HP PhotoSmart Pro B9180 User Manual

HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series
User Guide
 

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Contents
1Welcome.................................................................................................................3
Find more information .............................................................................................3
Printer parts ............................................................................................................4
Printer menu ...........................................................................................................8
2 Basic...

Printer hardware problems ...................................................................................46
Printing problems ..................................................................................................47
Error messages ....................................................................................................50
Paper errors ..................................................................................................51
Printer setup errors...

1Welcome
Thank you for purchasing an HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer.
Designed especially for professional and serious amateur photographers, this printer
provides the following advanced technologies and features:
●An 8-color system that yields rich, bright, fade-resistant, and color-accurate photos,
especially when used with HP Advanced Photo Paper.
●Four dual-color printheads that provide up to four times faster printing than previous
technologies.
●Support for a very wide range of media sizes...

– Order supplies
– Start HP Photosmart Premier software
After you have installed the HP Photosmart printer software on a computer, open
and explore the HP Solution Center.
Windows: Right-click the HP Digital Imaging Monitor icon on the Windows
taskbar, and then click Launch/Show HP Solution Center.
NoteIn this user guide, printer software refers to the HP Photosmart software
that comes on the CD with the printer. The printer driver is the part of the printer
software which controls the printer.
Printer...

Back of printer
1USB port: Use this port to connect the printer to a computer.
2Ethernet port: Use this port to connect the printer to a network.
3Rear door: Remove this door to clear paper jams.
4Rear paper slot: Print jobs from the specialty media tray pass back and forth through this slot
before being ejected on the output tray at the front of the printer. Check that there is enough
room behind the printer for the paper to pass back and forth through the slot without any
obstructions. When you are...

Paper trays
1Main tray: Place a stack of photo paper, plain paper, or other non-rigid media in this tray for
printing. Load the media in portrait orientation and with the side to be printed facing
down. Squeeze the main tray release to lengthen or shorten the main tray, depending on the
size of paper you are loading.
2Output tray: Print jobs come out here. For easier access to the main tray, remove this tray
by pulling it out towards you.
3Specialty media tray (open): Insert a single sheet of rigid or...

Main tray
1Paper-width guide: Adjust this guide to fit close to the left edge of the paper in the tray by
pressing the button on the front of the guide and sliding the guide across.
2Paper-size markings: Refer to these markings to guide you for loading paper in the correct
orientation.
3Main tray extension: Extend the main tray to load larger sizes of paper. Fully extended, the
main tray can hold up to 32 x 48 cm (13 x 19 inch) paper.
4Main tray release: Squeeze this release and pull it towards you to...