HP PhotoSmart A717 User Manual

							Memory cardHow to insert the memory card
Memory Stick●Angled corner is on the left
●Metal contacts face down
●If you are using a Memory Stick Duo
™ or Memory Stick PRO
Duo™ card, attach the adapter that came with the card before you
insert the card into the printer
xD-Picture Card●Curved side of card points toward you
●Metal contacts face down
Remove a memory card
CautionDo 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.
Get photos from the internal printer storage
To get photos from the internal printer storage, remove any memory cards that are
inserted. You can only view photos on the internal storage if the memory card slots are
empty. Use the 4-way arrow button to navigate through the photos stored on the internal
storage. For more information, see Navigate through and view your photos.
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							Save photos from a memory card to the internal printer storage
If you have previously saved a photo to the internal storage, but then deleted it from the
internal storage, you may want to save it again. Follow these steps:
To save photos from a memory card to the internal printer storage
1. Insert a memory card and select photos to transfer. For information on viewing and
selecting photos, see Select multiple photos.
2. Press Save.
3. Select Organize & Save, and then press OK.
4. Select Save to printer, and then press OK.
5. Press OK again to confirm.
Navigate through and view your photos
This section explains how to navigate through and view your photos on the printer screen.
For information about viewing your photos on a TV, see View a slide show on a TV.
To view photos
Do this
One by one1. Insert a memory card or view photos
on the internal printer storage.
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to
navigate through the folders and
albums.
3.
Press 
 to view the photos in the
selected album, nine at a time.
4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll
through the photos, and highlight the
photo you want to view.
5.
Press 
 to view the photo. Press
 again to magnify the photo, or
 to decrease the magnification.
6. To change back to the nine at a time
view, press 
 until nine photos
display.
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							To view photosDo this
Folder view1. Insert a memory card or view photos
on the internal printer storage. The
photos are displayed in:
–Folders: by month
–Albums: groups of photos within
a month
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to
navigate through the folders and
albums.
– To navigate through the albums,
press 
 or . When you reach
the last album in the folder, the
focus automatically moves to the
first album in the next folder.
– To navigate from one folder to
another, press 
. The focus
moves to the folder tab. Press
 or  to move from one tab to
another.
Nine at a time1. Insert a memory card or view photos
on the internal printer storage.
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to
navigate through the folders and
albums.
3.
Press 
 until you see the photos in
the selected album, nine at a time.
4. Use the 4-way arrow button to scroll
through the photos.
5.
Press 
 to change back to the folder
view.
A video clip1. Insert a memory card that contains a
video clip, or view video clips on the
internal printer storage.
2. Navigate through the folders and
photos, and highlight the video clip
you want to play.
3.
Press 
.
4. Press 
 to play the video clip.
5. Press OK to pause the video clip,
select a frame, or start the video clip
again.
6. Press Cancel to return to the
beginning of the video clip.
7. Press 
 to stop the video clip.
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							Select multiple photos
If you want to print more than one photo, or delete a group of photos all at once, you
need to select the photos. When you select a photo, a check mark appears in the lower
left corner of the photo on the screen, and the photo is selected.
To select several photos
1. Insert a memory card or view photos on the internal printer storage.
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to navigate through the folders and photos, and highlight
a photo to print.
3. Press OK to select each photo you want to print.
To deselect photos
1. Highlight the photo you want to deselect, and then press OK.
2. Select Deselect the selected item or Deselect all selected photos, and then
press OK. The check mark disappears from the lower left corner of the photos you
have deselected.
To select a range of photos
1. Insert a memory card or view photos on the internal printer storage.
2. Press OK to select each album of photos you want to print.
NoteIf you are viewing photos one by one or nine at a time, press  until
the folder view appears.
To select more than one copy of a photo
1. Insert a memory card or view photos on the internal printer storage.
2. Press OK to select the photo you want to print.
3. Press OK again, and then choose Select multiple print copies.
4. Press 
 or  to increase or decrease the number of copies, and then press OK.
Choose a photo layout
You can select from several print layouts.
To select a photo layout
1. Press Menu.
2. Select Print options, and then press OK.
3. Select Change layout, and then press OK.
4. Press 
 or  and then press OK to select a layout:
–1-up
–2-up
–4-up
–Index page
The printer may rotate your photos to fit the layout.
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							NoteWhen borderless printing is turned off, all pages print with a narrow white
border around the outside edges of the paper. To turn on borderless printing, see
the “Borderless” option in Preferences.
Print your photos
You can print digital photos that are stored on a memory card or the internal printer
storage. You can print photos you have selected on the printer or photos you have
selected on the camera (Digital Print Order Format, or DPOF). Printing from a memory
card requires no computer and does not drain your digital cameras batteries. See Get
photos from a memory card.
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 5-10 minutes, 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 or the internal printer
storage.
2. Display the photo you want to print.
3. Press Print.
To print a group of selected photos
1. Navigate through the photos on the inserted memory card or the internal printer
storage.
2. Select the photos you want to print. See Select multiple photos.
3. Press Print.
To print a photo index
1. Insert a memory card or view photos on the internal printer storage.
2. Press Menu.
3. Select Print options, and then press OK.
4. Select Change layout, and then press OK.
5. Press 
 or  until Index page is highlighted, and then press OK.
A photo index shows thumbnail views and index numbers for all the photos on a memory
card (2000 maximum). You can use the index numbers to print specific photos or a range
of photos. Use an index card or plain paper to conserve photo paper.
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 OK.
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							5Creative projects
This section contains the following topics:
●Print panoramic photos
●Print photo stickers
●Print passport photos
●Print CD/DVD labels
●Print a selected frame from a video clip
●Improve the quality of your photos
●Crop a photo
●Add a decorative frame
●Add clipart
●Add a greeting
●Add a color effect
●Add the date and time to your prints
●Set print quality
●Assign keywords and view photos in groups
●Create and view slide shows
●View a slide show on a TV
●E-mail or upload your photos using HP Photosmart Share
Once you have mastered basic photo printing, experiment with some of the other great
features your printer has to offer. You can add creative effects such as frames or clip art
to your photos to make them stand out in a scrap book. Or, print your favorite photos on
CD/DVD labels or sticker paper. Want to share your vacation photos with the family?
Create a slide show and view it on TV! This chapter teaches you how to do all of these
things and more.
NoteIf you edit an image that resides on the printers internal storage, your edits
are saved when you press OK. If you edit an image on an external drive or a
memory card, the settings do not change your original photo. They only affect
printing.
Print panoramic photos
Note 1Panoramic mode is not supported when printing from a digital camera
connected to the camera port on the front of the printer with a USB cable.
Note 2If you have installed the HP Photosmart Premier software program on
your Windows 2000 or XP computer, you can create stitched panoramic photos.
HP Photosmart Premier is only available on some models. For more information
on the software options available with the printer, see Install the software.
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							To create panoramic photos
Stitch several photos together
➔Use image editing software, such as HP Photosmart Premier, to stitch
overlapping photos together to form a 10 x 30 cm (4 x 12 inch) photo.
(Alternatively, some digital cameras can stitch several shots together into one
photo before saving the photo to a memory card.) Then save the photo to a
memory card and use the steps below to turn on panoramic mode, or print
directly from the computer. Panoramic mode prints the selected photo with a
3:1 aspect ratio. For more information about printing from the computer, see
the electronic Help.
Select any photo
➔Select one or more photos on a memory card and use the steps below to turn
on panoramic mode. Panoramic mode prints the selected photos with a 3:1
aspect ratio.
To print panoramic photos
1. Display the photo you wish to print on the printer screen.
2. Press Menu.
3. Select Edit photos, and then press OK.
4. Select Specialty printing projects, and then press OK.
5. Select Panoramic photos, and then press OK.
6. Select On, and then press OK.
7. Load 10 x 30 cm (4 x 12 inches) paper.
8. Select one or more panoramic photos. A crop box on the printer screen shows the
portion of the displayed photo to be printed (3:1 aspect ratio). The higher the original
resolution of the displayed photo, the better it will look when printed in panoramic
mode.
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							9. Press Print.
10. When you are finished printing panoramic photos, turn off panoramic mode to
continue printing with a normal 3:2 aspect ratio. To turn off panoramic mode, repeat
steps 2 through 5, and then select Off and press OK.
Print photo stickers
You can purchase HP Self-Adhesive Photo paper to print full-size 10 x 15 cm 
(4 x 6 inches) photos on adhesive paper. To print on this media, you simply print the
same way you would print on a regular piece of 10 x 15 cm  (4 x 6 inches) photo paper.
If you are using 16-up sticker paper instead, follow the procedure below.
NotePhoto sticker paper is not available in all countries/regions.
Load a single sheet of 16-up photo sticker paper at a time.
To print photo stickers
1. Insert a memory card or view photos on the internal printer storage.
2. Press Menu.
3. Select Edit photos, and then press OK.
4. Select Specialty printing projects, and then press OK.
5. Select Photo stickers, and then press OK.
6. Select On, and then press OK.
7. Load a single sheet of photo sticker paper.
8. Select one or more photos.
9. Press Print. Each printed sheet contains 16 copies of a single photo.
10. When you are finished printing stickers, turn off Photo stickers mode. To turn off
Photo stickers mode, repeat steps 2 through 5, select Off, and then press OK.
Print passport photos
To print passport photos
1. Insert a memory card or view photos on the internal printer storage.
2. Press Menu.
3. Select Edit photos, and then press OK.
4. Select Specialty printing projects, and then press OK.
5. Select Passport photos, and then press OK.
6. Select On, and then press OK.
7. Select a passport photo size, and then press OK.
8. Load photo paper.
9. Select one or more photos.
10. Press Print. Each printed sheet contains as many copies of a photo as will fit on the
page, depending on the passport photo size selected.
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							Print CD/DVD labels
To print CD/DVD labels
1. Insert a memory card or view photos on the internal printer storage.
2. Press Menu.
3. Select Edit photos, and then press OK.
4. Select Specialty printing projects, and then press OK.
5. Select CD Tattoo, and then press OK.
6. Load CD/DVD label media.
7. Select one or more photos, and then press OK.
8.
When the overlay area of the CD label is displayed on the screen, press 
 to
activate the Zoom/Pan feature.
9. Use the 4-way arrow button to position the label on the photo, and then press OK.
10. Press Print.
Print a selected frame from a video clip
To print a frame from a video clip
1. Insert a memory card that has a video clip on it or view video clips on the internal
printer storage.
2. Use the 4-way arrow button to navigate to the video clip. The first frame in the clip
appears.
3. Press OK to select the video clip. The video loads slowly, frame by frame, to allow
you to pick a frame to print.
4. When the frame you want to print appears, press OK, and then press Print.
Note 1The 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 2 This printer supports several, but not all, video file formats. For a list of
supported video file formats, see Printer specifications.
Improve the quality of your photos
The printer provides a variety of preferences and effects that can improve the quality of
your printed photos. If you edit an image that resides on the printers internal storage,
your edits are saved when you press OK. If you edit an image on an external drive or a
memory card, the settings do not change your original photo. They only affect printing.
Perfect photos automatically using Photo Fix
Photo Fix automatically enhances your photos using the following HP Real Life
Technologies:
●Sharpen blurred photos.
●Improve dark areas of an image without affecting the light areas of an image.
●Reduce red-eye that can occur in photos taken with a flash.
●Improve the overall brightness, color, and contrast of photos.
Photo Fix is on by default when you turn on the printer. The Photo Fix light on the printer
control panel is on when Photo Fix is on.
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