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HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series
User Guide
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Contents 1Welcome.................................................................................................................3 Find more information .............................................................................................3 Printer parts ............................................................................................................4 Printer menu ...........................................................................................................8 2 Bas
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Printer hardware problems ...................................................................................46 Printing problems ..................................................................................................47 Error messages ....................................................................................................50 Paper errors ..................................................................................................51 Printer setup errors ................
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Welcome 1 Thank you for purchasing an HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer. Designed especially for professional and serious amateur photographers, this printer provides the following advanced technologies and features: ● An 8-color system that yields rich, bright, fade-resistant, and color-accurate photos, especially when used with HP Advanced Photo Paper. ● Four dual-color printheads that provide up to four times faster printing than previous technologies. ● Support for a very wide range of
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Chapter 1 – Order supplies – Start HP Photosmart Premier software After you have installed the HP Photosmart printer software on a computer, open and explore the HP Solution Center. Windows: Right-click the HP Digital Imaging Monitor icon on the Windows taskbar, and then click Launch/Show HP Solution Center. Note In this user guide, printer software refers to the HP Photosmart software that comes on the CD with the printer. The printer driver is the part of the printer software which controls th
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Back of printer 1 USB port: Use this port to connect the printer to a computer. 2 Ethernet port: Use this port to connect the printer to a network. 3 Rear door: Remove this door to clear paper jams. 4 Rear paper slot: Print jobs from the specialty media tray pass back and forth through this slot before being ejected on the output tray at the front of the printer. Check that there is enough room behind the printer for the paper to pass back and forth through the slot without any obstructions. Whe
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Chapter 1 Paper trays 1 Main tray: Place a stack of photo paper, plain paper, or other non-rigid media in this tray for printing. Load the media in portrait orientation and with the side to be printed facing down. Squeeze the main tray release to lengthen or shorten the main tray, depending on the size of paper you are loading. 2 Output tray: Print jobs come out here. For easier access to the main tray, remove this tray by pulling it out towards you. 3 Specialty media tray (open): Insert a singl
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Main tray 1 Paper-width guide: Adjust this guide to fit close to the left edge of the paper in the tray by pressing the button on the front of the guide and sliding the guide across. 2 Paper-size markings: Refer to these markings to guide you for loading paper in the correct orientation. 3 Main tray extension: Extend the main tray to load larger sizes of paper. Fully extended, the main tray can hold up to 32 x 48 cm (13 x 19 inch) paper. 4 Main tray release: Squeeze this release and pull it towa
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Chapter 1 Control panel 1 Printer screen: Use this screen to view menus and messages. 2 Menu: Press to view the printer menu. 3 Previous: Press to navigate to a previous menu option. 4 OK: Press to select a menu option or respond to a prompt on the printer screen. 5 Next: Press to navigate to the next menu option. 6 Cancel: Press to exit a menu option or to stop the current print job. 7 Attention light: Flashes red if an error requiring user action occurs. An error message is also displayed on t
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● Network settings: – Show IP address: Select this option to view the printer IP address (a numeric address that identifies the printer on a network). – Print network settings page: Select this option to print a network configuration page that you can use to troubleshoot network connections or for the initial network setup. See Print a network settings page. – Reset network settings: Select this option to reset the printer network settings to the factory defaults. ● Clean printheads: Select this
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Chapter 1 10 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer
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Basic printing 2 This section contains the following topics: ● Media trays ● Load the main tray ● Load the specialty media tray ● Choose the right paper or other media ● Tips ● Print from a software program ● Change print settings ● Set the default print settings ● Make the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series the default printer Media trays The printer has two media trays: ● Main tray: The main tray can hold and automatically load multiple sheets of media. Only thin, flexible media can be loaded into
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Chapter 2 (continued) Media Main tray Specialty media tray Examples: Canvas; Photo Rag; Watercolor paper Rigid Media Not supported Recommended Examples: Photo board Any media thicker than Not supported Not supported 1.5 mm Note You do not need to remove media from the main tray before you use the specialty media tray. Load the main tray To load the main tray 1. Remove the output tray completely by grasping the sides of the tray with both hands and sliding it out towards you. The main tray is now
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If you extended or removed the main tray to load paper, push in the main tray to the end of the paper by squeezing the release and pushing in the tray, and push the tray back into the printer until it is fully seated. Be sure to adjust the length of the main tray and reseat the tray in the printer before you adjust the paper-length and paper-width guides or the paper will jam. 4. Adjust the paper-width and paper-length guides so they rest gently against the edges of the paper. 5. Check that the
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Chapter 2 For information on loading canvas media, see To load canvas in the specialty media tray. For all other types of media, see To load the specialty media tray. Note You do not need to remove media from the main tray before you use the specialty media tray. To load the specialty media tray 1. Check that there is space behind the printer for the paper to pass back and forth through the rear paper slot. The space behind the printer should be equivalent to the length of the paper you are prin
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Align the right edge of the media against the raised edge of the tray and not against the side of the printer. Misaligned media can result in skewing or other printing problems, including paper jams. Tip If the media is curled, you can open the top door to check that the media feeds under the rollers smoothly. Be sure to close the top door again. 5. Press OK on the printer. To load canvas in the specialty media tray 1. Lower the specialty media tray. Wait while the printer raises the printhead a
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Chapter 2 2. Pull out the output tray extension by holding the output tray with one hand and pulling out the extension with your other hand. Flip up the paper catch at the end of the output tray extension to prevent paper from falling onto the floor. 3. Load one sheet of canvas media with the side to be printed facing up on the specialty media tray. a. Open the top door to check that the media feeds under the rollers smoothly. 16 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer
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b. Feed the media into the printer until the back edge of the media (the edge nearest you) is lined up with the dashed white line on the tray. For large sizes of media, the media will project through the rear paper slot at the back of the printer. c. Close the top door. 4. Select Canvas as the media type in the printer driver on the computer, and then click Print to send your print job to the printer. The printer checks that the media is flat enough to print on. If the media is not flat enough,
