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4.Press  or  to scroll through the projects, and then and then press  OK to select the
project you want.
• Album Pages : Enables you to select multiple photos and print them onto a series
of themed album pages, which you can then bind to create a photo album. The
photos in your album pages are placed in the same orientation for a visually
pleasing presentation.
• Panorama Prints : Enables you to select multiple photos to stitch together to
create a single wide view (or panorama) photo. The HP All-in-One automatically
aligns the edges of the photos you select to create the smoothest transition from
one photo to the next.
• Wallets : Enables you to print your own wallet-size photos to carry with you or give
to friends or relatives.
• Passport Photos : Enables you to print your own passport-size photos. (If you
have questions on guidelines or restrictions for passport photos, contact a local
passport service agency.)
5. Respond to the prompts for the project you are creating.
6. At the  Print Preview  screen, highlight  Print Now, and then press  OK.
A print status screen displays the number of pages to print and the estimated time to
complete.
Share photos using HP  Photosmart Software
You can use the HP Photosmart Software installed on your computer to transfer photos
from a memory card to your computer’s hard drive for advanced photo editing, sharing
photos online, and printing from your computer.
Before transferring photos to your computer, you need to remove the memory card from
your digital camera and insert it in the appropriate memory card slot on the HP All-in-One.
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To send photos from a memory card
1.Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
View
PrintCreateShareSave
2. Press  until  Share  is highlighted, and then press  OK.
The  Share Photos  screen appears.
3. Press 
 or  to scroll through the thumbnails of your photos.
4. When you have highlighted the thumbnail of the photo you want to share, press
OK.
5. When the chosen photo appears by itself on the display, press 
 to select it.
A checkmark appears to indicate that the photo is selected.
6. Press 
 or  to continue scrolling through and selecting photos, and then press
OK .
The  Share Options  screen appears.
7. Press 
 or  to highlight  Share, and then press  OK.
When the  Share Not Finished  message appears, press  OK and then follow the
onscreen prompts on your computer.
Save photos to your computer
You can use the HP Photosmart Software installed on your computer to transfer photos
from a memory card to your computer’s hard drive for advanced photo editing, sharing
photos online, and printing from your computer.
Before transferring photos to your computer, you need to remove the memory card from
your digital camera and insert it in the appropriate memory card slot on the HP All-in-One.
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To save photos
1.Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
View
PrintCreateShareSave
2. Press  until  Save is highlighted, and then press  OK.
3. When the  Save to Computer  screen asks you to see the  computer monitor for Import
photo options, follow the onscreen prompts on your computer to save the photos to
your computer.
Only images that were not previously saved are copied to your computer.
Edit photos using the control panel
The HP All-in-One offers several basic editing features that you can use to edit your
photos manually before you print them, as well as a feature that enables you to
automatically enhance your photos.
This section contains the following topics:
•
Zoom and pan to crop a photo
•
Rotate a photo
•
Adjust the brightness of your photos
•
Print a frame around your photo
•
Apply special color ef fects to your photos
•
Remove red-eye
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•Automatically enhance your photos
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Fix a faded original
Zoom and pan to crop a photo
The HP All-in-One enables you to zoom in or out on a specific area of a photo. When you
print the photo, the photo is cropped so onl y the area shown on the display prints.
NOTE:The changes you make to the photo apply only to viewing and printing the
photo. The changes will not be saved on the memory card.
To crop a photo
1. Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
2. With  View highlighted, press  OK.
You can use 
 or  for highlighting options.
The  View Photos  screen appears.
3. Press 
 or  to scroll through the thumbnails of your photos.
4. When the thumbnail of the photo you want to edit is highlighted, press  OK.
5. When the selected photo appears by itself on the display, press  OK again to display
the  Photo Options  menu.
6. In the  Photo Options  menu, use 
 or  to highlight Edit Photo, and then press
OK .
The  Edit Photo  menu appears.
7. Use 
 or  to highlight  Crop, and then press  OK.
The  Crop  screen appears.
8. Press  Zoom In  or Zoom Out  to zoom closer to or farther away from the subject of
the photo.
An outline appears on the photo to show you an approximate view of the area that
will print.
9. Press the arrows on the directional pad to pan around the photo and select a specific
area to print.
10. Press  OK to crop the photo.
Rotate a photo
Depending how you were holding your digital camera at the time you took a photo, the
photo might appear sideways or upside down on the display. You might need to rotate
the photo to make it show or print properly.
NOTE: When printing more than one photo on a page, the HP All-in-One
automatically adjusts the orientation of your photos to fit a maximum number of photos
on the page. The rotation you apply here is ignored to accommodate the number of
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To rotate a photo
1.Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
2. With  View  highlighted, press  OK.
You can use 
 or  for highlighting options.
The  View Photos  screen appears.
3. Press 
 or  to scroll through the thumbnails of the photos on your memory card.
4. When the thumbnail of the photo you want to edit is highlighted, press  OK.
5. When the selected photo appears by itself on the display, press  OK again to display
the  Photo Options  menu.
6. In the  Photo Options  menu, use 
 or  to highlight Edit Photo, and then press
OK .
The  Edit Photo  menu appears.
7. Use 
 or  to highlight  Rotate, and then press  OK.
The  Rotate  screen appears.
8. Use 
 or  to flip the image 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.
9. When you are done rotating the image, press  OK.
Adjust the brightness of your photos
You can adjust the brightness of a photo so that it prints lighter or darker than the original
photo you took with your digital camera.
NOTE: The changes you make to the photo apply only to viewing and printing the
photo. The changes will not be saved on the memory card.
To adjust the brightness
1. Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
2. With  View  highlighted, press  OK.
You can use 
 or  for highlighting options.
The  View Photos  screen appears.
3. Press 
 or  to scroll through the thumbnails of the photos on your memory card.
4. When the thumbnail of the photo you want to edit is highlighted, press  OK.
5. When the selected photo appears by itself on the display, press  OK again to display
the  Photo Options  menu.
6. In the  Photo Options  menu, use 
 or  to highlight Edit Photo, and then press
OK .
The  Edit Photo  menu appears.
7. Use 
 or  to highlight  Brightness, and then press  OK.
The  Brightness  screen appears.
8. Press 
 or  to increase or decrease the brightness of the photo.
The current brightness selection is indicated by the vertical line on the slidebar.
9. When you are done adjusting brightness, press  OK.
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Print a frame around your photo
You can print a decorative colored border around the outside edge of your photo to frame
the photo.
NOTE:The changes you make to the photo apply only to viewing and printing the
photo. The changes will not be saved on the memory card.
To print a frame around your photo
1. Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
2. With  View highlighted, press  OK.
You can use 
 or  for highlighting options.
The  View Photos  screen appears.
3. Press 
 or  to scroll through the thumbnails of your photos.
4. When the thumbnail of the photo you want to edit is highlighted, press  OK.
5. Press  OK again to display the  Photo Options menu.
6. Use 
 or  to highlight  Edit Photo, and then press  OK.
The  Edit Photo  menu appears.
7. Press 
 or  until  Frame  is highlighted, and then press  OK.
The  Frame  screen appears.
8. Press 
 or  to scroll through the frames until you have highlighted the one you want,
and then press  OK.
The selected frame is applied to the photo and shown by itself on the display.
Apply special color effects to your photos
You can apply special color effects to a photo so that it prints with a sepia, hand-tinted,
or black-and-white finish.
NOTE: The changes you make to the photo apply only to viewing and printing the
photo. The changes will not be saved on the memory card.
To change the color effects
1. Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
2. With  View highlighted, press  OK.
You can use 
 or  for highlighting options.
The  View Photos  screen appears.
3. Press 
 or  to scroll through the thumbnails of the photos on your memory card.
4. When the thumbnail of the photo you want to edit is highlighted, press  OK.
5. When the selected photo appears by itself on the display, press  OK again to display
the  Photo Options  menu.
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6.In the  Photo Options  menu, use  or  to highlight Edit Photo, and then press
OK .
The  Edit Photo  menu appears.
7. Use 
 or  to highlight  Color Effect , and then press  OK.
The  Color Effect  menu appears.
8. Use 
 or  to select one of the following color effect options, and then press  OK:
No EffectDoes not apply any special color effects to your photo.
Black & WhitePrints the photo in black and white.
SepiaApplies brown tones, similar to photos produced in the early 1900s, to
your photo.
AntiqueApplies brown tones along with some pale colors to your photo. With
this option, your photo will look like it was hand-tinted.
The selected color effect is applied to the photo, and the photo is shown by itself on
the display.
Remove red-eye
The flash on a camera (especially on older model cameras) can sometimes cause a
subjects eyes to appear red in your photos. You can remove redness so that eyes appear
the correct shade in your photos.
NOTE: The changes you make to the photo apply only to viewing and printing the
photo. The changes will not be saved on the memory card.
To remove red-eye from photos
1. Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
2. With  View  highlighted, press  OK.
You can use 
 or  for highlighting options.
The  View Photos  screen appears.
3. Press 
 or  to scroll through the thumbnails of the photos on your memory card.
4. When the thumbnail of the photo you want to edit is highlighted, press  OK.
5. When the selected photo appears by itself on the display, press the  Red Eye
Removal  button on the control panel.
TIP:Another method is to choose  Red Eye Removal from the Edit Photo  menu.
A red-eye icon blinks in the upper left corner of the photo, red-eye removal is applied,
and the photo is shown by itself on the display.
Automatically enhance your photos
The HP All-in-One is set up, by default, to  enhance your photos automatically when you
print them. The changes are only visible on your printed output; you cannot see the
changes on the display.
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When this feature is enabled, the HP All-in-One uses HP Real Life Technologies to:
• Adjust the brightness or darkness of your photos (shown in print preview and printed
output)
• Adjust the lighting to make dark images appear brighter (shown on printed output
only)
• Sharpen blurry images (shown on printed output only)
You can turn off the automatic photo enhancement feature for individual photos, on a per-
image basis.
To turn off automatic photo enhancement
1. Insert a memory card into the appropriate slot on the HP All-in-One.
The  Photosmart Express  menu appears, with the most recent photo shown on the
display.
2. With  View highlighted, press  OK.
You can use 
 or  for highlighting options.
The  View Photos  screen appears.
3. Press 
 or  to scroll through the thumbnails of your photos.
4. When the thumbnail of the photo you want to edit is highlighted, press  OK.
5. When the selected photo appears by itself on the display, press  OK again to display
the  Photo Options  menu.
6. In the  Photo Options  menu, use 
 or  to highlight Edit Photo, and then press
OK .
The  Edit Photo  menu appears.
7. Use 
 or  to highlight  Photo Fix, and then press  OK.
The  Photo Fix  menu appears.
8. To turn off automatic photo enhancement, use 
 or  to select  Off, and then press
OK .
Fix a faded original
When you are making a reprint of an original photo, an additional option,  Fix Faded
Original , appears in the  Edit Photo menu. This option enables you to correct old photos
that have faded colors. Turning on this option fixes the fading during the final scan.
NOTE: This feature is off by default.
To fix a faded original photo when making a reprint
1.While previewing your scanned reprint, press  OK to display the  Reprint Options
menu.
2. In the  Reprint Options  menu, use 
 or  to highlight Edit Photo, and then press
OK .
The  Edit Photo  menu appears.
3. Use 
 or  to highlight  Fix Faded Original , and then press OK to turn the feature
on or off.
The current value of the feature (on or off) appears in the  Edit Photo menu.
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Related topics
“
Make reprints of your photos” on page 79
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9 Use the scan features
Scanning is the process of converting text and pictures into an electronic format for your
computer. You can scan almost anything (photos, magazine articles and text documents)
on the HP All-in-One.
You can use the scanning features of the HP All-in-One to do the following:
• Scan text from an article into your word processor and quote it in a report.
• Print business cards and brochures by scanning a logo and using it in your publishing
software.
• Send photos to friends and relatives by scanning your favorite prints and including
them in e-mail messages.
• Create a photographic inventory of your house or office.
• Archive treasured photos in an electronic scrapbook.
This section contains the following topics:
•
Make reprints of your photos
•
Scan an image
•
Edit a scanned image
•
Share a scanned image with friends and relatives
•
Stop scanning
Make reprints of your photos
You can scan a printed copy of a photo to make reprints in a variety of sizes, up to the
size of letter (8.5 x 11 inch) or A4 (210 x 297 mm) paper.
By default, the HP All-in-One is set to detect the type of paper you are using automatically.
For the best results when reprinting photos, leave the  Paper Type set to Automatic , and
load photo paper in the HP All-in-One. You should only change the  Paper Type if you
see print quality issues using the  Automatic setting.
To reprint an original photo
1.Press  Photo Reprints  for the Scan and Reprint  option.
NOTE:You can also press  Scan Menu on the control panel for the  Scan and
Reprint  option.
NOTE: Depending on the paper size you choose, you can place the photo paper
in the photo tray or the main input tray.
2. When prompted, load your original photo print side down on the right front corner of
the glass, and then do one of the following:
To reprint your original photo using the default print settings
▲Press  Print Photos  on the control panel.
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