HP Photosmart A636 User Manual

							Draw on photos
The Draw creative option lets you draw on the current photo with the stylus. You can
change the color and line weight or switch to an eraser tool to edit drawings you have
already made on the photo.
To use the Draw creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch View and Print or Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you select Create, you cannot save your creative project to the memory
card. To save your creative project, select View and Print instead.
3.If you selected View and Print, navigate to the photo you wish to edit, and then touch
Create when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
4.Touch the Draw creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option
if it is not visible.
5.Select a draw color and line weight by touching the appropriate button on the touch
screen.
6.Use the stylus to draw on the current photo. You can touch the eraser button on the
touch screen to switch to the eraser tool and then erase part of anything you have
drawn.
7.When you are finished, touch Done or Print.
8.To save your creative project, touch Save to Card.
NOTE: Save to Card option will only appear if the you have selected View and
Print option on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you choose Continue without Saving, you can later delete the
drawing from the photo by touching the Edit button in 1-up view and then touching
Remove Draw. Follow the prompts on the touch screen. Once you remove the
memory card or turn off the printer, the drawing(s) are deleted, unless you chose
to save them to the card.
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							Add clip art
The Clip Art creative option lets you add clip art to the current photo. You can select from
several categories, including: Seasons, Kids, Daily Life, and Special Events.
To use the Clip Art creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch View and Print or Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you select Create, you cannot save your creative project to the memory
card. To save your creative project, select View and Print instead.
3.If you selected View and Print, navigate to the photo you wish to edit, and then touch
Create when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
4.Touch the Clip Art creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option
if it is not visible.
5.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.
6.Touch the desired clip art.
7.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.
8.When you are finished, touch Done or Print.
9.To save your creative project, touch Save to Card.
NOTE: Save to Card option will only appear if the you have selected View and
Print option on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you choose Continue without Saving, you can later delete the clip art
from the photo by touching the Edit button in 1-up view and then touching
Remove Clip Art. Follow the prompts on the touch screen. Once you remove the
memory card or turn off the printer, the clip art(s) are deleted, unless you chose
to save them to the card.
Use Design Gallery
The Design Gallery creative option lets you apply special effects. You can select from
several categories, including: Artistic Effects, Enhance Photo, Modify Color, and
Edge Effects.
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							You can apply various special effects including Brightness, Contrast, Saturation,
Slimming, Retro, and Posterize depending on the category you choose. You can also
modify the effect by changing the settings available for that effect.
To use the Design Gallery creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch View and Print or Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you select Create, you cannot save your creative project to the memory
card. To save your creative project, select View and Print instead.
3.If you selected View and Print, navigate to the photo you wish to edit, and then touch
Create when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
4.Touch the Design Gallery creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to
this option if it is not visible.
5.Touch a category to select it.
6.Touch the desired effect and change its available variables when prompted, if you
want to modify how the effect looks on the current photo.
7.When you are finished, touch Done or Print.
8.To save your creative project, touch Save to Card.
NOTE: Save to Card option will only appear if the you have selected View and
Print option on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you choose Continue without Saving, you can later delete the design
gallery effect from the photo by touching the Edit button in 1-up view and then
touching Remove Effect. Follow the prompts on the touch screen. Once you
remove the memory card or turn off the printer, the effect(s) are deleted, unless
you chose to save them to the card.
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							Create Greeting Cards
The Greeting Cards option lets you make a personalized greeting card with your photos.
You can modify the effect by changing the settings available for that effect.
To use the Greeting Card creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch View and Print on the Photosmart Express menu.
3.Navigate to the photo you wish to edit, and then touch Create when viewing a photo
in 1-up view.
4.Touch the Greeting Cards 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 the greeting
card mode. You cannot manipulate a photo when you are viewing it in a greeting
card.
5.Touch the desired greeting card.
6.Type on the onscreen keyboard. Touch ABC, 123+, or ÀÊÖ to switch among different
keyboard layouts. You can switch between uppercase and lowercase by touching the
Shift key on the keyboard. Use the stylus to make typing easier. The number of
characters you can type on the greeting is limited.
NOTE:You cannot save greeting cards. Print as many copies of your greeting
card as you need before you turn off the printer or remove the memory card.
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							Create Photo Layouts
The Photo Layouts creative option lets you print several photos on a single sheet of
paper.
To use the Photo Layouts creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
3.Touch the Photo Layouts creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to
this option if it is not visible.
4.Touch the desired layout type, and then select the photos you want to print using that
layout.
5.When you are finished selecting the photos, touch Print.
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 slideshow
1.Insert a memory card.
2.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
3.Touch Slideshow on the Photosmart Express menu.
• Touch Select Photos to select a few photos for the slideshow. Touch Done to
start the slideshow.
• Touch Use All Photos to view a slideshow of all images on the memory card.
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							4.Touch anywhere on the touch screen to pause the slideshow. Touch Resume to
continue the slideshow.
To change slideshow settings, touch the Settings icon before touching Slideshow.
For information on slideshow settings, see the slideshow section of “
Setup Menu”
on page 16.
5.Touch Home to stop the slideshow.
To print from a slideshow
1.When the photo you want to print is displayed, touch anywhere on the touch screen
to pause the slideshow.
2.Touch Print to print the photo. The slideshow 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
•
Video Frame prints
Panoramic photos
For true panoramic printing, you must have taken a panoramic photo. Also, use
HP panorama paper 10 x 30 cm (4 x 12 inch).
To use Panoramic Photos mode
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
3.Touch Panorama Prints. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is
not visible.
4.Load 10 x 30 cm (4 x 12 inches) paper when prompted. Touch Ok.
5.Browse through your photos and touch one to open it in 1-up view.
While the 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 Edit, and
then touch Crop. The entire photo is displayed, but the crop box is in the panoramic
aspect ratio. Move the crop box around the photo with the stylus 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 47.
6.Select other photos, if you want to print more than one panoramic photo.
7.Touch Print.
Photo stickers
You can print 16 copies of a single photo or you can select 16 photos to be printed on
16-up photo sticker paper using the procedure below.
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							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 Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
3.Touch Photo Stickers. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is not
visible.
4.Browse through your photos, touch one to open it in 1-up view, and touch it again to
select it.
Navigate to another photo in 1-up view and select it, and continue to select photos
until you have selected all of those that you want to print.
NOTE:In thumbnail view, you can touch Select All to print all of the photos on
the memory card. The photos will print 16-to-a-page, without repeating any of the
images, so you will get one sticker per photo.
5.Touch Print and load photo sticker media when prompted, and then touch Ok.
6.Touch Print. The printed sheet contains 16 copies of a single photo if you selected
only a single photo.
Passport photos
To use Passport Photos mode
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
3.Touch Passport Photos. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is
not visible.
4.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
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							5.Browse through your photos and touch one to open it in 1-up view.
While the 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 Edit, and
then touch Crop. The entire photo is displayed, but the crop box is in the selected
aspect ratio. Move the crop box around the photo with the stylus to select the area of
the photo you want to print as a passport photo. Touch Done after cropping. For more
information on cropping, see “
Crop a photo” on page 47.
6.Touch Print.
NOTE:If you want to print multiple passport photos, navigate to another photo
in 1-up view and select it before touching Print, and continue to select photos until
you have selected all of those that you want to print.
NOTE:The printed sheet contains as many copies of a photo as will fit on the
page, depending on the passport photo size selected. If you select multiple
photos, the printer will print multiple pages.
Video Frame prints
You can print still photos from your favorite videos using the procedure below.
To print a frame from a video clip
1.Insert a memory card that has a video clip on it.
2.Touch Create on the Photosmart Express menu and navigate to Video Frame
Prints to display it in 1-up view.
3.Select the video you want to play, and then touch the Play icon to play the video clip.
4.When the frame you want to print appears, touch the Pause button, and then touch
Print.
5.To print multiple frames from the video clip, touch the Pause button, and then the
Select button on each frame you want to print. Then touch Print.
NOTE:The image resolution in video clips is typically lower than that of digital
photos; therefore, you may notice that the print quality of your video clip frames is
lower than the print quality of your photos.
NOTE: This printer supports several, but not all, video file formats. For a list of
supported video file formats, see “
Printer specifications” on page 87.
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
•
Use Pet Eye Fix
•
Adjust photo brightness
•
Touch up a photo
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							Use Photo Fix
Photo Fix automatically enhances your photos using HP Real Life Technologies that:
• Sharpen 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.
• Auto-align photos. Many digital cameras record images at a size that does not fit
standard photo paper sizes, such as 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inches). If necessary, printers
crop or trim an image to fit the paper size. The auto-align feature senses the position
of subjects’ heads and attempts to avoid trimming those from the photo.
Photo Fix is on by default, unless the Print quality setting is set to Fast Normal. While
in Fast Normal mode, you can turn Photo Fix on using the Preferences menu. If you
want to print a photo without using the Photo Fix improvements, make sure Photo Fix
is turned off in the Preferences menu.
To turn off Photo Fix
1.Touch the Setup icon to display the Setup menu. For more information, see “
Setup
Menu” on page 16.
2.Touch the onscreen arrows to navigate to the Preferences menu item.
3.Touch Preferences, and then touch Photo Fix.
4.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 when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch Crop.
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 or the stylus to reposition it, touch Done, and then
touch Print.
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 the Setup icon to view the Setup menu.
2.Touch Preferences.
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							3.Touch Red Eye Removal.
4.Touch On to remove red eye from all photos. Touch Off to undo red eye removal from
all photos.
Use Pet Eye Fix
Using Pet Eye Fix, you can reduce the glow in the eyes of your pets that can occur in
photos taken with a flash.
To use the Pet Eye Fix feature
1.Touch Edit when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch Pet Eye Fix.
Adjust photo brightness
You can adjust the brightness of a photo to add a shine, or to make subtle or extreme
adjustments to it.
To adjust photo brightness
1.Touch Edit when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch Brightness.
3.Touch the arrows to adjust to the desired brightness, touch Done, and then touch
Print.
Touch up a photo
Using the touch-up feature, unwanted blemishes or scars can be removed from your
photos.
To touch up a photo
1.Touch Edit when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch Touch Up.
3.Use the Zoom button to see more details and to position the selection box precisely
over the blemished area. Using the stylus or your finger, move the selection box over
the area of the photo you want to touch up. Touch Fix.
4.Touch Done, and then touch Print.
Touched-up photos cannot be saved. Print as many copies of the touched-up photo
as you need before turning off the printer or removing the memory card.
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