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HP Photosmart A820 series
Basics Guide
Guía básica
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HP Photosmart A820 series HP Photosmart A820 series Basics Guide English
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English Contents 1 Get started The HP Photosmart at a glance.................................................................................................5 Use the touch screen..................................................................................................................6 The quick touch frame..........................................................................................................6 “9-up” and “1-up” views.....................................................
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1 Get started Thank you for your HP Photosmart purchase! Read this guide to learn the basics about printing beautiful photos with the HP Photosmart A820 series printer. This section provides introductory information about the HP Photosmart A820 series printer. NOTE: Read the Setup Guide first to setup your HP Photosmart A820 series printer. The HP Photosmart at a glance 8 Figure 1-1 Front and rear views 1 Touch screen: View photos and menus here. Touch the screen to select, edit, and print photo
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English Chapter 1 (continued) 10 Camera port: Connect a PictBridge digital camera, the optional HP Bluetooth wireless printer adapter, an iPod, or a USB flash/thumb drive here. 11 Power cord connection: Connect the power cord here. 12 USB port: Connect the printer to a computer here using a USB cable. Use the touch screen Use your finger on the touch screen for most operations, such as photo navigation, printing, making selections in the printer menus, or touching the onscreen icons. The quick t
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“9-up” and “1-up” views You can view up to nine photos at a time on the touch screen. When you insert a memory card or connect a photo storage device to the printer, thumbnails of up to nine photos on the card or device appear on the touchscreen. To see a photo larger, touch the center of the photo to enter 1-up view. Figure 1-3 Photo views 1 Thumbnail or “9-up” view: In 9-up view, photos are displayed at a small size, so that up to nine photos can be viewed at a time. 2 1-up view: In 1-up view,
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English Chapter 1 Printer status bar icons (continued) Printer status icon Description Estimated time remaining: Indicates estimated print time remaining for the current job. Number of selected photos: Displays the number of selected photos. Photo icons The default thumbnail or 9-up view is displayed on inserting a memory card correctly in the printer memory card slot. To access 1-up view, touch the center of any image in the thumbnail or 9-up view. Icons appear on photos and video clips in thum
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How to use the printer menus The printer menus contain many features for printing photos, changing print settings, and more. Figure 1-4 Printer menus 1 Menu name: The name of the current menu. 2 Menu option: Touch a menu option to select it. 3 Menu scroll arrows: Touch to scroll through menus or menu options. TIP: The printer menus contain many useful commands and options, but common functions, such as printing, are usually available by touching an icon on the quick touch frame. To use the print
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English Chapter 2 Load your paper NOTE: Load only one type and size of paper at a time. Do not mix paper types or sizes in the input tray. To load paper 1. Lift the input tray lid. NOTE: Loading paper without opening the input tray may cause a paper jam. 2. Gently push open the input tray. 3. Load up to 100 sheets of HP Advanced Photo Paper in the input tray with the glossy side facing toward the front of the printer. When loading, slide the paper to the left side of the input tray and push the
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Figure 2-1 Memory card slots 1 xD-Picture Card 2 Compact Flash I and II (except Microdrive) 3 Memory Stick 4 Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard (MMC) Print from a memory card This section describes several ways to print photos from a memory card, including one photo, multiple photos, multiple copies of the same photo, and so on. One touch photo prints 1. Scroll through the photos on the inserted memory card by touching the and buttons on the quick touch frame. 2. Touch the photo you want to print
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English Chapter 2 4. Touch the arrow keys to browse through photos and select other photos you want to print. To return to the thumbnail view, touch . 5. When you finish selecting photos, press the icon on the quick touch frame to print all selected photos. To print all photos NOTE: Make sure no photo is selected. If you are in 1-up view, touch to return to thumbnail view first. 1. Touch the icon on the quick touch frame while viewing photos in the default thumbnail view. 2. Touch Yes to prin
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To remove red-eye 1. Touch Edit Photo when viewing a photo with red-eye in 1-up view. 2. Touch Remove Red-Eye. The Red-eye icon flashes and then displays continuously after red-eye removal. A message is displayed If the printer does not detect red-eye in the photo. 3. To undo red-eye removal, touch Edit Photo when viewing the photo with red-eye removed and then touch Undo Red-Eye. 4. Touch to print your photo. Print from a computer Printing from a computer gives you more options for printing yo
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English Chapter 2 Protect the touch screen Keep the touch screen free of dirt, dust, fingerprints and other foreign materials. Use a clean, nonabrasive cloth towel, and any commercially available window cleaner, to clean the surface. Apply the cleaning solution to the cloth and not directly to the screen. Fluid sprayed on the screen can leak into the printer and cause damage. WARNING! Abrasive materials can scratch the surface of your touch screen, reducing image quality and input accuracy. WARN
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5. If you are replacing a cartridge, push down and pull outward on the cartridge in the cradle to remove it. 6. Hold the replacement cartridge with the label on top. Slide the cartridge at a slight upward angle into the cradle so the copper-colored contacts go in first. Push the cartridge until it snaps into place. 7. Close the print cartridge door. The printer starts print cartridge alignment to ensure high print quality. You may discard the alignment page that prints. Recycle the old cartridge
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English Chapter 3 You can apply multiple creative features to the same photo and then print the modified photo. Use the stylus to draw on a photo or to enter a caption for a photo through the touch screen keyboard. The stylus is placed on the printer, taped into the storage area above the printer memory card slots. Remove the packing tape to use the stylus. NOTE: Get Creative actions are not saved with the photo, so your original file remains untouched. CAUTION: To prevent damage to the touch sc
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5. Touch Done. 6. Touch to print your photo. Add frames The Frames creative option lets you add a frame to the current photo. You can select from several categories, including: Seasonal, Kids, General, and Special. Each frame has a landscape and portrait version. To use the Frames creative option 1. Touch Get Creative when viewing a photo in 1-up view. 2. Touch the Frames creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is not visible. 3. Touch the desired category to v
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English Chapter 3 To use the Design Gallery creative option 1. Touch Get Creative when viewing a photo in 1-up view. 2. Touch the Design Gallery creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is not visible. 3. Touch the desired effect and change its available variables when prompted, if you want to modify how the effect looks on the current photo. NOTE: Only some effects have variables that you can adjust. 4. When you are finished, touch Done. 5. When prompted, touch
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To use the Caption creative option 1. Touch Get Creative when viewing a photo in 1-up view. 2. Touch the Caption creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is not visible. 3. Type on the onscreen keyboard. You can switch among four keyboard layouts — Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and accents — by touching the appropriate key on the keyboard: Caps, 123+, or àêö. Use the stylus to make typing easier. 4. Touch Done and chose a font and color when prompted. You can to
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English Chapter 3 Create albums The Albums creative option lets you add photos to photo album books and print the albums. You can select from several categories, including: Seasonal, Kids, General, and Special. To use the Albums creative option 1. Touch Get Creative when viewing a photo in 1-up view. 2. Touch the Albums creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is not visible. NOTE: If you want to zoom or rotate a photo, do it before you enter album mode. You cann
