HP PhotoSmart Pro B9180 User Manual

Control panel
1Printer screen: Use this screen to view menus and messages.
2Menu: Press to view the printer menu.
3Previous: Press to navigate to a previous menu option.
4OK: Press to select a menu option or respond to a prompt on the printer screen.
5Next: Press to navigate to the next menu option.
6Cancel: Press to exit a menu option or to stop the current print job.
7Attention light: Flashes red if an error requiring user action occurs. An error message is also
displayed on the printer screen. Appears...

●Network settings:
–Show IP address: Select this option to view the printer IP address (a numeric
address that identifies the printer on a network).
–Print network settings page: Select this option to print a network configuration
page that you can use to troubleshoot network connections or for the initial
network setup. See Print a network settings page.
–Reset network settings: Select this option to reset the printer network settings
to the factory defaults.
●Clean printheads: Select this option to...

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2Basic printing
This section contains the following topics:
●Media trays
●Load the main tray
●Load the specialty media tray
●Choose the right paper or other media
●Tips
●Print from a software program
●Change print settings
●Set the default print settings
●Make the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series the default printer
Media trays
The printer has two media trays:
●Main tray: The main tray can hold and automatically load multiple sheets of media.
Only thin, flexible media can be loaded into this tray, due to...

MediaMain traySpecialty media tray
Examples: Canvas; Photo
Rag; Watercolor paper
Rigid Media
Examples: Photo boardNot supportedRecommended
Any media thicker than
1.5 mmNot supportedNot supported
NoteYou do not need to remove media from the main tray before you use the
specialty media tray.
Load the main tray
To load the main tray
1. Remove the output tray completely by grasping the sides of the tray with both hands
and sliding it out towards you. The main tray is now accessible.
2. Move the paper-width...

If you extended or removed the main tray to load paper, push in the main tray to the
end of the paper by squeezing the release and pushing in the tray, and push the tray
back into the printer until it is fully seated. B e  s u r e  t o  a d j u s t  t h e  l e n g t h  o f  t h e  m a i n
tray and reseat the tray in the printer before you adjust the paper-length and
paper-width guides or the paper will jam.
4. Adjust the paper-width and paper-length guides so they rest gently against the edges
of the...

For information on loading canvas media, see To load canvas in the specialty media
tray. For all other types of media, see To load the specialty media tray.
NoteYou do not need to remove media from the main tray before you use the
specialty media tray.
To load the specialty media tray
1. Check that there is space behind the printer for the paper to pass back and forth
through the rear paper slot. The space behind the printer should be equivalent to
the length of the paper you are printing on.
2. Lower...

Align the right edge of the media against the raised edge of the tray and not against
the side of the printer. Misaligned media can result in skewing or other printing
problems, including paper jams.
TipIf the media is curled, you can open the top door to check that the media
feeds under the rollers smoothly. Be sure to close the top door again.
5. Press OK on the printer.
To load canvas in the specialty media tray
1. Lower the specialty media tray.
Wait while the printer raises the printhead assembly in...

2. Pull out the output tray extension by holding the output tray with one hand and pulling
out the extension with your other hand. Flip up the paper catch at the end of the
output tray extension to prevent paper from falling onto the floor.
3. Load one sheet of canvas media with the side to be printed facing up on the
specialty media tray.
a. Open the top door to check that the media feeds under the rollers smoothly.
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b. Feed the media into the printer until the back edge of the media (the edge
nearest you) is lined up with the dashed white line on the tray. For large sizes
of media, the media will project through the rear paper slot at the back of the
printer.
c. Close the top door.
4. Select Canvas as the media type in the printer driver on the computer, and then
click Print to send your print job to the printer.
The printer checks that the media is flat enough to print on.
If the media is not flat enough, the...