HP PhotoSmart Pro B9180 User Manual

NoteStore media in a plastic bag to prevent curling.
5. Press OK on the printer.
NoteWhen you print on certain types of media, the printer does not fully eject
the media from the printer. Grasp the media with both hands and pull it from the
front of the printer.
Choose the right paper or other media
For a list of available HP inkjet paper, or to purchase supplies, go to:
●www.hpshopping.com (U.S.)
●www.hpshopping.ca (Canada)
●www.hp.com/eur/hpoptions (Europe)
●www.hp.com (All other countries/regions)
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Supported sizes
Both trays support paper sizes ranging from 7.6 x 12.7 cm to 32 x 48 cm (3 x 5 inches
to 13 x 19 inches), including:
Metric
●10 x 15 cm (with or without tab)
●Panorama 10 x 30 cm
●13 x 18 cm
●A3
●A4 (including Panorama)
●A5
●A6
●B4
●B5
●E
Imperial
●Index card 3 x 5 inches
●Index card 4 x 6 inches
●Index card 5 x 8 inches
●3.5 x 5 inches
●4 x 6 inches (with or without a tab)
●Panorama 4 x 10 inches
●Panorama 4 x 11 inches
●Panorama 4 x 12 inches
●5 x 7 inches
●8 x 10 inches
●11 x 14...

Envelopes
●Envelope No. 10
●A2 envelope
●C6 envelope
●DL envelope
WarningDo not load media thicker than 1.5 mm, as it can damage the printer.
Tips
Keep your paper in good condition for printing
●Store the photo paper in its original packaging or in a resealable plastic bag to
prevent excessive curling, which can prevent proper feeding.
●Keep the paper flat in a cool, dry place. If the corners curl, place the paper in a plastic
bag and gently bend it in the opposite direction until it lies flat.
●Handle...

To print from a software program (Windows)
1. Make sure you have paper loaded correctly.
2. On the File menu in your software program, click Print.
3. Select the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series as the printer. If you have already set
the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series as the default printer, you can skip this step.
The HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series will already be selected.
4. If you need to change settings, click the button that opens the Properties dialog
box. Depending on your software program, this...

Change the print speed or quality
To change the print speed or quality (Windows)
1. Open the Printer Properties dialog box.
2. Click the Features tab.
3. In the Paper Type drop-down list, select the type of paper that you have loaded.
4. In the Print Quality drop-down list, select the appropriate quality setting for your
project:
–FastDraft: Prints at the fastest printing speed.
–Normal: Provides the best balance between print quality and speed. This is the
appropriate setting for most documents.
–Best:...

4. In the Paper Type pop-up menu, click the appropriate paper type.
5. Choose any other print settings that you want, and then click Print.
Print in grayscale
You can print documents or photos in grayscale for dramatic black and white photos.
To print in grayscale (Windows)
1. Open the Printer Properties dialog box.
2. Click the Color tab, and then click Print in Grayscale in the Color Options area.
3. In the Print in Grayscale drop-down list, select one of the following:
–Composite gray
–Gray inks only...

3. In the Presets pop-up menu, choose Save as.
4. Type the name of your new preset, and then click OK.
Optimize print quality for slow computers
The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printer is capable of printing large images at high
resolution. The associated files for such images are necessarily very large. The printer
relies on your pc’s ability to efficiently transfer these large files as the image is being
printed. If you have a computer that is too slow, in CPU speed or RAM capacity for
example, the print...

3Color management
This section contains the following topics:
●What is color management?
●Use the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop®
●Use application-based color management
●Use printer-based color management
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.
What is color management?
Color management affects the way the colors in your...

Choose a color management strategy
Use the HP Photosmart
Pro print plug-in for Adobe
Photoshop®.
Use application-based
color management.Use printer-based color
management.
●Advanced color
management
●Uses the Adobe
Photoshop algorithms
to produce high
resolution prints
●Single streamlined
dialog box with the
most commonly used
color management
settings●Advanced color
management
●Uses the Adobe
Photoshop algorithms
to produce high
resolution prints
●Several dialog boxes
for all the color
management...

Start the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in
To start the plug-in
1. Open an image in Adobe Photoshop.
2. Select File, point to Automate, and then click Photosmart Pro print....
The print preview area in the plug-in dialog box displays the current image in a scaled
size in its true aspect ratio. Paper borders, if any, are displayed in their relative size and
location. Use the handles to resize the image. Move the image around or crop it by
dragging.
Change the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in defaults
To...