HP PhotoSmart A646 User Manual

							Create albums
The Albums  creative option lets you add photos to photo album books. You can select
from several catego ries, including: Seasons, Kids , Daily Life , and Special Events .
To use the Albums creative option
1.Insert a memory card or USB flash drive.
2. Touch  Create  on the  Photosmart  menu.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Touch the desired album.
6. Touch  Yes if you want to include a cover page for the album.
7. Follow the prompt to use selected photos (if any) or to select photos. Touch  Select
All  if you want to include all photos on the memory card in your album.
8. Touch  Done when you are ready to preview the album.
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							9.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  Done.
Set the number of copies, and then touch  Done.The album opens with the selected
photos placed on pages. The first selected photo appears on the album cover page.
1Arrow keys
AAlbum cover page
BAlbum first page
CAlbum second page
10. Touch  Add Title to add a title to the cover page using the onscreen keyboard. You
can change the cover photo by touching Change Photo . Use the onscreen arrows
to move among the pages of the album.
11. 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: The Shuffle  button does not appear for the cover page.
NOTE: If the template has both portrait and landscape positions, note that
photos will rotate only into positions with the same orientation as themselves.
12. Touch  Done.
A dialog box will be displayed with the number of pages created for the album.
13. Touch  Print to print the album.
NOTE: Albums cannot be saved. Print as many copies of your album as you need
before turning off the printer or removing the memory 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. Insert a memory card or USB flash drive.
2. Touch  Create  on the  Photosmart  menu.
3. 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.
4. Navigate to the photo you wish to edit.
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. Touch  Done.
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							7.Set the number of copies, and then touch  Done.
8. Touch  Print.
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.
Passport photos
To use Passport Photos mode
1. Insert a memory card or USB flash drive.
2. Touch  Create  on the  Photosmart  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
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.
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.
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. Insert a memory card or USB flash drive.
2. Touch  Create  on the  Photosmart  menu.
3. Touch  Panorama Prints . Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is
not visible.
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							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 and, then touch  Done. For more
information on cropping, see 
Crop a photo .
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.
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.Insert a memory card or USB flash drive.
2. Touch  Create  on the  Photosmart  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.
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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. Insert a memory card or USB flash drive.
2. Touch  Create  on the  Photosmart  menu.
3. Touch the  Photo Layout  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.
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  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 .
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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
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Remove red-eye from your photos
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Use Pet Eye Fix
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Adjust photo brightness
•
Touch up a photo
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.
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 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.
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							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 display the Setup menu. For more information, see 
Setup
Menu.
2. Touch  Preferences .
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 .
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							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.
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  Slideshow  on the Photosmart  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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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