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)
To get the best and longest-lasting results from the printer, choose from these high quality
papers.
To print
Use this paper or media
High quality, long lasting prints and
enlargementsHP Advanced Photo Paper
This paper is available in several finishes,
including glossy and satin-matte. Not all
finishes are available in all countries/
regions or in every paper size.
Color calibration and printhead alignmentHP Advanced Photo Paper - Glossy
Casual photos from e-mail and the WebPlain paper
Text documents, draft versions, and test
pagesPlain paper
Specialty media
The printer prints on a variety of HP and non-HP specialty media. Experiment with some
of the types listed here for special effects:
●HP Hahnemuhle Smooth Fine Art Paper
●HP Hahnemuhle Watercolor Paper
●HP Aquarella Art Paper
●HP Artist Matte Canvas
●Photo Rag
●Photo Board (up to 1.5 mm in thickness only)
Some media types may not be available in all countries/regions. Check with your local
media provider.
WarningDo not load media thicker than 1.5 mm, as it can damage the printer.
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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 inches
●11 x 17 inches
●12 x 12 inches
●13 x 19 inches (B+)
U.S.
●Letter
●Legal
●Executive
●Tabloid
Japan
●L
●2L
●Hagaki
●Ofuku Hagaki
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							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 the paper by the edges to prevent smears and fingerprints on the surface.
●Do not leave media in the main tray when you are not printing, because the media
can curl when left exposed to the air.
Paper loading tips
●Be sure to adjust the length of the main tray to match the paper size you are using
and reseat the tray back in the printer before you set the paper-length guide against
the paper. If you set the paper-length guide first, and then adjust the tray length, the
paper might jam.
●Load only one type and size of paper at a time in the main tray.
●After loading paper, extend the output tray extension and flip up the paper catch to
hold your printed pages. This prevents printed pages from dropping off the output
tray.
Print tips
●If you are printing photos, transfer the photos from your digital camera to the
computer using the steps outlined in your camera documentation. You can then
open the photos in your image editing software program and print them from there.
●For information on installing the printer software, see Networking.
●Be sure to download the latest printer software update every couple of months to
ensure you have the latest features and improvements. For more information,
see Download printer software updates.
Print from a software program
Follow the steps below to print a photo or document using the basic printer settings. To
modify the settings, see Change print settings. To use the more advanced color
management settings, see Color management.
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							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 button might be called Properties,
Options, Printer Setup, or Printer.
5. Select the appropriate options for your print job by using the features available in
the Advanced, Printing Shortcuts, Features, and Color tabs.
TipYou can easily select the appropriate options for your print job by
choosing one of the predefined print tasks on the Printing Shortcuts tab.
Click a type of print task in the Printing Shortcuts box. The default settings
for that type of print task are set, and summarized on the Printing
Shortcuts tab. If necessary, you can adjust the settings here, or you can
make your changes on the other tabs in the Properties dialog box.
6. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
7. Click Print or OK to begin printing.
To print from a software program (Mac)
1. Make sure you have paper loaded correctly.
2. On the File menu in your software program, click Page Setup.
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. Select the paper size from the Paper Size pop-up menu, and then click OK to save
the settings.
5. On the File menu in your software program, click Print.
6. Select the appropriate options for your print job using the features available on the
panes.
TipDefine print tasks for print jobs that you do often in the Presets pop-up
menu.
7. Click Print to begin printing.
Change print settings
This section contains the following topics:
●Change the print speed or quality
●Set the paper type
●Print in grayscale
NoteThe electronic Help provides more information on the many print settings
available in the printer driver. To learn how to open the electronic Help, see Find
more information.
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							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: Provides high quality printing.
–Maximum dpi: Provides the highest quality prints possible, but requires longer
to print than Best and requires a large amount of disk space.
To change the print speed or quality (Mac)
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Choose the Paper Type/Quality pane.
3. Click the Paper tab.
4. From the Quality pop-up menu, select the appropriate speed and quality setting for
your project:
–FastDraft: Prints at the fastest printing speed.
–Normal: Provides the best balance between print quality and speed. This
setting is appropriate for most documents.
–Best: Provides high quality printing.
–Maximum dpi: Provides the highest quality prints possible, but requires longer
to print than Best and requires a large amount of disk space.
Set the paper type
The default paper type setting for printing is based on the printing shortcut you select. If
you print on special papers, you can change the paper type from the Properties dialog
box.
To select a specific paper type (Windows)
1. Open the Printer Properties dialog box.
2. Click the Features tab.
3. Click More in the Paper Type drop-down list, and then select the paper type that
you want to use.
4. Click OK.
5. Select any other print settings that you want, and then click OK.
To select a specific paper type (Mac)
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Choose the Paper Type/Quality pane.
3. Click the Paper tab.
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							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
4. Select any other print settings you want, and then click OK.
To print in grayscale (Mac)
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Choose the Paper Type/Quality pane.
3. Click the Paper tab.
4. In the Color pop-up menu, choose Grayscale.
5. Choose any other print settings that you want, and then click Print.
NoteFor more information on color settings in the printer driver, see Color
management.
For more information on the HP printer driver:
●Windows: Right-click the HP Digital Imaging Monitor icon on the Windows taskbar
and then select Launch/Show HP Solution Center. Click Onscreen Guide and
select the Help for your device. In the print dialog itself, right-click any option and
click the Whats This? box to learn more about that option.
●Mac: Choose Help, Mac Help in the Finder, and then choose Library,
HP Photosmart Printer Help.
Set the default print settings
If you frequently print photos or documents on the same size and type of paper, you can
set print defaults or presets with all your preferred settings.
To change the default print settings (Windows)
1. In the HP Solution Center, click Settings, point to Print Settings, and then click
Printer Settings.
2. Make changes to the print settings, and then click OK.
To create presets (Mac)
1. On the File menu in your software program, click Print.
2. Choose the settings on each pane that you want to use frequently.
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							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 quality will not be optimum. There are several things you can do to
improve the print quality when printing from a slow computer:
1. Close all open applications except the one you are printing from. Make sure there
are no processes running in the background.
2. Change your color management option to Managed by Application. See Color
management for more information.
3. Do not use/disable color management.
4. If you are printing a landscape image, rotate it into portrait orientation and select
portrait orientation in the driver before printing.
5. Increase your systems RAM capacity.
6. Increase your systems processor speed, or upgrade to a faster processor.
Make the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series the default
printer
Windows 2000
1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
2. Right-click the HP Photosmart printer icon, and then click Set as Default Printer.
Windows XP
1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Open Printers and Faxes.
3. Right-click the HP Photosmart printer icon, and then click Set as Default Printer.
Mac
1. In the System Preferences, click Print & Fax, and then click Printing.
2. Choose an option from the Selected printer in Print Dialog pop-up menu.
If you want the default printer always to be the same printer, choose that printer from
the menu. The default printer does not change even after you print to a different
printer.
If you want the default printer always to be the one you last printed to, choose Last
printer used from the menu. The default printer changes whenever you print to a
different printer.
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							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 photos are printed. Because the
printer, image editing software programs, the operating system, and imaging devices
such as cameras, scanners, and monitors, all display colors differently, the color
management strategy you choose affects whether colors are printed more or less
accurately.
Color management is based on color spaces
1. Most imaging devices use the RGB2 color
space, while commercial printers use the CMYK3 color space. The differences between
the two color spaces can cause printed photos to look markedly different from what you
see on the monitor.
Color management is a complex subject and a detailed discussion is beyond the scope
of this user guide, which only provides some typical examples. For more information, see
the documentation that came with your third-party image editing software program, or
visit the HP Web site. Go to www.hp.com/support, select your country/region and your
language, and then type HP Photosmart Pro B9100 in the product/name search
box. Press E
NTER and then select the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer. In the
Question or keywords search box type color management and then press E
NTER.
Click the topic you want to review.
1 Three-dimensional mathematical models for organizing color.
2 The RGB color space creates colors by mixing red, green, and blue light. Technologies that rely on light
(monitors, scanners, or digital cameras) use this color space.
3 The CMYK color space used in the printing industry is based on the light-absorbing qualities of ink printed
on paper. CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, the colors used in four-color process printing.
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							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 settings●Simple color
management
●Uses the printer driver
color management
settings
Tip 1It is possible to have color management features turned on both in the
printer driver and in a software program such as Adobe® Photoshop.® This double
correction produces unsatisfactory results. Use either printer-based or
application-based color management, but not both at the same time.
Tip 2Periodically, calibrate the printer color to ensure that the printer provides
consistent and accurate color reproduction on all the supported paper types. See
Align and calibrate the printer.
Use the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe
Photoshop
®
The HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop streamlines the printing
process and simplifies professional color management. The plug-in provides a central
dialog box for color management and other print settings. It combines settings from the
printer driver and the Adobe Photoshop Print with Preview dialog box so you no longer
have to make your way through a confusing maze of dialog boxes each time you print.
The HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop is installed automatically with
the HP Photosmart printer software if you have Adobe Photoshop 7.0 on the same
computer.
NoteAdobe Photoshop is a standalone 3rd party software product, not included
with the printer.
For more information on application-based color management, see Use application-
based color management.
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							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 change plug-in defaults
1. Open an image in Adobe Photoshop.
2. Select File, point to Automate, and then click Photosmart Pro print....
3. Change the settings in the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in.
4. Click Done.
Install the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in
The HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop is installed automatically with
the HP Photosmart printer software if you have Adobe Photoshop on the same computer.
If you install Adobe Photoshop after you install the printer software, you can then install
the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in separately.
To install the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in (Windows)
1. Insert the HP Photosmart CD in the computer CD-ROM drive.
2. Click Install Photosmart Pro print, and then follow the onscreen instructions.
To install the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in (Mac)
1. Click the HP Device Manager icon in the Dock. If the HP Device Manager icon is
not in the Dock, choose Applications, Hewlett-Packard, and then HP Device
Manager.
2. Click Maintain Printer.
3. Select the printer from the list, and then click Launch Utility. The HP Printer Utility
appears.
4. Click Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop.
5. Click Install Photosmart Pro print.
Use application-based color management
Application-based color management offers more sophisticated control than the printer-
based form, but also involves greater complexity and more steps.
Using application-based color management involves:
●Using device profiles: Application-based color management relies on files called
ICC
4 device profiles. An ICC profile describes a devices color space. The software
program component of your color management system uses these profiles to
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