HP 240 Series - Manual

hp photosmart 240 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 printer parts front of the printer back 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 5 Memory card slots F...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 1 4 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 rear paper path. ind...

basics guide get started 5 control panel Note: The S AVE button works only when your printer is connected to a computer. For more information, see the HP Photosmart Printer Help. For information about viewing the Printer Help, see view the hp photosmart printer help on page 2. printer menu Press the...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 1 6 printer menu structure Top level menu Submenus/options Additional submenus/options Change layout Select Layout:• 1 photo• 2 photos• 4 photos Print special Print allPrint range Select beginning of range:Select end of range: Print newPrint index Enhance image Photo...

basics guide get started 7 Preferences After printing After printing, deselect all photos:• Always• Never• Ask (default) # of copies Set default number of copies:(select 1 to 99; default is 1) Photo layout Set default photo layout:• Ask (default)• 1 photo• 2 photos• 4 photos Video print Set default ...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 1 8 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 o...

basics guide get started 9 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 pr...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 1 10 print cartridge information Your HP Photosmart 240 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 guide...

basics guide get started 11 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 12. 5 Place the print cartridge in the print cartrid...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 1 12 7 Close the print cartridge door.After you install a new print cartridge, a message appears on the printer’s LCD screen asking you to load plain paper in the paper tray and press the OK button. When you press the OK button, the printer automatically calibrates t...

2 basics guide 13 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 240 series chapter 2 14 supported file formats You can print photos from JPEG and uncompressed TIFF image files directly from the memory card. You can also print video action prints from Motion JPEG AVI, Motion JPEG Quicktime, and MPEG-1 video files directly from the memory card. If yo...

basics guide print from a memory card 15 Caution! Inserting the memory card any other way may damage the memory card or the printer. 4 Gently push the memory card into the printer until it stops. The memory card does not insert all the way into the printer. Caution! Forcing the memory card into the ...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 2 16 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 camera-selected photos. For more information, see print camera-selected photos on page 26. SmartMedi...

basics guide print from a memory card 17 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 pri...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 2 18 Tip: To move quickly through the photos, press and hold the arrows on the S ELECT P HOTOS button. When you reach the last photo in either direction, the printer cycles back to the first or last photo and continues. Note: If you use your computer to delete files ...

basics guide print from a memory card 19 3 If you have not changed the default photo layout in the printer preferences, you will be asked to select a layout for your photos. Since the layout setting is ignored when you print a photo index, simply press the OK button to continue. For information abou...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 2 20 To select a photo in 9-up view mode: 1 Press the Z OOM – button to enter 9-up view mode. (In 9-up view mode, nine photos appear on the printer’s LCD screen at a time.) 2 Use the arrows on the S ELECT P HOTOS button to navigate through the photos. Tip: To move qu...

basics guide print from a memory card 21 print photos You can print the photos stored on a memory card using your printer’s control panel. Printing photos from a memory card is easy—just insert the memory card into the printer, make your selections, and press the P RINT button. Your printer supports...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 2 22 print multiple photos 1 Insert a memory card into the printer’s memory card slot. For more information, see insert a memory card on page 14. 2 If you have not changed the default photo layout in the printer preferences, you will be asked to select a layout for y...

basics guide print from a memory card 23 6 If you like, you can change the other print settings for the selected photo— cropping, brightness, decorative frame, or color effect—as described in get creative on page 29. 7 Press the P RINT button to begin printing. Note: If you press the C ANCEL button ...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 2 24 print all photos You can choose to print all the photos on a memory card. 1 Insert a memory card into the printer’s memory card slot. For more information, see insert a memory card on page 14. 2 If you have not changed the default photo layout in the printer pre...

basics guide print from a memory card 25 To print the new photos on a memory card: 1 Insert a memory card into the printer’s memory card slot. For more information, see insert a memory card on page 14. 2 If you have not changed the default photo layout in the printer preferences, you will be asked t...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 2 26 print camera-selected photos Camera-selected photos are photos you marked for printing using your digital camera. When you select photos using your camera, the camera creates a Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) file that identifies which photos have been selecte...

3 basics guide 27 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 29 get creative The control panel on your printer is designed to make photo projects fun and easy. You can print more than one photo on each sheet of paper and print a different number of copies of each photo. You can crop your photos, adjust the brightness of your photos, add decorat...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 4 30 3 Press the S ELECT P HOTOS button until the photo layout you want—one, two, or four photos per page—is highlighted on the printer’s LCD screen. Press the OK button. The photo layout is a global setting—it applies to all photos you print from the memory card. Wh...

basics guide get creative 31 crop a photo When you print from a memory card, you can use the printer’s control panel to crop a photo so only your favorite portion of the photo prints. 1 Press the S ELECT P HOTOS or button to navigate to the photo you want to crop. When the photo you want to crop app...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 4 32 adjust the photo brightness When you print from a memory card, you can adjust the photo brightness to print your photos lighter or darker than the originals. The brightness setting ranges from –3 to +3. Normal brightness is 0. 1 Press the S ELECT P HOTOS or butt...

basics guide get creative 33 6 Use the arrows on the S ELECT P HOTOS button to highlight the frame color you want to use, then press the OK button to select it. The printer displays the frame around the selected photo. If you cropped the photo before adding a frame, the frame automatically shrinks t...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 4 34 change the print quality When you print from a memory card, you can set the print quality for your photos. Best quality is the default print quality and produces the highest quality photos. Normal quality conserves ink and prints faster. Note: If you select norm...

5 basics guide 35 set printer preferences You can change the printer’s factory default settings to your own personal preferences using the printer menu on the printer’s control panel. Printer preferences are global settings—they apply to every photo you print from the printer’s control panel.You can...

basics guide set printer preferences 37 4 Select from the following options:– Ask if you want the printer to ask you to select a photo layout each time you insert a memory card into the printer’s memory card slot. – 1 photo if you want the printer to print one photo per page. – 2 photos if you want ...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 5 38 1 Press the M ENU button on the printer’s control panel. 2 Press the S ELECT P HOTOS button until Preferences is highlighted on the printer’s LCD screen. Press the OK button. 3 Press the S ELECT P HOTOS button until Add date/time is highlighted on the printer’s ...

basics guide set printer preferences 39 Exif printing Your printer supports Exif Print (Exchangeable Image File Format 2.2), an international open standard that simplifies digital imaging and enhances printed photos. When you take a photo with a digital camera that supports Exif Print, information s...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 5 40 extend colors You can set the printer to automatically deepen and intensify the colors in the photos you print. Extending colors is a good way to improve color photos that look washed out or faded, but it will increase printing time and may not have a noticeable...

basics guide set printer preferences 41 4 Select from the following options:– Always if you want the printer to unmark the camera-selected photos after printing. – Never if you want the printer to leave the camera-selected photos marked after printing. – Ask if you want the printer to ask if you wan...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 5 42 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. There is no factory default...

6 basics guide 43 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 240 series chapter 6 44 6 When the printer’s LCD screen displays a message asking if you want to continue to a second level of cleaning, select from the following options:– If the test page has white streaks or missing colors, the print cartridge needs to be cleaned again. Press the S ...

basics guide maintain and transport your printer 45 calibrate the print cartridge You can calibrate the print cartridge by using your printer’s control panel. Try calibrating the print cartridge if colors in your photos are misaligned or if the calibration page did not print correctly when you insta...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 6 46 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. Store the printer indoors out of direct sunlight in a place without temperature extremes. store the print cartridg...

7 basics guide 47 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. See page 47. • Printing problems. See page 48. • Error messages. See page ...

hp photosmart 240 series chapter 7 48 printing problems Before contacting HP support, read this section for troubleshooting tips or go to the online support services at www.hp.com/support . Note: In the presence of high electromagnetic fields, printed documents and photos may be slightly distorted. ...

basics guide troubleshooting 51 error messages Before contacting HP support, read this section for troubleshooting tips or go to the online support services at www.hp.com/support . Message Possible cause Solution P APER JAM . C LEAR JAM THEN PRESS OK. The paper jammed while printing. Clear the paper...

8 basics guide 53 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 240 series chapter 8 54 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 55 Operating temperature 32–113°F (0–45°C)[Optimum 59–95°F (15–35°C)] Paper tray One 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm) photo paper tray 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 cartridg...

basics guide 57 index Numerics 9-up view mode 17 A adjust brightness 32 color 40 contrast 39 all photos print 24 antique effect 33 B black & white effect 33 borderless printing 38 troubleshoot 48 brightness adjust 32 buttons control panel 5 C calibrate print cartridge 45 calibration page 45 Canc...

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