HP 140 - Manual

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 1 2 documentation Your new printer comes with the following documentation to help you get started and get the most out of your printer:• Setup Guide —The HP Photosmart Setup Guide contains quick and easy instructions to help you set up your printer and print your fir...

basics guide get started 3 quick start Printing photos is as easy as 1-2-3! Here’s how you do it. Caution! You can permanently damage your equipment if you do not correctly install the print cartridge and insert the memory card. For detailed instructions, see install or replace the print cartridge o...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 1 4 step 2: print a photo index Caution! Inserting the memory card incorrectly or forcing the memory card into the printer too far may damage the memory card and the printer. For more information, see insert a memory card on page 18. 1 Insert a memory card that has p...

basics guide get started 5 printer parts front of the printer Paper tray door Open this door to load paper or insert a memory card Print cartridge door Open this door to change the print cartridge Control panel For more information, see control panel on page 7 Memory card slots For more information,...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 1 6 back of the printer Note: Place the printer on a flat, stable surface with the back of the printer at least 10 inches (250 mm) away from any obstruction to allow space for the paper to move during printing. Make sure the power cord and USB cable do not block the ...

basics guide get started 7 memory card slots Note: For information about how to insert a memory card into your printer, see insert a memory card on page 18. control panel Note: The S AVE button works only when your printer is connected to a computer. For more information, see the HP Photosmart Print...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 1 8 LCD screen photo layout icon Press the L AYOUT + or – button to scroll through the photo layouts. The Photo Layout icon on the printer’s LCD screen shows the current layout. When you select a photo, the position where that photo will print on the page changes to ...

basics guide get started 9 printer menu You can view the printer menu on the printer’s LCD screen when no memory card is inserted and the printer is turned on. Use the printer menu to:• Clean the print cartridge • Print a test page • Calibrate the print cartridge • Change the print quality • Change ...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 1 10 The message B EST appears on the printer’s LCD screen. 3 Select from the following:– To print the highest quality photos, press the OK button. – To print normal quality photos, press the S ELECT P HOTOS button. When the message N ORMAL appears on the printer’s L...

basics guide get started 11 change the LCD screen language and country/region If you purchased your printer in a country other than the U.S. or Canada, you are asked to set the language and country/region for the printer’s LCD screen the first time you turn on the printer. You can use the printer’s ...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 1 12 paper information You can print photos on photo paper, plain paper, or index cards. Your printer supports the following paper types and sizes: To get the best performance from your printer, use genuine HP photo paper. For more information, see recommended paper ...

basics guide get started 13 3 Move the paper width guide on the paper tray to fit close to the left edge of the paper without bending the paper. This helps the paper feed straight into the printer. Tip: With paper other than HP premium plus photo paper, you may experience paper feeding or ejecting p...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 1 14 print cartridge information Your HP Photosmart 140 Series printer can print color and black and white photos. HP provides two types of print cartridges so you can choose the best print cartridge for your project. For the highest quality photos, follow these guid...

basics guide get started 15 4 Open the print cartridge door. The red On/Attention light flashes when the print cartridge door is open. Note: For instructions on removing a previously installed print cartridge, see remove the print cartridge on page 16. 5 Place the print cartridge in the print cartri...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 1 16 7 Close the print cartridge door.After you install a new print cartridge, the message L OAD PLAIN PAPER THEN PRESS OK appears on the printer’s LCD screen. When you press the OK button, the printer automatically calibrates the new print cartridge and prints a cal...

2 basics guide 17 print from a memory card It’s easy to print high-quality photos for yourself, family, and friends. If your digital camera uses a memory card to store photos, you can insert the memory card into the printer to print your photos. Messages on the printer’s LCD screen guide you through...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 2 18 The following illustration shows the top sides of the supported memory cards. This is the side that should face up when you insert the memory card into the printer. supported file formats You can print JPEG and uncompressed TIFF files directly from the memory ca...

basics guide print from a memory card 19 To insert a memory card: 1 Remove any memory cards that are already inserted into any of the memory card slots. Caution! Do not pull out a memory card while the memory card light is blinking. For more information, see remove a memory card on page 22. 2 Hold t...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 2 20 Memory card Memory card slot How to hold and insert the memory card CompactFlash Type I or II Top-left slot • Front label faces up, and if the label has an arrow, the arrow points toward the printer • Pinholes insert into the printer first MultiMediaCard Bottom-...

basics guide print from a memory card 21 Note: If you used your digital camera to select photos on the memory card for printing, a message appears on the printer’s LCD screen asking if you want to print the camera-selected photos. For more information, see print camera-selected photos on page 32. So...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 2 22 remove a memory card Once the memory card light stops blinking, gently pull the memory card to remove it from the printer’s memory card slot. Caution! Do not pull out the memory card while the memory card light is blinking. A blinking light means that the printe...

basics guide print from a memory card 23 The thumbnail views on a photo index print at low resolution in order to print quickly, so they do not represent the final print quality of the photos. Index numbers appear in the corner of each thumbnail view. Use the index numbers to identify which photos y...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 2 24 3 Press the OK or P RINT button to print a photo index showing all the photos stored on the memory card, up to 2000 photos. A message appears on the printer’s LCD screen indicating the number of photo index pages that will print.Press the C ANCEL button to conti...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 2 26 beginning of the list move off the LCD screen. To indicate that there are additional index numbers that are currently hidden from view, two hyphens appear at the beginning of the list. select a continuous range of photos There are two ways to select a continuous...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 2 28 4 Press the OK button. The selected range of photos appears in the Selected Photos section of the printer’s LCD screen. For example, the range 12–16 appears on the LCD screen following the index numbers of the photos that were previously selected. If you print m...

basics guide print from a memory card 29 select new photos You can select all the “new” photos on your memory card. “New” photos are photos that haven’t previously been printed from the printer’s control panel.Each time you insert a memory card into the printer’s memory card slot and print photos us...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 2 30 clear photos You can clear photos one at a time, starting from the last photo selected, or you can clear all selected photos at once. Note: Clearing photos from the printer’s LCD display does not delete them from the memory card. To clear photos one at a time: `...

basics guide print from a memory card 31 print photos Your printer can print digital photos that are stored on a memory card. Digital photos may be unmarked or camera-selected. For a list of supported digital photo file types, see printer specifications on page 52. print unmarked digital photos Unma...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 2 32 Tip: Press and hold the C OPIES + or – button to change the number of copies rapidly.b. Press the OK button to select the displayed number of copies, or wait a few seconds and the printer will select the displayed number of copies for you. 6 Load photo paper in ...

3 basics guide 35 print from an hp direct-printing digital camera Your printer allows you to print beautiful photos from an HP direct-printing digital camera without using your computer.To see a list of the HP direct-printing digital cameras that work with your printer, go to www.hp.com/support , se...

4 basics guide 37 maintain and transport your printer Your printer requires very little maintenance. For best results, keep your printer and supplies clean and store them properly.Because it is compact and light, your printer is easy to transport and set up almost anywhere. Take it with you on vacat...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 4 38 3 Load paper in the paper tray and press the OK button. To conserve photo paper, use plain paper or index cards. For more information, see load the paper on page 12. The printer begins cleaning the print cartridge. When the print cartridge cleaning is finished, ...

basics guide maintain and transport your printer 39 Note: When your printer is connected to a computer, you can also print a test page from the computer using the HP Photosmart Series Toolbox (Windows PC) or the HP Inkjet Utility (Macintosh). For more information, see the HP Photosmart Printer Help....

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 4 40 store your printer Protect the printer and print cartridge by storing them properly when you are not using them. store the printer Your printer is built to withstand long or short periods of inactivity. Close the paper tray door when the printer is not in use. S...

basics guide maintain and transport your printer 41 maintain the quality of your photo paper To ensure high-quality prints, it is important to maintain the quality of your photo paper by storing and handling it properly. store the photo paper Keep unused photo paper in its original packaging inside ...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 4 42 transport your printer Your printer can travel with you. Be sure to always carry the printer upright. To transport your printer: 1 If there is a memory card in a memory card slot, remove it. 2 Turn off the printer. 3 Remove any memory cards from the printer’s me...

5 basics guide 43 troubleshooting Your HP Photosmart printer is designed to be reliable and easy to use. This chapter answers frequently asked questions and contains information about the following topics:• hardware problems on page 43 • printing problems on page 44 • error messages on page 48 For t...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 5 44 printing problems Before contacting HP support, read this section for troubleshooting tips or go to the online support services at www.hp.com/support . The On/Attention light is blinking amber. An unrecoverable error has occurred. Try the following:• Turn off th...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 5 48 error messages Before contacting HP support, read this section for troubleshooting tips or go to the online support services at www.hp.com/support . Photos are not printing correctly. You may have loaded the photo paper incorrectly. Load the photo paper with the...

6 basics guide 51 specifications This chapter lists recommended papers for your printer and provides selected printer specifications. Note: For a complete list of printer specifications and system requirements, see the HP Photosmart Printer Help. For information about viewing the printer help, see v...

hp photosmart 140 series chapter 6 52 printer specifications Connectivity USB: Microsoft ® Windows 98, 2000 Professional, ME, XP Home, and XP Professional; Mac ® OS 9 v9.1 or later, OS X v10.1 through v10.2 Image file formats JPEG BaselineTIFF 24-bit RGB uncompressed interleavedTIFF 24-bit YCbCr unc...

basics guide specifications 53 Paper tray capacity 20 sheets, maximum thickness 11.5 mil (292 µm) per sheet Power consumption Printing: 8.1 WIdle: 2.1 WOff: 2.0 W Print cartridge 1 tri-color HP #57 (C6657A)1 photo gray HP #59 (C9359A) (available Fall 2003) USB support Microsoft Windows 98, 2000 Prof...

basics guide 55 index A add borders 10 all photos select 28 B borderless printing 10 borders add 10 buttons control panel 7 C calibrate printer 39 calibration page 40 camera-selected photos 31, 32 Cancel button 7 care and maintenance 37 clean print cartridge 37 printer 37 clear photos 30 CompactFlas...

index basics guide 57 U unmarked photos 31 USB port 6 W welcome 1 X xD-Picture Card memory card slot 7

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