HP (Hewlett-Packard) 7200 Series manual

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hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 ii conn ect your no teboo k comp uter t o the direct -printin g por t . . . 34 5 print from your comp uter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 pr int us ing y our W indo ws P C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 us e the W indo w s P C taskbar icon s . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

1 basics guide 1 get star ted welc om e Thank y ou for pur c hasing an HP Photosmart 7 200 Ser ies pr inter! W ith your ne w photo printe r , you can pr int beautiful photos , sav e photos to y our computer , and cr eate f un and easy pr oj ects . F or information about: • Pri nting photos st ored on y our memory car d, see p ri nt fr om a memo r[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 2 vi ew the hp phot osmart p rinte r help – Windows ® PC : Fr om the St art menu , select Pro grams (in Wind ow s XP , sele ct All Programs ); Hewlet t-Pack ard ; P hotosmart 140, 240, 7200, 7600, 7700 , 7900 Series ; Photo & Imaging Dir ector . Fr om the Photo & Imaging Director , click He lp .[...]

basics guide get started 3 printer p arts front front w ith main cover open To p c o v e r L ift th is co v er t o acces s the r em ov able phot o casset te Main co ve r Li ft th is cov er to extend the paper tray s and acce ss the print cartridges Control p anel Use these b uttons to print or sav e photos. F or more informat ion, see control p ane[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 4 back control panel See the follo w ing table for a des cr iption of button functions. USB p or t Use this port to connect the printer to y our computer P ow er cord connection Use this por t to connect the power co rd i ncl ud ed with the printer Rear access door Remo ve this door to c lear a pa per jam [...]

basics guide get started 5 P RINT 4 X 6 PHOTOS Use this button to pr int 4 x 6 inch photo s: • Pre ss this button to prin t all photos or all camer a -sel ected p hoto s on th e memo ry car d. •P r e s s and hold this button t o pr int all photos on a memor y card tha t have not been prev iously printed fr om the contr ol panel. • Pre ss this[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 6 indicator lights memory card slot s Printer s tatus li ght Off The printer is off Gr een The printer is o n Blinki ng (Green ) The printer is b us y Blinking (Red) The printer r equires attention Mem o ry c a rd l ig ht Off Th er e is no me mory car d ins erted Gr een The memory car d is inserted co rrec[...]

basics guide get started 7 paper inf ormatio n Y ou can print y our photos on a w ide var iety of paper si z es, fr om 3 x 5 inches ( 7 6 x 12 7 mm) up to 8.5 x 14 i nches ( 216 x 3 5 6 mm) paper , and on 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm ) photo paper . If y ou ar e u sing HP pr emiu m plu s ph oto pa per , se lec t the pa pe r typ e w hen y ou set u p the p[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 8 2 Lift the Out tr ay and place a stack o f paper in the In tra y . – Load the pa per with the side to be prin ted faci ng down . – Al wa y s load paper in the portrait or i entation , w ith the shortest edge feedin g into the pr inte r . – Be care ful not to use too muc h or too little paper . It m[...]

basics guide get started 9 1 Lift the top co v er on the pr inter and r emo ve the pho to cassette . 2 P lace up to 20 sheets of p hoto paper in the photo cassette w ith the side to be print ed fac ing down . If you ar e using tabbed paper , inser t the paper so the tabbed end goes into the cassette f irst . 3 Slide the paper w idth guide all the w[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 10 Note: Chec k the icon on the pho to cass ette t o e n s u re t h a t yo u a re i n s e r t i n g the photo cass ette in the cor rec t ori entati on. T he HP logo on the photo casset te shou ld be facing up. 7 L ow er the Out tr ay . 8 Slide the paper w idth guide to the ri ght until it cr a dles the pho[...]

basics guide get started 11 maintain the quality of your photo paper T o ensur e hig h-qu ality pr ints , it is im portan t to ma intain the quality o f y our p hoto paper . This section pr o v ides information about stor ing and handli ng your photo paper . store photo paper K eep unused phot o paper in the photo paper stor age ba g that was shipp[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 12 4 Lift and f old up the In tr ay s o that it lies o v er the Out tr ay . 5 Clo se the main co v er . print cartr idge infor mation Y our HP Photo smart 7 200 Seri es pr inter prints in c olor and in black and whit e. HP pro v ides a r ange of print cartri dges so that you can choo se the best pri nt car[...]

basics guide get started 13 install or replace a pr int cartridge T o get the best perfor mance f rom y our printer , use onl y genuin e HP fact ory-filled print cartri dges. T o get maxim um use f r om y our pr int cartri dges , turn off the pr inter w hen it is not in use . Do not un plug the printe r or turn off the po w er sour ce (suc h as a p[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 14 5 Grasp the pi nk tab and gently peel off the clear plasti c tape . Make sur e y ou r emov e onl y the clear tape . Be sur e to install the pr int cartri dge immediatel y after remov ing the tape; ink n ozzles e xposed longer than on e minute may dry out and cause pr inting problems later . Once the tap[...]

basics guide get started 15 calibrate the pr int cartridges T o en s ure h i gh - q ua l i t y p ri nt s, e a ch t im e yo u i n s ta l l or re p l ac e on e o r bo t h o f t h e print cartr idges, c alibrate the cartri dges to c heck that the y are pr operly aligned . Y ou c an calibrate the pr int cartridges using a Windo w s PC or a Mac intosh c[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 16 4 Click Align . Y our printer pr ints a calibration page wi th fi ve se ts of alignment patter ns. 5 F ollo w the onsc r een instru ctions to r e v ie w the alignment patter ns, and use the slider s to selec t the best alignmen t for y our pr int cartr idges. U se the printed page to dete rmine your sel[...]

basics guide get started 17 2 If y ou are r eplac ing the print cartridg e , push do wn and pull outwar d on the print c artridge to unsnap it f r om the print cartridge cr adle. Re mov e the pr int cartridge and stor e , r ecy cle , or discar d it. F or information abou t rec yc ling print cartr idges, go to www .hp .co m/r ecy cle . print cartr i[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 1 18 Once yo u ha v e inse rted a pr in t cartr idge into the pr int ca rtri dge pr otec tor , y ou can stor e it in the pr int cartri dge stor age ar ea located in y our printe r . use ink -backup print ing mode Ink -back up Pri nting Mode allow s y ou to keep pr inting ev en if one of y our print cartridg [...]

2 basics guide 19 pr int fr om a memory car d It’s eas y to pr int high-quality photos f or y ourself , family , a nd fr iends . If your dig ital came r a us es a memory car d to st or e phot os , y ou can ins ert the memory card into the pri nter to pr int y our photos— yo u don’t ha v e to turn on y our compu ter or ev en ha v e you r print[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 2 20 insert a memory card After y ou have take n pic tur es w ith y our di gital camer a, r emov e the memory card fr om y our camera and insert it into your pr inter . Y ou can print photos immediatel y or sav e the photos t o yo ur computer . When the memory car d is inserted cor r ectl y , the memory card[...]

basics guide print fr om a memor y card 21 Note: If yo u insert a SmartMedia memor y car d upside do w n, the r ed memory c ar d light w ill begin blinki ng . Remov e the memory card and reinser t it p roperly . Memory car d Memory car d slo t Ho w t o h old and ins ert the me mory car d CompactF lash T ype I and II Thir d slot f rom the top • F [...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 2 22 Secure D igit al Bot tom sl ot • Label faces up and angled cu tout is on the right • Meta l cont acts fa ce down SmartMedia T op slot • Angled cut out is on the left, and if the label has an arr o w , th e arr o w points t o war d the prin ter • Metal contacts and label face do w n Sony Memo ry [...]

basics guide print fr om a memor y card 23 re move a m em o r y ca rd Use the pr ocedures in this s ectio n to saf ely rem ov e the memory car d fr om the pr inte r’s me mory car d slo t . Caution! Do not pull out the memo ry card wh ile the memory car d light is blinking. A blinking light means that the printer is accessing the memory car d . W [...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 2 24 print photos f rom a memory car d Y our printer can print digital photos that are sto red on y our memory card. Digital photos may be unmark ed or camer a-selected . F or a list of supported digital photo file types , see specifica tions on page 43. Note: If the pr inter detec ts camer a-selected photos[...]

basics guide print fr om a memor y card 25 T o print 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm) photos: 1 Load the appr opria te paper: – T o print indiv idual 4 x 6 inch photos, load 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm) photo paper in the In tra y using the photo casse tte – T o print three 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm) photos on a single sheet of paper , load letter si z e or A4 [...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 2 26 print a photo collage Pr ess the P RI NT P HOTO C OLLAGE but ton to pri nt small photos fr om the memory card . If the phot o cassette is loaded with 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm) photo paper , four images pr int on a si ngle sheet . If the In tra y is loaded w ith letter si z e or A4 paper , ni ne images pri[...]

basics guide print fr om a memor y card 27 3 Choos e on e of th e fol lowing : – If your digital camera allo ws you to mark photos f or printing and you wa nt to prin t only the mar k ed photos , pr ess the P RI NT P HOTO C OLLAGE button. – If y ou ha ve mar k ed pho to s f or pr inting and y o u w an t to pr int all the photos on the mem or y [...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 2 28 1 Use y our digital camer a to se lect the photos y ou w ant to pr int. F or more infor mation , see the docume ntation that came with y our camera . 2 Load the appr opri ate paper: – T o print indiv idual 4 x 6 inch photos or a photo collage on 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm) photo paper , load 4 x 6 inch (1[...]

3 basics guide 29 print using the hp photosmart 7 200 series assistan t The HP Photosm art 7 200 Seri es Assistant ( Assistant) pro vides info rmation about the printer ’s control panel and display s messages fr om yo ur printer on the compu ter sc reen w hen y ou insert memory car ds into th e pr inter and w hen er r or cond iti ons oc cu r . No[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 3 30 v ie w memor y card inf or mation pr o vided b y the assistan t When y ou ins ert a memory card into the pr inter , the Assistan t automatic ally opens on the co mputer s cr een and displa y s info rmatio n about the f iles on the memor y c ard . Note: Y ou can turn of f these m essage s on the As sista[...]

basics guide pri nt using the hp phot osmart 7 200 ser ies assistant 31 vie w er r or condition infor mation pr ovided b y the assistant The A ssistant autom aticall y opens when an y of the f ollo w ing occ ur: • The ma in cover is o pene d • The pri nter is out of paper • One or mor e of the print cartr idges is lo w on ink • A print cart[...]

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4 basics guide 33 print using the direct-printing port F or quic k and easy pr inting, y our printe r allow s y ou to connect a notebook co m p ut er o r an H P di re ct - pr in t i ng d ig i t al c a m era to t h e di re ct - p ri nt in g p or t located on the fr ont of the print er . Note: I f you r d ire c t - p ri nt i n g di g it a l c am e ra[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 4 34 3 When y ou co nnect the digit al camera to the prin ter , a Print Se tup menu appears on the camer a’s L CD scree n. Us e this menu to: – Chang e the photos you have sele cted for print ing – Selec t the paper t ype – Selec t the paper siz e 4 When y ou ar e r eady to print , follow the instruc[...]

basics guide print using th e direct-printi ng por t 35 4 T o ac cess mor e adv anced settings, cli ck Pro perti es or Pref eren ces . 5 Select the settings appropr iate for your pr oject, and c lic k OK . print from your Ma cintosh no teboo k computer: 1 Conn ect one end o f a USB cable to th e notebook compu ter , then connect the other end of th[...]

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5 basics guide 37 print fr om y our computer Y ou can use your pr inter w ith Windo ws PC or Macinto sh softwar e applications that allow pr inting. If y ou already kno w ho w to use a pr inter w ith your computer , you are r eady to begin printing as usual. If you ar e new to pr inting, or if you hav e questi ons, use this chapter to learn mor e. [...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 5 38 Note: Depending on the operatin g sy stem running on y our com puter , the HP Photosmart Seri es Pr operties dialog box may be titled HP Photosmart Print ing P refer enc es. Note: T o learn more about the av ailable settings, cli ck the ? in the upper - ri ght corne r of the pr inting pr operties dialog[...]

basics guide print f r om your computer 39 hp photosmart printer icon Use the HP Ph otosmart pr inter ico n in the Wi ndow s taskbar to op en the HP Photosmart Ser ies Pr operties dialog bo x, selec t a default pr inter , or open the HP Photosmart Ser ies T oolbox. • When y ou clic k the pr inter icon, the pr inting pr operties dialog box appears[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 5 40 When you r ig ht-click the memor y card i con, a menu appears. Mak e y our sele ction from the following menu i tems: – Ope n F: HP Pho tosmar t Series —Clic k to open W indow s Explor er , whe re y ou can mo ve , copy , delete , or open files . Y ou can also double- cli ck the memory card icon to o[...]

basics guide print f r om your computer 41 2 In the Format for pop- up menu , selec t p hotosmart 7200 series . 3 Selec t the page at tr ibutes: – Selec t the paper siz e. – Selec t whethe r y ou wo uld like t o prin t bord erles s or bor der ed photos . If y ou are usi ng OS 9 , the border less opti on appears as a c heck bo x. If y ou are usi[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 5 42 6 Selec t the print se ttings appropr iate f or y our pr ojec t. Use the pop-up menus to op en th e oth er pan els. Note: T o learn more abou t the settings , cli ck the ? in the lo wer left corner o f the dialog box (O S X only). 7 Click Pr int (OS X) o r OK (OS 9) to begin pr inting. Note: If the prin[...]

6 basics guide 43 specifications This c hapter lists r ecommended papers fo r your pr inter and pr ov ide s selected pr inte r spec ific ation s. Note: F or a complete li st of pr inter s pec if icat ions and system requirements, see the HP Ph otosmart Pr inter Help . recommended paper F or a list of av ailable HP -designed inkjet paper s, or to pu[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 6 44 printe r specif ications HP ev eryday pho to paper • Everyda y photos, s hort -term, or one -time uses • E-mail or intern et photos for bulletin boards or ref rig e rat o rs • Kid’ s ph otos • T est ing an d pr oof ing Letter (8. 5 x 11 inches , 216 x 280 m m ) A4 (8.2 7 x 11.7 inches, 210 x 2[...]

basics guide specifi cations 45 Me dia spec ificati ons, maximum Re comme nded max imum leng th: 14 inc hes ( 3 5 6 mm) Re comme nded ma xi mum t hic kne ss: 1 1. 5 mil (2 92 µm) pe r sh eet Me dia sizes, standard P hoto paper 3 x 3 inches to 8. 5 x 14 inches ( 7 6 x 7 6 mm to 216 x 35 6 mm ) Plain pape r Letter , 8.5 x 11 inches (216 x 2 80 mm) L[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 6 46 Mem or y c ar ds CompactF lash T ype I and I I IBM Micr odriv e Mul tiMed iaCard Secure Dig ita l SmartMedia Sony Memor y Sticks xD - Pic tu re Ca rd Mem or y c ar d- suppor ted file formats Pr inting: See support ed Imag e fil e formats on page 44 Sav ing: All f ile f ormats Out tr ay capacity 20 sheet[...]

7 basics guide 47 tr oubleshooting Y our H P Photo smart printer is designed to be r elia ble and easy to us e. T his chapter ans wers fr equentl y ask ed questions and contains infor mation about the follo w i ng topi cs: • hard war e pr oblems •p r i n t i n g p r o b l e m s F or more t ro ubl eshoot ing in formation ab out sof tware insta l[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 7 48 pr inting pr oblems Befo re contacting HP support, r ead this section f or tr oubleshooting tips or go to the online support serv ices at www .hp .co m/ su p po rt . Note: In the pre sence of high electr omagnetic fi elds, pr inted documents and photos may be sli ghtly distorted. The Pr inter Status li [...]

basics guide tr oubleshoot ing 49 Printing i s very slo w . (Continued on ne xt page.) Y our computer may have less than the r ecommen ded sy st em r equir ements . Chec k the amount of RAM (sy stem memor y) , the proce ss or speed , and the am ount of f ree ha rd di sk space on your computer . Hav ing less than 500 MB of fr ee har d disk space can[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 7 50 Printing i s very slo w . (C ontin ued fr o m pr ev io us page.) Yo u m a y h a v e c h o s e n Maximum dpi (Windo ws) o r High R esolu tion (Macintosh). Win dows PC 1 O pen the printing properti es dialog box . F or more information, see print using your Windo ws P C on page 3 7. 2 S elec t the P ape r[...]

basics guide tr oubleshoot ing 51 All photos pri nt instead of jus t new phot os. The pr int button was not held do w n l ong en ough . Pr ess and hold the desir ed print button on the contr ol panel. F or mor e inform ation, see pr int fr om the con trol panel on page 2 4. Photo paper does not feed i nto the pr inter corr ectl y . The photo casse [...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 7 52 No page came out of the printer . Ther e may be a paper j am. T r y the follo w ing: • Re mov e the paper f rom the In tr ay and the Out tr ay . • If y ou w er e pri nting labels , make sur e a label did not become un glued from the label sheet w hile go ing thr ough the pr inter . If t he pa pe r i[...]

basics guide tr oubleshoot ing 53 A blank page came out of the printer . The pr int cartridges ma y be out of ink. Win dows PC Chec k the ink le ve ls of the print cartri dges fro m the Esti mated In k Level tab of the HP Photosma rt Seri es T oolbox . Macinto sh Chec k the ink le v el statu s in the HP Inkjet Utility . For m o re i n f o rm a t i [...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 7 54 The doc ument printed at an angle or is off-ce nter . The paper may not be loaded corr ec tly . Mak e sure the paper is cor rec tly or ien ted in the In tra y . For paper -loading instruct ions, s ee lo ad paper in the in tra y on page 7. The pr int cartridges ma y not be pr oper ly cal ibr ated . Win d[...]

basics guide tr oubleshoot ing 55 Pr int qu ality is poo r . Y ou may be pr inti ng in Ink - back up Pr inting Mode. Th e pri nter e nters In k-backup Pr inting Mode when o ne of the print car tridges is mi ssin g. Replace the missing pri nt cartridge w ith a new one . F or more information , see in stall or replace a print car tridge on page 13. Y[...]

hp photos mart 7 200 ser ie s cha p te r 7 56 Photos ar e not pr inting corr ectly . Yo u m a y h a v e u s e d y o u r softwar e applicatio n ’s P age Se tup di alog bo x to se lec t t he pa per si ze or ty pe. Win dows PC Fro m t h e s o f t w a re application ’ s Fi le menu , s elec t Print , then cli ck Prope rties to set the cor rec t pape[...]

basics guide 57 inde x A Assistant, HP Photosmart, 29 B blinking indi cator li ghts , 6 buttons Cancel, 4, 5 contr ol panel , 4 On, 4 Pr int 4 x 6 Phot os , 4 , 5 Pr int Photo C ollage , 4 , 5 Save , 4 C calibr at e pr int cartr i dges, 15 camer a, digi tal, pr int f ro m, 3 3 camer a-sele cted phot os pri nt , 2 7 Cancel b utton, 4, 5 cards , memo[...]

index basics guide 58 4 x 6 p hotos, 2 4 camer a-selec ted ph otos , 2 7 di re ct - p rin ti ng p or t, 33 fr om contr ol panel , 2 4 from d igi t al ca m e ra, 33 from l ap to p, 34 from Macintosh appli cati on , 40 from Wi nd ows appli cati on , 3 7 ink -back up mode , 18 photo collage , 2 6 Pr int 4 x 6 Photos button, 4 , 5 pri nt cartr idges ca[...]

Button Description O N Pre ss this button to tur n the print er on or off . S AVE Pre ss this button to s av e the content s of the memory card to y our com puter . P RINT 4 X 6 PHOTOS Use th is button t o pr int 4 x 6 inc h photo s: • Pre ss this button to pr int all photos o r all camera-selecte d photos on the memory car d . •P r e s s and h[...]

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