HP (Hewlett-Packard) A510 manual

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1 Welcome Thank you for purchasing an HP Photosmart A510 series printer! Th is printer makes home photo printing simple, convenie nt, and fun, and it produces high-qualit y color prints you will be pleased t o share with family and frie nds. With your printer, you can: Apply Photo Fix techni ques See Perfect photos automa tically using Photo Fix . [...]

● Printer Help Menu : The Help menu on the printer lets yo u read helpful printing tips and information about basic printer features ri ght on the printer screen. For information on vi ewing the Help menu, see Us e the printer menus . ● Electronic He lp : The electronic Hel p describes how to use the printer with a computer and contai ns softwa[...]

Rear of printer 1 USB por t : Use this port to conne ct the printer to a computer or to an HP direct-printin g digital camera using a USB cable. 2 Power cord connection : Connect the power cord here. Inside front of printer 1 Input tray : Load paper here. 2 Input tray extension : Pull out to support pa per. 3 Paper-width gu ide : Move to the width [...]

Indicator lights 1 On light : This light is solid green when the printer is on . It flashes green when the printer is busy, and flashes red when the printer requires attent ion. 2 Memory card light : This light turns solid green after the memory card is correctly inserted. It flashes green when the printer is co mmunicating with the memory car d. S[...]

Note You can also d elete photos from t he control panel. Press a nd hold the Photo Fix button, and then p ress the Cancel button. Internal battery compartment 1 Internal battery compartment : Insert the optional HP Photosmart Internal Battery here. 2 Battery compartment button : Slide to release the compartment cove r. 3 Battery compartment cover [...]

HP Photosmart Carryi ng Case The lightweight , durable HP Photosmart Carryin g Case holds and protects everything needed for hassle-free printi ng on the go. HP Bluetooth ® Wireless Prin ter Adapter The HP Bluetoot h wireless printer adapter goes into the came ra port on the front of the printer and lets you use Bluetooth wireless te chnology for [...]

To use the printer menu 1. If there is a memory card in the print er, remove it. 2. Press (1) or (2) on the printer con trol panel to open the printer me nu. – Press or to scroll through the menu opt ions displayed on the printer screen . Menu items that are not accessible are grayed out. – Press OK (3) to open a menu or sel ect an option. – [...]

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2 Photo printing overview Start-to-finish printing This sections gives you a hig h-level overview of the steps involved in printing your photos. Subsequent sections describe each step in more detail. Step 1 Choose and load pap er See Choose and load paper . Step 2 Get photos See Print from a memory card and Print from other devices . Step 3 Navigat[...]

Step 5 Choose a photo layout See Choose a pho to layout . Step 6 Print photos See Print your p hotos . Chapter 2 (continued) 12 HP Photosmart A510 series[...]

3 Paper basics Choose and load paper Learn how to choose t he right paper for your print job and how to load it into the in put tray for printing. Choose the right pape r Use HP Advanced Photo Pap er. It is especially designed to w ork with the inks in your printer to create beaut iful photos. Other photo papers will produce inferio r results. For [...]

● Panorama pa per ● Photo sticker pa per For a full list of suppo rted paper sizes, see Spec ifications . To load pa per 1. Open the output and input trays, and pull out t he input tray extension. 2. Load up to 20 sheets of pape r with the print side or glossy side facing th e front of the printer. When loading, slide the paper to t he left sid[...]

4 Print from a memory card This section describes the steps fo r printing photos that are stored o n a memory card. This section contai ns the following topics: ● Get photos from a memory card ● Navigate throug h and view your photos ● Select multiple p hotos ● Choose a photo l ayout ● Print your photos Get photos from a memory card After[...]

Memory ca rd How to insert the mem ory card Microdr ive ● Front label fa ces up, and if the lab el has an arrow, the arrow points toward the printer ● Edge with metal pin holes goes into the printer first MultiMediaCard ● Angled corner is on the right ● Metal contacts fa ce down Secure Digital ● Angled corner is on the right ● Metal con[...]

Memory ca rd How to insert the mem ory card Memory St ick ● Angled corner is on the left ● Metal contacts fa ce down ● If you are using a Memory Stick Du o ™ or Memory Stick PRO Duo ™ card, attach the adapter that came with the ca rd before you insert the card int o the printer xD-Picture Card ● Curved side of the card poi nts toward yo[...]

Navigate through an d view your photos This section explains how to navigate through and view you r photos on the printer screen . To view ph otos one by one 1. Insert a memory card. 2. Press or to select a layout, and then press OK . See Choose a photo layout . 3. Press or to view the photos one by on e. Press and hold the bu tton to view the phot[...]

Choose a photo layout The printer prompts you to select a layout each ti me you insert a m emory card. To choose a photo layout 1. Insert a memory card. 2. Use or to select a layout: – Print one photo per sheet – Print two photo s per sheet – Print four photos per sheet 3. Press OK . The printer may rotate your ph otos to fit the layout. Note[...]

To print a p hoto index 1. Insert a memory card. 2. Select Print Index Page when the Select Layout screen appears on th e printer, and then press OK . A photo index shows thum bnail views and index numb ers for up to 2000 photos on a memory card. Use index cards or pl ain paper instead of photo paper to cut costs when printing phot o index pages. T[...]

5 Creative projects This section contai ns the following topics: ● Print panoramic pho tos ● Print photo sticke rs ● Print nine frames from a video clip ● Print passport photos ● Perfect photos auto matically using Photo F ix ● E-mail or upload your phot os using HP Photosmart Share Print panoramic photos Note 1 Panoramic mode is not su[...]

Select any photo ➔ Select one or more photos on a memo ry card and use the steps below to turn on panoramic mode. Panoramic mode prints the selected p hotos with a 3:1 aspect ratio. To print pan oramic photos 1. If there is a memory card in the print er, remove it. 2. Press or to open the print er menu. 3. Select Print options , and then pre ss O[...]

Print nine frames from a video clip To print nine frames from a v ideo clip 1. Insert a memory card th at contains a video clip. 2. Press OK to select any layout optio n. Video clips are always p rinted nine to a pa ge. 3. Press or to scroll to the video clip you want to print . The first frame in the clip appears. The video clip icon appears at th[...]

HP recommends leaving Photo Fix on, but if yo ur photos do not print correct ly, or if you want to print a photo w ithout using the Photo Fix improvem ents, turn off Photo Fix. To turn off Photo Fix ➔ Press Photo Fix . A message on the printer screen t ells you, Photo Fix has been tur ned Off. All images will be printe d without any changes . Pho[...]

6 Print from other devices This printer ca n connect to and p rint photos stored on severa l device types includin g computers, digi tal cameras, and iPods. Each co nnection type le ts you do different things. ● Print photos from a di gital camera ● Print photos from a Bluetooth device ● Print photos from a comp uter ● Print photos from an [...]

 1 HP Bluetooth wireless printer adapter To learn how to print f rom a Bluetooth device, see the docum entation that came with your Bluetooth adapt er. For more information on Bl uetooth wireless technolog y and HP, go to www.hp.com/go/bluetooth . If you connect the op tional HP Bluetooth wi reless printer adapter to the printer through the came[...]

3. Insert a memory card and select phot os to transfer. For more inform ation on viewing and selecting photos, see Select mul tiple photos . 4. On the HP Photosmart screen, cli ck Start Using the Device . 5. Select the drive for HP Photo smart A510 printer, and then select the location to save photos. 6. Click Transfer . To print photos from a comp[...]

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7 Maintain and transport the printer The printer requires very litt le maintenance. Follow the guid elines in this section to exten d the life span of t he printer and printing suppli es, and to ensure that the photos you print are always of th e highest quality. ● Replace the print ca rtridge ● Clean and main tain the printer ● Store the pri[...]

For best print quality, HP recom mends that you install all reta il print cartridges before the date stamped on the box. To prepare the printer and cartridge 1. Make sure the printer is on. 2. Open the print cartri dge door of the printer. 3. Remove the bright pi nk tape from the cartridge. Remove the pink tape Do not touch here To insert the cartr[...]

Each time you install or rep lace a print cartridge, a messa ge appears on the printer screen asking you to load pa per so the printer can align the cart ridge. This ensures hig h- quality prints. Load photo paper in t he input tray, press OK , and then foll ow the onscreen instruc tions to align the cartridge. Clean and maintain the printer Keep t[...]

6. Press OK to begin cl eaning the print cartri dge. 7. When the print er finishes cleaning the cartri dge and prints a test page, check the test page and sel ect from the following op tions: – If the test page has white streaks or missi ng colors, the print cartridge needs to be cleaned ag ain. Select Yes , and then press OK . – If the print q[...]

cartridge. If a ny line or color is missing from t he pattern, try cleaning the pri nt cartridge. For more information, see Automatically clean the print cartridge . To print a test page 1. Remove any memory cards fr om the memory card slots. Caution Do not pull out a memory card while th e memory card light is flashing. For more inf ormation, see [...]

3. Press or to open the print er menu. 4. Select Tools , and th en press OK . 5. Select Align cartridge , and then press OK . 6. A message appears on the printe r screen reminding you to load paper. Lo ad paper so the printer can print an alignment page. 7. Press OK to begin ali gning the print cartridge. When the printer finishe s aligning the car[...]

● If the printer and prin t cartridge have not been used for on e month or more, clean the print cartridge befo re printi ng. For more in formation, see Automatically clean the print cartridge . ● If you are storing t he printer for a long period of time and the optional HP Phot osmart Internal Ba ttery is installed, remove the battery from the[...]

To transport the printer 1. Turn off the print er. 2. Remove any memory cards fr om the memory card slots. 3. Remove all paper from the in put and output trays, and then close the input and output tray doors. Note Make sure the printe r completes its power-dow n cycle before you unplug the power cord . This allows the printer to store the print car[...]

8 Troubleshooting The HP Photosmart printer is designed to be reli able and easy to use. This chap ter answers frequen tly asked questions about usi ng the printer and print ing without a computer. It con tains information about t he following topics: ● Printer hardware problems ● Printing problems ● Bluetooth printing problems ● Error mess[...]

The On light fl ashed amber briefl y after I turned the printer off. Solution This is a normal part of the power-down process. It do es not indicate a problem with the printer. The On light is flashing a mber. Cause A printer error has occurred. Try the following so lutions. Solution ● Check the printer screen for instru ctions. If you have a dig[...]

The printer does not find and display the photos on my memory card. Solution The memory card may contain fi le types the printer cannot read directl y from the memory card. – Save the photos to a computer, and then print them from the comput er. For more informatio n, see the camera doc umentation or the electro nic Help. – The next time you ta[...]

The optio nal HP Photos mart Intern al Battery is i nstalled in th e printer, bu t it will not charge. Solution ● Turn off and unpl ug the printer. Open the ba ttery compartment cover. R emove the battery and reinstall it. Be careful not to tou ch the contacts on t he inside of the battery compart ment or on the battery. For more info rmation on [...]

● If you are using t he printer in an extremely h igh or low humidity environ ment, insert the paper as far as it wil l go into the input tray, and load one sheet of photo paper at a ti me. ● If you are u sing photo paper that is curl ed, place the paper in a p lastic bag and gently bend it in the opposite direction of the curl until the paper [...]

● If you canno t grasp the edge of the jammed paper to remove it, try the following: – Turn off the print er. – If the optional HP Phot osmart Internal Battery is not inst alled in the printer, unplug the pr inter power cord. Wait about 10 seconds, and then plug t he power cord back in. – If the optional HP Photosmart Internal Battery is in[...]

Print quali ty is poor. Solution ● Make sure you ar e using the right type of pho to paper for the proje ct. Use HP- designed photo pape r for best results. For more informatio n, see Choose the right paper . ● Make sure the print qu ality setting is set to B est quality. ● Turn the Photo Fix featu re on or off. See Perfect photos automatical[...]

Bluetooth printing problems Before contacting H P support, read this section f or troubleshooting tips, or go t o the online support services at www.hp.com/supp ort . Be sure to also read the docume ntation that came wit h your HP Bluetooth w ireless printer adapter (if yo u are using one) and yo ur device with Bluetoot h wireless technology. My Bl[...]

Print quali ty is poor. Solution The photo you prin ted may be low resolution. For b etter results, set the digital camera to a hi gher resolution. Photos taken wi th VGA-resolution cameras, such as those found in wireless phones, may not have high e nough resolution to produce a high-quality pri nt. The photo printed with borders. Solution The pri[...]

Error mess age: Automatic paper sensor failed. Solution The automatic pape r sensor is obstructed or damaged. Try moving the printer out of dire ct sunlight, and then press OK and try prin ting again. If this does not work, go to www.hp.com/support or contact HP support. Error message: Cartridge is not compatible. Use appropria te HP cartridge. Sol[...]

Note During this condit ion, you can still use the printe r for printing and saving photos from th e xD-Picture Card to a secure loca tion, such as the computer hard dri ve. Solution ● Reinsert th e xD-Picture Car d memory card in to your camera an d turn on the camera. In most cases, the camera automatica lly makes the necessary changes. ● Ref[...]

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9 Specifications This section lists the minimu m system requirements for in stalling the HP Photosmart printer software, and provides selected printer specifications. System requirements Component Win dows minimum Mac minimum Operating system Micros oft ® Windows 98 SE, 2000 Professional, Me, XP Home, XP Professional, XP Starter Edition, a nd XP P[...]

Printer specifications Category Specificatio ns Connectivity USB 2.0 high-speed : Microsoft W indows 98, 200 0 Professional, Me, XP Home, XP Prof essional, and XP Professional x64; M ac 10.3.x, 10.4.x PictBridge : Microso ft Windows 98, 2000 Professional, Me, XP Home, XP Prof essional, and XP Professional x64; Mac OS X 10.3.x, 10.4.x Bluetooth : Mi[...]

Category Specificatio ns Photo sticker paper Memory ca rds Some models may not support all types of memory cards. CompactFlash Type I and II Memory Sticks Microdrive MultiMediaCard Secure Digital SmartMedia xD-Picture Card Memory car d-s upported file formats Printing: All supporte d image and video file formats Saving: All file formats Paper tray [...]

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10 HP support ● Support process ● HP support b y phone ● Additional warra nty options ● HP Warranty Support process If you have a problem , follow these steps: 1. Check the documentation tha t came with the HP Photos mart printer. 2. Visit the HP online suppo rt Web site at www.hp.com/ support . HP online su pport is available to all HP cus[...]

● Messages that ap pear when the situation occurs ● Answers to these questi ons: – Has this sit uation happened before ? – Can you re-create it? – Did you add any new hard ware or software to your compu ter at about the tim e that this situ ation began? – Did anything el se occur prior to this situatio n (such as a thunderstorm, device [...]

HP Warranty A. Extent of limited warranty 1. Hewlett-Packard (HP) warrants to the end-user customer that the HP products specified above will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for the duration specified above, which duration begins on the date of purchase by the customer . 2. For software products, HP’s limited warranty applies on[...]

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A Install the software The printer comes with optional software you can install on a compu ter. After using the setup instructions that came in the box with the pr inter to set up the printer hardware, use the instructions in this section to install the software. Windows users Mac users Important: Do not connect the USB cable until you are prompte [...]

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B Printer menus The printer menu gives you many print options, a llows you to change the printer defaults, provides maintenance and troubleshooting tools, and provides how-to information for common printing tasks. This section gives a complete listing of the items available on the printer menu. Printer menus Printer menu structure ● Print Options[...]

● Help – Printing Tips I : Sele ct to read about the auto image enhancement features of the printer. – Printing Tips II : Select to read tips that can hel p you o btain the best possible prints. – Panoramic photos : Select to read about pr inting panoramic photos. – Photo stickers : Select to read a bout printing photo stickers. – Memor[...]

Index A accessories 7, 35 adaptive lighting 23 after the support period 54 aligning print cartridges 33 alignment page 33 automobile adapter 35 B batteries charge indicator 63 model 7 Bluetooth troubleshooting 44 wireless printer adapter 8 C calling HP support 53 cameras photos do not print 43 ports 4 types 25 carrying case model 8 transporting pri[...]

R red-eye removal 23 Removing a memory card 17 S Secure Digital 15 SmartFocus 23 software, installing 57 Sony Memo ry Sticks. See Memory Sticks specifications 49 storing photo paper 35 print cartridges 35 printer 34 support process 53 system requirements 49 T test page 32 thumbnails, printing 18 transporting printer 7, 35 trays, paper 4 Troubles ho[...]

Screen icons Icons on the printer screen pro vide information about the printer, such as the ink level of the print cartridge and the index n umber of the current photo. Battery indicator : Displays the charge level of the optional HP Photosmart Internal Battery, if installed. A solidly-filled battery icon indicates a fully-char ged battery. As the[...]