
appears on the album cover page. Use the onscreen arrows to move among the
pages of the album.
8.Touch the Shuffle button to move photos among the template positions on the current
page. Touch Shuffle repeatedly, if necessary, until the photos are in the desired
positions.
NOTE:If the template has both portrait and landscape positions, note that
photos will rotate only into positions with the same orientation as themselves.
9.Press the Print button to print the album.
NOTE:Deleting a photo used in an album also deletes the album.
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							Use Design Gallery
The Design Gallery creative option lets you apply special effects. You can modify the
effect by changing the settings available for that effect.
To use the Design Galley creative option
1.Touch Get Creative when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch the Design Gallery creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to
this option if it is not visible.
3.Touch the desired effect and change its available variables when prompted, if you
want to modify how the effect looks on the current photo.
4.When you are finished, touch Done.
5.When prompted, touch This Photo or All photos, to apply the effect, as desired.
After a Design Galley effect has been applied to a photo, the next time you use the
Design Galley creative option with that photo, you will be prompted whether you want
to add more effects to the photo or remove the last effect applied to the photo.
Create and view slide shows
Play your favorite photos as a slide show on the printer touch screen. It is a fun and
convenient way to share your photos with family and friends. You can also print all or just
some of the photos in the slide show as you view it.
To view photos in a slide show
1.Insert a memory card.
2.Navigate through and select photos to view in the slide show.
3.Touch the Menu icon on the quick touch frame, touch Slide Show, and then Start
Slide Show.
If no photos are selected, you will be prompted to select some or to use all the photos
in the slide show.
To change slide show settings, touch the Settings icon before touching Start Slide
Show. For information on slide show settings, see the slide show section of “
The
menus” on page 15.
4.Touch anywhere on the touch screen to pause the slide show. Touch Resume to
continue the slide show.
5.Touch Exit to stop the slide show.
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							To print from a slide show
1.When the photo you want to print is displayed, touch anywhere on the touch screen
to pause the slide show.
2.Touch the Print icon to print the photo. The slide show resumes after printing.
Specialty printing projects
This section discusses several specialty printing projects, special printing modes you can
turn on, when printing directly from the printer.
•
Panoramic photos
•
Photo stickers
•
Passport photos
•
CD/DVD labels
Panoramic photos
To use Panoramic Photos mode
1.Touch the Menu icon on the quick touch frame.
2.Touch Specialty Printing Projects, and then touch Panoramic Photos.
3.Touch On, and then load 10 x 30 cm (4 x 12 inches) paper when prompted.
4.Browse through your photos and touch one to open it in 1-up view.
While Panoramic Photos mode is on, the printer displays photos in the panoramic
aspect ratio. This means only part of each photo appears. To change the area of the
photo that prints, touch the photo to open it in 1-up view, and then touch the Crop
icon. The entire photo is displayed, but the crop box is in the panoramic aspect ratio.
Move the crop box around the photo with your finger to select the area of the photo
you want to print as a panoramic photo. For more information on cropping, see “
Crop
a photo” on page 35.
5.Touch the Print icon on the quick touch frame.
6.If you are finished printing in Panoramic Photos mode, touch Yes at the prompt to
exit Panoramic Photos mode and return to a normal 3:2 aspect ratio.
Photo stickers
You can print 16 copies of a single photo on 16-up photo sticker paper using the procedure
below.
NOTE:Photo sticker paper is not available in all countries/regions.
Load a single sheet of 16-up photo sticker paper at a time.
To use Photo Stickers mode
1.Touch the Menu icon on the quick touch frame.
2.Touch Specialty Printing Projects, and then touch Photo Stickers.
3.Touch On and then load photo sticker media when prompted.
4.Browse through your photos and touch one to open it in 1-up view.
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							5.Touch the Print icon on the quick touch frame. The printed sheet contains 16 copies
of a single photo.
6.If you are finished printing in Photo Stickers mode, touch Yes at the prompt to exit
Photo Stickers mode.
Passport photos
To use Passport Photos mode
1.Touch the Menu icon on the quick touch frame.
2.Touch Specialty Printing Projects, and then touch Passport Photos.
3.Touch On, and then select one of the following sizes, when prompted:
•2 x 2 inches
• 25 x 36 mm
• 35 x 45 mm
• 36 x 51 mm
• 45 x 55 mm
4.Touch OK and then load photo paper, if needed.
5.Browse through your photos and touch one to open it in 1-up view.
While Passport Photos mode is on, the printer displays photos in the selected aspect
ratio. This means only part of each photo appears. To change the area of the photo
that prints, touch the photo to open it in 1-up view, and then touch the Crop icon. The
entire photo is displayed, but the crop box is in the selected aspect ratio. Move the
crop box around the photo with your finger to select the area of the photo you want
to print as a passport photo. For more information on cropping, see “
Crop a photo”
on page 35.
6.Touch the Print icon on the quick touch frame. The printed sheet contains as many
copies of a photo as will fit on the page, depending on the passport photo size
selected.
7.If you are finished printing in Passport Photos mode, touch Yes at the prompt to exit
Passport Photos mode.
CD/DVD labels
To use CD Tattoo mode
1.Touch the Menu icon on the quick touch frame.
2.Touch Specialty Printing Projects, and then touch CD Tattoo.
3.Touch On, and then load CD/DVD label media, when prompted.
4.View the photo to be used as a CD/DVD label in 1-up mode, and then touch the
Crop icon.
5.When the circular crop box overlay area of the CD label is displayed on the screen,
move it around with your finger to position the label on the photo, and then press
Done. For more information on cropping, see “
Crop a photo” on page 35.
6.Touch the Print icon on the quick touch frame.
7.If you are finished printing in CD Tattoo mode, touch Yes at the prompt to exit CD
Tattoo mode.
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							Enhance or edit your photos
You can enhance or edit your photos in various ways, as explained in the following:
•
Use Photo Fix
•
Crop a photo
•
Remove red-eye from your photos
•
Adjust photo brightness
•
Change print quality
•
Delete a photo
Use Photo Fix
Photo Fix automatically enhances your photos using HP Real Life Technologies that:
• Sharpen blurred photos.
• Improve the dark areas of a photo without affecting the light areas of a photo.
• Improve the overall brightness, color, and contrast of photos.
Photo Fix is on by default when you turn on the printer. If you want to print a photo without
using the Photo Fix improvements, turn off Photo Fix.
To turn off Photo Fix
1.Touch the Menu icon on the quick touch frame.
2.Touch Preferences, and then touch Photo Fix.
3.Touch Off.
Photo Fix remains off until you turn it on again. Photo Fix is always on for Bluetooth or
PictBridge printing.
Crop a photo
The Crop feature lets you crop the current photo. You can change the amount and area
of the photo to crop.
To crop a photo
1.Touch Edit Photo when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch Crop Photo.
3.Touch the Zoom In and Zoom Out icons to adjust the amount of cropping.
The crop box shows how much of the photo will be cropped. The crop box turns red
if the amount cropped causes the photo to print at a resolution below 100 dpi.
4.Touch the Rotate icon if you want to rotate the crop box 90 degrees clockwise.
5.Drag the crop box with your finger to reposition it, and then press Done.
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							Remove red-eye from your photos
The printer provides a way to reduce red-eye that can occur in photos taken with a flash.
To remove red-eye
1.Touch Edit Photo when viewing a photo with red-eye in 1-up view.
2.Touch Remove Red-Eye.
The Red-eye icon flashes and then displays continuously after red-eye removal.
A message is displayed If the printer does not detect red-eye in the photo.
3.To undo red-eye removal, touch Edit Photo when viewing the photo with red-eye
removed and then touch Undo Red-Eye.
Adjust photo brightness
To adjust photo brightness
1.Touch Edit Photo when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch Photo Brightness.
3.Touch the arrows to adjust to the desired brightness and then touch Done.
Change print quality
You can set the printer to print photos at a higher or lower level of quality. The default
print quality is determined by the paper type setting. The default print quality setting
produces the highest quality photos, but is also a slightly slower print mode. If you want
to print a photo quickly, and are not concerned with obtaining the highest quality, choose
a lower print quality setting.
To change the print quality setting
1.Touch the Menu icon on the quick touch frame, and then touch Preferences.
2.Touch Print Quality.
3.Select a print quality:
•Best
•Normal
•Fast Normal
4.Touch OK.
This print quality setting remains in effect until you change the paper type setting or
change the print quality setting. For information on changing the paper type, see “
Load
your paper” on page 19.
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							Delete a photo
You can delete a photo or video clip from a memory card or storage device using the
printer.
To delete a photo
1.View the photo or video clip in 1-up view.
2.Touch Edit and touch Delete. Follow the prompts on the touch screen.
If you delete a photo used in an album, a message appears alerting you that deleting
the photo also deletes the album.
If you delete a photo or a video clip with a video frame currently in the print queue,
the deleted photo or video frame is removed from the print queue.
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							5 Print from a computer
This section describes how to print photos when the HP Photosmart A620 series printer
is connected to a computer, and you want to print an image from an imaging application
such as Photosmart Essential.
This section contains the following topics:
•
Printer software
•
Transfer photos to a computer
•
Enhance your photos
•
Change the print settings for the print job
•
Print preview
•
Print photos
•
HP Photosmart software
Printer software
This section contains the following topics:
•
Printer Properties dialog box
•
Whats This? help
•
Download printer software updates
Printer Properties dialog box
When connected to a computer, the printer is controlled by the printer software you
installed on the computer. Use this software, also known as the printer driver, to change
the print settings and to begin print jobs.
To change the print settings, open the Printer Properties dialog box.
NOTE:The Printer Properties dialog box is also referred to as the Printing
Preferences dialog box.
To open the Printer Properties dialog box
1.Open the file that you want to print.
2.Click File, click Print, and then click Properties or Preferences.
The Printer Properties dialog box is displayed.
NOTE:The path to the Printer Properties dialog box can vary depending on the
software program you are using.
Whats This? help
Use the Whats This? help to learn about the features that you see on the Printer
Properties dialog box. For more information, see “
Whats This? help” on page 40.
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