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HP Photosmart D6100 series
User Guide
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Contents 1Welcome.................................................................................................................3 Special features.......................................................................................................3 Accessing the onscreen HP Photosmart help.........................................................3 Printer parts.............................................................................................................4 Optional accessories...
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7 Troubleshooting..................................................................................................31 Printer hardware problems....................................................................................31 Printing problems...................................................................................................32 Error messages.....................................................................................................35 Paper errors.....................
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Welcome 1 Thank you for purchasing an HP Photosmart D6100 series printer! With this new photo printer you can print beautiful photos, save photos to a computer, and create fun and easy projects with or without a computer. This guide primarily explains how to print without connecting a computer. To learn how to print from a computer, install the printer software and view the electronic Help. For an overview of using a computer and the printer together, see Printing from a computer. For informatio
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Chapter 1 Printer parts Front of printer 1 Top cover: Lift this cover to access the ink cartridges and to clear paper jams. To lift the cover, grasp the top cover below the HP logo and pull upward. 2 Output tray: Use this tray to catch your printouts. Lift this tray to access the photo tray. 3 Main tray: Pull out this tray and load paper, transparencies, envelopes, or other media with the side to be printed facing down. 4 Photo tray: Lift the output tray and load small-size paper up to 10 x 15 c
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Main and Output trays 1 Paper-width guide: Adjust this guide to fit close to the edge of the paper in the main tray. 2 Output tray: Use this tray to catch your printouts. Lift this tray to access the photo tray. 3 Output tray extender: Pull towards you to extend the output tray to catch your printouts. 4 Main tray: Pull out this tray and load plain paper, transparencies, envelopes, or other media for printing. 5 Main tray grip: Pull toward you to extend the main tray. 6 Paper-length guide: Adjus
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Chapter 1 (continued) Control panel 1 Ink indicator: Indicates missing ink cartridges or low ink. 2 Cancel: Cancel a print job. 3 Resume: Resume a print job or advance paper. 4 HP Photosmart Express: Open HP Photosmart Express on a connected computer. 5 On: Turn on the printer or put it into power save mode. Indicator lights 1 Ink indicator: Solid amber if any ink cartridge is low on ink. Blinks to indicate various problems including a missing, damaged, or incorrect cartridge. For more informati
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Accessory name Description This accessory automatically flips each page to print on both sides. You will save money (two-sided printing reduces paper consumption) and time (no need to remove the paper and reinsert it to print on the back), plus you will make bulky documents more manageable. This accessory may not be available in all countries/regions. HP Automatic Two-sided Printing Accessory ® The HP Bluetooth wireless printer adapter goes into the camera port on the front of the printer. This
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Chapter 1 8 HP Photosmart D6100 series
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Get ready to print 2 This section includes the following topics: ● Load paper ● Insert ink cartridges Load paper Learn how to choose the right paper for your print job and how to load it into the input tray for printing. Choose the right paper Use HP Advanced Photo Paper. It is especially designed to work with the inks in your printer to create beautiful photos. For a list of available HP-designed photo paper, or to purchase supplies, go to: ● www.hpshopping.com (U.S.) ● www.hpshopping.ca (Canad
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Chapter 2 1 Paper-width guide 2 Paper-length guide 3. Load paper with the side to be printed facing down. Check that the stack of paper is no higher than the top of the paper-length guide. 4. Adjust the paper-width and paper-length guides inward until they stop at the edges of the paper. 5. Push the main tray in until it stops. 1 Push in the main tray all the way Load the photo tray Photo paper up to 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inch) with or without tabs, Hagaki cards, A6 cards, L-size cards 1. Lift the o
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1 Output tray 2 Paper-width guide 3 Paper-length guide 4. Load up to 20 sheets of paper into the photo tray with the print side down. If you are using tabbed paper, insert the paper so the tab is closer to you. 5. Adjust the paper-width and paper-length guides inward until they stop at the edges of the paper. 1 Paper-width guide 2 Paper-length guide 6. Push in the photo tray. 7. Lower the output tray. Insert ink cartridges The first time you set up and use your HP Photosmart printer, make sure t
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Chapter 2 Note If you have already used the printer several times and you have installed the HP Photosmart printer software, you can also find the cartridge numbers in the printer software. Windows users: Right-click the HP Digital Imaging Monitor icon in the Windows taskbar, and select Launch/Show HP Solution Center. Select Settings, then Print Settings, and then Printer Toolbox. Click the Estimated Ink Levels tab, and then click Ink Cartridge Information. To order ink cartridges, click Shop On
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For a copy of the HP Limited Warranty Statement, see HP Warranty. Inserting or replacing the ink cartridges 1. Make sure the power is on, then lift the top cover. 2. Squeeze the gray tab below an ink cartridge slot to release the gray latch inside the printer, then lift the latch. The ink cartridge areas are color-coded for easy reference. Lift the latch below the appropriate color to insert or replace a cartridge. From left to right, the ink cartridges are black, yellow, light cyan, cyan, light
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Chapter 2 more information, go to www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/recycle/ inkjet.html. 4. Remove the new ink cartridge from its packaging, and while holding it by the handle, slide the ink cartridge into the empty slot. Make sure you insert the ink cartridge into the slot that has the same shaped icon and color as the new cartridge. The copper-colored contacts should be facing the printer as the ink cartridge is inserted. Note The first time you set up and use the printer, make
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Printing photos without a 3 computer The HP Photosmart D6100 series printer lets you print photos without even turning on the computer. Once you've set up the printer using the instructions in the Quick Start Guide, you can connect a PictBridge camera and print your photos using the menu on the camera. The photos can be in the camera memory or on a memory card in the camera. For more information, see Print photos from a digital camera. Printing photos You can print photos without a computer in a
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Chapter 3 To print photos from a… Follow these steps Digital camera with Bluetooth 1. Load paper in the photo tray. ® wireless technology 2. Insert the HP Bluetooth wireless printer adapter into the camera port on the front of the If you have a digital camera with printer. Bluetooth wireless technology, The light on the adapter flashes when the you can purchase the optional ® adapter is ready to receive data. HP Bluetooth wireless printer 3. Follow the instructions in the documentation adapter a
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Getting connected 4 Use the printer to stay connected to other devices and people. Connecting to other devices This printer offers several ways of connecting to computers or other devices. Each connection type lets you do different things. Connection type and what you need This lets you... USB ● Print from a computer to the printer. See Printing from a computer. ● A Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 full- ● Share photos through HP Photosmart speed compliant cable 3 meters Share. (10 feet) or less i
