Lexmark P700 manual

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3 Contents Using your photo printer .......... .............. .............. ............. 4 Understandi ng the pr inter parts .................. ............. ................... .. 4 Using me mory cards ...................... ................... .................... ........ 6 Printing p hotos .................. ............. ................... [...]

4 Using y our phot o printe r Y ou can use the Lexmar k™ P7 00 Ser ies Ph oto Jetpr inter™ t o pri nt ev eryth ing from high-qu ality black and white te xt to col or photos. Be f ore you get star ted, follow the instr uct ions in your se tup docum entation to insta ll the pr inter ha rdware and s oftware. Understanding the printer par ts The ta[...]

5 Note: Depen ding on th e product you purc hased, your pr inter may not hav e a USB c ard reader or memor y ca rd slots. Use this: When y ou wan t to: Access cov er • Install or change print cartr idges . • Clear p aper jams . P aper g uide Mak e sure pa per f eeds correctly i nto the printer . P aper f eed butt on • Eject paper from the pri[...]

6 Using m emory cards Note: Depen ding on th e product you purc hased, your pr inter may not h av e memo r y ca rd slot s. Most digi tal cameras use a mem ory card to store photo s. Inser t the memor y car d into your pri nter to acces s photos st ored on th e card. Then, pri nt them or save them to your compute r . Inser ti ng a memor y card Y our[...]

7 Before you inser t your memor y ca rd, cons ider the f ollowin g informat ion: • Y our pr inter r ecognizes on e source for photos a t a time. Inser t only one memor y card at a ti me. • A small li ght on top of the car d reader blinks and then tur ns off once your card is pr operl y insta lled. • The light blink s when the card reade r is [...]

8 If you want to pr int a bor derl ess photo us ing anoth er software p rogram, you may need to manually adjust s etting s such as: • P aper size • P age marg ins • Image size Refer to your other software program’s documentation f or more informati on.[...]

9 Photo pr inting mad e easy In this c hapter , lear n how to pr int ph otos from a m emor y car d and pr int a border less ph oto . Printi ng photos Load photo paper 1 Load up to 2 5 sheets of coated, photo, or glossy pape r v er t ically against th e ri ght side of the paper tra y . • If your paper in clude s instr uctions, r ead them c arefull[...]

10 2 Squeeze and s lide the paper guide to the left s ide of the photo paper . Note: If you are usi ng letter size paper , adjustin g the p aper guide m a y n ot be nece ssar y . Acces s y our photos Fr om a computer T o acces s photos sav ed on a c omputer : 1 Click S tart Programs Lexmark Photo Softwar e Le xmark Photo Center . The Lexmark P hoto[...]

11 2 Click the Ex plore tab. 3 In the dir ector y in th e right p ane, select t he folder where your photos ar e stored. Y our ph otos appea r in the left pane.[...]

12 Fr om a memor y card Note: Depen ding on th e product you purc hased, your pr inter may not hav e memor y card slots. If it does no t, see “F rom a com puter” o n page 10. 1 Inser t your me mor y card into the corre sponding memor y card s lot. F or help, see page 6. Note: Inser t only on e memo r y card at a time. The Memo r y Card Inse r t[...]

13 2 Select Aut omaticall y sav e all the photos in a My Pictures f older with toda y’ s date . 3 Mak e s ur e thes e che c k b o x es are s elect ed: • Display the Lexmar k Photo C enter t o view or pr int the photos. • Show this mes sage eac h time a c ard is inser ted. 4 Click OK . 5 Click OK on the Memo r y Card Copying screen when it app[...]

14 5 Click the photo s that you want to pr int, and then drag the m into the lay out. Note: Right- click a photo f or more i mage layout options, such as Repea t Photo to al l F rames, Rotate Photo i n F rame, or Edit Phot o. Print y our photos 1 Click Print . The Pr int dialo g box appears. 2 Click V iew all printer settings to chan ge the pr inte[...]

15 Printing a borderless photo 1 F or best results, l oad pho to paper into the tray . For help , see page 9. 2 Open the P hoto Center. F or help , see page 29. 3 Open the p hoto that you want to p rint. • T o access your ph oto from a memor y car d, see page 1 2. • T o access your ph oto from a f older on your computer , see page 10. 4 F rom t[...]

16 W orkin g with y our photos In this chapter , lear n h ow to use the Photo Ce nter to m eet all of your photo pri nting needs. T o learn ho w to: See page: Organiz e phot os 17 Edit photo s 18 Use l ay outs 22 E-mail ph otos 24[...]

17 Organizing photos T o access photos stor ed in a d iff erent f old er: 1 Open the P hoto Center : c lick Start Programs Le xmark Photo Software Lexmark Photo Cente r . 2 Click Explore . 3 F rom the dir ector y str ucture in the r ight pa ne, find and se lect your fo l d e r. The photo s stored i n the folder appear i n the left p ane. T o mov e [...]

18 Editin g photos Opening the Photo Editor 1 Open the P hoto Center : c lick Start Programs Le xmark Photo Software Lexmark Photo Cente r . 2 Double-click a photo fr om the thum bnails p ane of t he Photo Ce nter . The Lexmark P hoto Edi tor dialog b o x open s. The photo you selected is d isplay ed in the dialo g box. Note: Y ou c an edit on ly o[...]

19 Using the Photo Editor tool sets Edit your pho to using the tool sets descr ibed in th e table. Click this option... And the n clic k... T o perf orm this act ion... Quick Fixes One o f thes e opti ons: • Rotate R ight • Rotate Le ft • Flip Horiz ontal • Flip V er tical Chang e the orientati on of yo ur photo . Crop Crop y our photo . Re[...]

20 T o sav e your changes : 1 Click Fi le Save As . Note: If you click File Sav e, the changes you made ov erwr ite your or iginal photo . 2 Enter a fi le name a nd a file t ype, and then c lick Save . Drawing t ools T ext Select a text loca tion o n a phot o , open the T e xt dialo g box, and en ter t ext. Fill Fill a p ar t of th e photo wit h th[...]

21 Cropping photos 1 Double-click a photo thumbnai l. The photo opens in the Photo Editor . 2 Click Image Si ze , and then click Crop . An editin g window appear s ov er the photo . 3 Resi ze t he crop area. • Mov e your cursor to the frame of the editin g window , and then click and d rag the frame t o resize it. • Click Ratios o n the editi n[...]

22 2 Click Color A dju st , and then click Red-Eye Remov al . 3 Use t he curso r to selec t the regi on of the ph oto th at contain s the re d eye. 4 Click OK . 5 Click Fi le Print to pri nt the phot o. 6 Click Print . Using lay outs Creating a new la y out 1 Click the Pa g e tab of the Pho to Center . 2 F rom the P age lay out: drop -down menu, se[...]

23 6 Drag placehol ders from t he left pan e onto the l a yout page and arrange them h ow y ou want them to appe ar . Use the alig nment toolbar t o help you cen ter and alig n your place holders ho rizontally and ver tical ly . 7 Sav e your lay out. a Click Save . b Enter a n ame for your la y out and choos e a style fr om the drop-down me nu. c C[...]

24 4 Select th e la yout you want to modify . a F rom the Paper size: drop- down menu, selec t the pape r size. b F rom the Lay out lis ted: drop -down menu, selec t the lay out sty le. c Scroll th rough the page layout thumbnails to se lect the l a yout. 5 Click OK . Y our existing layout opens in th e Lay out edito r ready for you to edit . E-mai[...]

25 5 Click A ttach Now . Y our c omputer laun ches your e-m ail program and opens a n e w message. Then, it attache s your photos to the message. 6 E-mail your photos to a f rien d.[...]

26 Using the printer so ftware This b ook is wr itten for Windows 98, W indows Me, Windows 200 0, and Windows XP . T o lear n about usi ng your printer wit h a Macintos h, or f or more inform ation on using your printer with Windows, refer to the User’ s Guide for y ou r operating sy stem. T o acces s the guides : 1 Inser t C D . 2 W ait for the [...]

27 Using the software to select y our printer settings Print Pr oper ties With your document ope n, click File Print Pr oper ties or Preferences . The paper type sensor Y our pr inter has a pape r type sens or that d etects these paper ty pes: • Plain pa per • T ra nsparen cies • Coated paper • Glossy/P hoto paper The pape r type s ensor se[...]

28 The Pr int dialo g box appears. 2 F r om t h e Print di al og b o x , cl ic k Pr opertie s , Preferences , O ptions , or View all printer s ettings . 3 F rom the Pr int Pr oper tie s dia log box, select th e Quality/ Copies tab . 4 F rom the P aper T ype area, select Us e my choice . If y ou want to turn the pa per type sensor on so that the pri[...]

29 • Click Star t Pr ograms or All Programs Lexmark Z70 0–P700 Series Lexmark Solution Center . Click Help on any tab to view the pr inter software Help . Photo printing Use the Lexmark Photo Cen ter f or: • Acc essin g pho tos fr om a m e mory card • Organi zing p hot os in layouts • Editing p hotos • Pri nting photo s T o open t he Le[...]

30 T r oubleshooting chec klist Note: Y o u can use the pr inter wi th just a col or car trid ge or just a black car tr idge. Y ou mus t hav e a co lor car tridg e instal led when you pr int w ith a photo car tr idge. Is the power suppl y fir mly atta ched to your pr inter and an electr ical ou tlet? Are both your print er and c omputer o n? Is you[...]

31 F rom your desktop, click Start Program s or All Progr ams . If Lexmark Z700–P 700 Ser ies does not appea r in your list of programs, install the prin ter software. Refer to the se tup documenta tion for insta llation instr uctions. 1 Disconne ct your pri nter fr om any extern al devices. 2 Connect your pr inter di rectly to your c omputer wit[...]

32 Inde x C cartridg es, troubles hooting 3 0 checkl ist troublesh ooting 30 E edit ing photos 18 I I Want To menu 27 L layouts creating 22 modifyi ng 23 Lexm ar k Sol uti on Ce nt er 28 loading photo paper 9 M Memory Card Inserted dialog b ox 12 memory ca rds inser ting 6 supported types 6 using 6 P page la yout 22 paper gui de, adjustin g 10 Phot[...]

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