HP (Hewlett-Packard) Photosmart 7700 manual

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basics guide i contents 1 get star ted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 w elcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 f ind infor mation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 v ie w the hp ph otosmart pr inter help . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series ii scan a proof sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 sele ct a phot o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 dese lect a phot o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 pr int photos fr om a memory car d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

1 basics guide 1 get star ted welc om e Thank y ou for purc h asing an HP Photosmart 77 00 Ser ies printer! W ith your new photo printe r , yo u can print beauti ful ph oto s, sav e photos to y our computer , and cr eate fun and easy projec ts. F or in for mation about: • Printing photos stor ed on your memory card, see print from a memor y card [...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 1 2 find information Y our new pr inter come s with the f ollo wing doc umentation to help y ou get star ted and take f ull advantage of yo ur printer’s capab i lities: • Setup G uide — The H P Photosma r t Setup Guide contains quick and eas y instruc tions to help you set u p y our printer and install t[...]

basics guide get started 3 what’s in the box Y our printer box contains the follo wing items: Note: Some conten ts m a y v ar y by country and region . 1 The H P Phot osma rt 77 0 0 Se ries printer 2 A photo paper stor ag e bag 3 The HP P hot osma rt 77 00 Series Set up Gu ide 4 TTh e HP Photo smar t 77 00 Seri es Basics Guide and the HP Ph otosm[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 1 4 printer p ar ts front back Photo tray slider Move this slider to e ngag e or diseng age the photo tray Phot o tra y Lift the paper catch to load photo paper in the photo tra y LCD s c re e n Use this scr een to vi ew your photos and menu options Out tray Remo ve this tra y to load small media and to clea r[...]

basics guide get started 5 cont rol pan el Tip: Pr ess and hold a button to change its v a lue r apidly . Fo r e xample, pr ess and hold the S ELECT P HOTOS  button to mo ve ra pidly thr ough the photos on a memory card. indicator lights S AVE Pres s this button to save photos from a memor y card to your comp uter P RINT N EW P HOTOS Press this [...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 1 6 input bay menu st ructur e Use this sec tion to re vie w options that ar e a vailable fr om the main menu on y our pr inter’s L CD s creen . T o acce ss the menu opti ons, pr ess the M ENU button on th e printer’s control panel. For more i nforma tio n ab out subm enu opt ion s, see the HP Ph otosm ar [...]

basics guide get started 7 paper inf ormation Y ou c an print on a w ide var iet y of paper types and si ze s, from inde x cards and photo paper to env elopes and transpar encie s. F or best results , use paper designed spec ifically f or your pr ojects . For e xample, if y ou are pr i nting a photo, be sure to pr int on HP premium plus photo paper[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 1 8 Y our printer supports the fo llowing paper tr ay access ories that y ou can purchas e separat ely: – Automati c T w o -Sided Printing Access or y (HP C8 95 5A ) for double -sided printing – 2 50- sheet plain paper tray ( HP Q344 7A), which holds a half ream of plain paper load paper in the in tray Y o[...]

basics guide get started 9 4 Adj ust the paper w idth gu ide a nd the paper length guide to f it clos e to the edges of the paper w ithout bending the paper . This adj ustment helps the paper feed s traight into the printer . 5 L ow er t he pa per ca tch . 6 P ull out the photo tray sli der until it stop s. T h is acti on disengages the phot o tr a[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 1 10 5 Adju st the photo tra y paper length guide and paper wi dt h guide to f it close to the edges of the paper wi th out bend ing the paper . T his adjustment helps the paper feed str aight into the printe r . 6 L ow er t he pa per ca tch . 7 P ush the photo tra y slider forwar d un til it stops . The photo[...]

basics guide get started 11 Caution! Check th a t y ou are using the co rr ect print cartridg es. Also , note that HP does not recommend modifying or ref illing HP print cartridges . Damage that results f rom modifying or r efilling HP print cartr idges is not cov ered by HP’s w a rr ant y . Y ou can inter change the f ollow ing print cartri dges[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 1 12 5 If y ou ar e replac i ng a print cartridge , slide out the old print c a rtridge and rec ycle or dis c ar d it . Note: F or in fo rmation about r e cy cling p rint cartridges , g o to www .h p. com / rec yc le . 6 T ak e th e new pr int cartridge out of its pack age. 7 Grasp the pi n k tab and gently pe[...]

basics guide get started 13 8 Insert the pr int cartridge: – Hold the pr int car tr idge so the copper contacts go in to th e pr inter firs t. Lin e up the ridges on the le f t and ri ght sides of the top of the pr int cartridge w ith the groo ves on th e insi d e of the pr int cartridge cr adle. – Car efull y slide the print cartr idge into th[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 1 14 print cartr idge storage The pr int cartridge pr otector is desi g ned to k eep your pr int cartridge fr om drying out w hen it is not bei n g us ed. Whene ver y ou remo ve a pr int cartridge f rom the printe r , stor e it in the print cartri dg e pr otector that came w i th y our printer . Note: It is im[...]

2 basics guide 15 se t the def aults on y our prin ter Y our printe r comes with def ault settings f or feature s such as nu m ber of copies to print , photo si ze , lang uage setting for the L CD scr een, and other settings. Y ou can ch ange these settings t o y our pref ere nces using the pr inter’s c ontrol pane l. Note: When y ou pri nt fr om[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 2 16 set the number of copies B y def ault, y our pr inter pri nts one copy o f each photo . Y ou can set th e pr inter to print up to 9 9 copies of eac h photo. This se t ting applies whenev er y ou selec t photos and pres s the OK button to pr int them . Y ou can o ver ride this setting f or the cur rently d[...]

basics guide set the def aults on your pr i nter 17 Note: Combo prints f iv e photos on one sheet—two photo s at 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm) and th r ee photos at 2 .5 x 3 .25 inc h ( 6 x 8 cm) . The de fault siz e applies w henever y ou select photos and pr int them by pre ssing the OK but ton . Y ou can o verr ide the def ault for the c urren tly d[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 2 18 set paper detection The pr inter automatically detec ts the paper siz e and t ype b y scanning the paper in the In tra y or the photo tra y . Y ou can set the pr inter to ask for the paper si ze and type each time y ou print b y turning the paper detecti on sensor off . By defa ult, this optio n is se t t[...]

basics guide set the def aults on your pr i nter 19 reve r t t o t h e fa c to r y d ef au lt se t t in g s If y ou made adjustments to the defa ult settings, y ou can re set the printe r to the ori ginal fa ctor y settings at any time . T o re vert to the factory def au lt settings, follow t hese steps. Note: The languag e and count ry/ re g ion s[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 2 20 set print quality When printing photo s, you can change the pri n t quality from the contr ol panel. Best quality is the default print quality and produces the best quality p r i nts . Normal quality conserve s ink and pr ints faste r . T o c h ange the pri nt qualit y , follo w these s teps. Note: The No[...]

3 basics guide 21 pr int fr om a memory car d It’s eas y to print high-q u ality photos for y ourself , famil y , and fr iends. If y our dig ital camer a uses a me mory card to st ore pho tos , you can ins ert the memory card in to th e printe r to prin t your p hotos. Me ssag es on t he prin ter’ s L CD screen guide y ou throu g h the pr ocess[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 3 22 su pporte d fil e fo rmat s Y ou can pr int cert ain file f ormats dir ectly fr om the memory c ar d. If your di g ital camera supports f i le for mats th at ar e n ot supported by y our printer , you must f i rst sav e the photos to your comput er an d then print them us i ng a softwar e application . F [...]

basics guide print fr om a mem ory ca rd 23 Note: If yo u have camer a -selec ted ph oto s stored on the memory card , a message appears on the L CD scr een asking if y ou want to pr int the camera- selec ted photos. F or mo re inf ormation , see print c amera- selec ted photos on page 31 and un mark camera-selec ted photos on pag e 18. Memory card[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 3 24 Sec ure Digital Bottom left slot • L abel faces up and angl ed corner is on the r ight • Meta l contac ts face do wn Sm artMedi a Up per po rtion of the top r ight double slot • Angled cor ner is on the left, and if the label has an arr ow , the arr ow po ints tow ard the pr inter • Meta l contac [...]

basics guide print fr om a mem ory ca rd 25 re move a m em o r y ca rd Use the pr ocedur es in this sectio n to safel y rem ove the me mor y car d from the pr inter’ s memory car d slot . Caution! Do not pull out the memo r y card w hile the memory card light is blinking. A blinking light means that the printer is accessing the memory car d. W ai[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 3 26 decide which photos to pr int or to send v ia e -mail Y ou c an dec ide which photo s to print or send via E -mail by vie w i ng the photos on the printer's L CD sc reen , printing a photo index page , or by printing a proo f sheet . Y ou can vi ew the photos on the printe r’s L CD scr een, print a[...]

basics guide print fr om a mem ory ca rd 27 3 Use the ar ro ws on the S ELEC T P HOTOS bu t t on t o scro l l th ro ug h t h e ph o to s. 4 Pr ess the Z OOM + button to vi ew the highlighted photo in normal vie w mode Note: At this point , you can e nhance the photo , rotat e the photo , or change the def ault settings for the pho to display ed on [...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 3 28 print a proof sheet A pr oof sheet, w hich m ay be sev eral page s long, sho ws thumbnail v iew s of all the photos st ored on the memory card . A p r oof sheet is differ ent than a photo index page becau se it pro vide s spaces for y ou to select photos to print , spec if y t h e n u m b e r of c o p i e[...]

basics guide print fr om a mem ory ca rd 29 Once the pr oof sheet has pr inted , you can m ark the proo f sheet to indi cate the p h o t o s yo u wa n t to p r in t , t h e s ize o f t h e photos, and the number of photo copi es y ou want to pr int. Y ou can then scan the pr oof sheet into the pr inter , and the pr inter w ill pr int the selec ted [...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 3 30 select a photo Once yo u hav e deci d ed whi ch photos on y our memor y card y ou want to pr int, y ou can use the prin ter’s contr ol panel to select those photos f or prin ting. F or more information , s ee de cide which photos to print or to send via e-mail on page 2 6. 1 Insert a memor y car d into [...]

basics guide print fr om a mem ory ca rd 31 print unma rked phot os on a mem ory card Unmark ed digital photos are standard di gital photos that you stor ed on the memory card bu t h av e not mark ed for pr inting. Not all dig i tal camer as allow y ou to m ark your ph otos for p rint in g. 1 Insert a mem ory card i nto the pr inter’ s memory car[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 3 32 print ne w photos The P RINT N EW P HOT OS button allows y ou to print all photos on a memory c ar d that hav e not pre viou sly been pr inted fr om the memor y car d. E ach time y ou insert a memory car d into the printer ’ s memory car d slot and print photos us ing the printe r’s contr ol panel, th[...]

4 basics guide 33 print from t he di rect -printing p or t F or quick and eas y printing, y our pr i nter allo ws y ou to c onnect 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 pr inter . T o pr int using the direc t -pr i nting po r t , you mu s[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 4 34 3 When y ou connect y our digital camer a to the print er , a Pr int Setup men u appears on the camer a’s L CD scr een. Use this menu to: – Chang e the photos you have sele cted for printin g – Selec t the paper type – Selec t the paper si ze 4 When y ou are ready to pr int, f ollow the instructio[...]

basics guide print fr om the di r e ct-printing port 35 connect y our notebook computer to the dir ec t-pr inting port F or quick and eas y printing, y our pr i nter allo ws y ou to c onnect a notebook computer t o the direct-prin ting port located in the fr ont of the pri nter . T o pr int fr om yo u r n otebook c omputer: 1 Conn ect one end of a [...]

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5 basics guide 37 print fr om your computer Y ou can use y our print er with Windo ws P C or Macintosh so ft war e applications that allow pr inting . If y ou alread y know how t o use a pr inter with yo ur c omputer , you ar e ready to begin printing as usual. If you ar e new to printing , or if you hav e questions, u s e this chapter to learn mor[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 5 38 3 T o access the pr inting pr op erties tab s, yo u may ha ve to cli ck Pro perties or Preference s . F or informati on about the H P Photosmart Seri es printing pr oper ties , see the HP Photosmart Pr inter Help . Note: The Pro perties button may be labeled Preference s and the Pr int dialog box ma y be [...]

basics guide print f rom your c o mputer 39 1 Open the photo in a sof twar e application and from the Fil e menu , select Print . 2 On the Pr int dialog bo x, clic k Properties or Pref erence s to access the HP Photosmart Ser ies printi n g prope r ties . If the soft w are application y ou are usin g doe s not have a Prope rt ies or Preferences b u[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 5 40 hp photosmart printer icon Use the HP Ph otosmart printe r icon in the Windo ws taskbar to open th e H P Photosmart Ser ies Prope r ties dialog box , select a defa ult pr inter , or open the HP Photosmart Ser ies T oolbo x. • When you c lick the pr inter icon, the printing pr operties dialog box appears[...]

basics guide print f rom your c o mputer 41 hp photosmart memor y card icon Use the HP Photosm a rt memory card icon to determ ine the status of y our printer , access th e files st ored on y our memory car d, and displa y connectio n messages on y our computer sc reen . The appear ance of the icon tells y ou the status of the printer : When you r [...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 5 42 print from y our Ma cintosh Befo re yo u begin, make sur e your pr inter is connected to y our c omput er , the pr inter softwar e that came in the bo x is installed, and ther e is paper in the printer . F or mor e informati on about se tup, see the HP Photosmar t Setup Guide that came wi th y our printer[...]

basics guide print f rom your c o mputer 43 3 Selec t the page attribut es: – Select the paper si ze . – Select wh ether you w ould like t o print bor derless or bo rder ed p hotos . If y ou are using OS 9 , the borderle ss option appears as a chec k box. If y ou are using OS X, the bor derless optio ns appear u nder the Pa p e r Size pop-up me[...]

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6 basics guide 45 tr ouble shooting Y our HP Photosmart printer is designed to be r eliable and eas y to use. T his chapter ans wer s frequentl y asked questi ons and contains infor mation about the follo w in g topi cs: • hard ware pr oblems •p r i n t i n g p r o b l e m s •e r r o r m e s s a g e s F or more troubles hootin g informat ion [...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 6 46 pr inting problems Befo re contacting HP support, read this secti on for tr oubleshooting ti ps or go to the online support serv ices at www . hp .co m/s upp ort . Note: HP recommends using a USB cable of less than 10 feet (3 meters) in length to minimi z e i njected n oise due to potential hig h m agneti[...]

basics guide tr oubles hooting 47 The pr inter does not pr int new ph otos on t he mem or y c ard. Ther e are no n ew photos on the memory car d or the photo s have alr eady been printed fr om the printe r’s contro l pane l. F or mo re infor mati on, see print new photos on pag e 3 2. Selec t and print the d esir ed photos . For mor e informati o[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 6 48 P aper does not feed i n to the prin ter correc tly . OR P la in paper does not come out of the pr inter corr ectly . Ther e may be too much paper loaded in the In tray . Re m o ve some paper fr om the In tra y and try printing again. F or paper-loading instructions, see load paper i n the in tray on page[...]

basics guide tr oubles hooting 49 Pr int quality is p oor . Y ou may be prin ting in Ink - back up Printing Mode. T he pri nter e nters In k-backup Pr inting Mode when one of the print car tridges is mi ssin g. Replace the missing pri nt car tridge with a new one. F or mor e infor mation , see install or replace prin t cart ridges on page 11. Y o u[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 6 50 error messag es Befo re contacting HP support, read this secti on for tr oubleshooting ti ps or go to the online support serv ices at www . hp .co m/s upp ort . M essage P roblem Solution P APER JAM . C LE AR JAM THEN PRE SS OK. The paper jammed while pr inting . 1 T urn off the pr inter , th en unplug it[...]

basics guide tr oubles hooting 51 C ARTR IDGE SER VICE ST AT IO N IS STUCK . There i s a n o bstru ction blocking the path of th e cart ri dge s ervi ce s tat ion . 1 Open th e main door . The print c ar tridge service station is located bene ath the print cartr idge cradle . 2 M ov e the print cartr idge cr adle to the left to access the prin t ca[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 6 52 D ATA WAS NOT REC E IVE D . OR N O RE SP ONSE FROM COMPUTER . The pr inter did not r eceive the data that the comput er sent to it . T ry the follo wing: • Mak e sure the US B cable is sec urel y attached to both the computer and the USB port on the back of the printe r . • V er if y that you ar e usi[...]

7 basics guide 53 specifications This c h apter lists r ecommended papers fo r y our printer and pro vide s selected pr inter sp ecif icati ons. Note: F or a complete list of p r inter spec ifica tions and system requirement s, see the HP Ph otosmart Print er Help. recommended paper F or a list of available HP -designed inkjet papers , or to purcha[...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 7 54 printe r specifications Conne c ti vity , maximum HP JetDir ect External Pr int Server s: 17 5x, 310x , 380x Conne c ti vity , standar d USB: F ront and back ports Windo ws 9 8, 2000 Pro fessi on al , ME, XP Home , and XP Profe ssional Mac OS 9 v9 .1 or later , OS X v10.1 thro u gh 10.2 Image fi le form a[...]

basics guide specifi c ations 55 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) Legal, 8. 5 x 14 i nches (216 x 3 5 6 mm) Exec utiv e, 7 .5 x 10 inche s (190 x 2 54 mm) A4, 8.2 7 x 11.7 inches ( 210 x 2 9 7 mm) A5, 5 .8 x 8.3 inc hes (148 x [...]

hp photosmar t 77 00 series cha p te r 7 56 Me dia types P aper (pla in, inkje t, photo, and banner ) Env elopes T ranspar encies Labels Car d s (inde x, greeting , Hagaki , A6, L -si z e) Ir on -on tr ansfers Mem ory c ar ds CompactF lash T ype I and II IBM Micr odri ve Mul tiMed iaCard Secure Dig ita l SmartMedia Sony Memor y Sticks xD - Pic tu r[...]

basics guide 57 inde x B bor derles s prin ting, 17 pr oblems, 4 6 C camer a -sel ected photo s pr int , 31 unmark, 18 contr ol pan el, 5 copi es set number of copies , 1 6 D def ault setti n gs , 19 DPOF , 18 pri nt camer a -selec ted photos, 3 1 E err or messages, 50 H hardw are pr ob lems, 4 5 hp p hotosm art printer help pri nt, 2 view , 2 I ic[...]

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