HP A610 manual Welcome

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1 Welcome

Thank you for purchasing an HP Photosmart A610 series printer! This printer makes home photo printing simple, convenient, and fun, and it produces high-quality color prints you will be pleased to share with family and friends. With your printer, you can:

Apply Photo Fix techniques

See Perfect photos automatically using Photo Fix.

Print passport photos

Add a decorative frame

See Add frames to your photos. Frames are only available on the

HP Photosmart A612, A614, A616, A617, and A618 models.

Print panoramas

See Print panoramic photos.

See Print passport photos.

Print CD/DVD labels

See Print CD/DVD labels

Print different photo sizes

See Choose the right paper.

Print photo stickers

Print borderless photos

HP Photosmart A610 series User Guide

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Contents HP Photosmart A610 series Page Trademarks Copyrights and trademarksHewlett-Packard Company notices Environmental statementsContents Manually clean the print cartridge contacts Welcome Find more information Printer partsFront of printer Rear of printerInput tray and inside front of printer Indicator lights Control panel Optional HP Photosmart Internal Battery Optional accessoriesInternal battery compartment HP Bluetooth wireless printer adapterUse the printer menus HP Photosmart Carrying CaseTo use the printer menus Step Choose and load paper Photo printing overviewStart-to-finish printing Step Get photosStep Choose a photo layout Step Navigate through and view your photosIndex Step Select photos to print Step Print photosChoose the right paper Paper basicsChoose and load paper Load your paperTo load paper To change the paper typeGet photos from a memory card Memory card CompactFlash How to insert the memory cardPrint from a memory card Insert a memory cardMemory card How to insert the memory card Microdrive MultiMediaCardSecure Digital Navigate through and view your photos Remove a memory cardSelect multiple photos Choose a photo layoutTo print a group of selected photos Print your photosTo print a single photo To print a photo indexTo print camera-selected photos Creative projects Print panoramic photosTo create panoramic photos Stitch several photos together Print photo stickers Select any photoTo print panoramic photos Print passport photos Print CD/DVD labelsPrint frames from a video clip Perfect photos automatically using Photo Fix Improve the quality of your photosImprove the quality of your video clips Crop a photo Add frames to your photosApply color effects to your photos Mail or upload photos using HP Photosmart Share Add the date and time to your photosSet print quality View a slide show To view photos in a continuous slide showChapter Before you begin Print from other devicesPrint photos from a digital camera To print from a PictBridge cameraPrint photos from a computer Print photos from a Bluetooth deviceTo print photos from a Bluetooth device To save photos from a memory card to the computerTo print photos from a computer Mac Print photos from an iPodClick Transfer To print photos from a computer Windows To import photos to an iPodChapter Maintain and transport the printer Replace the print cartridgeTo prepare the printer and cartridge Automatically clean the print cartridge Clean and maintain the printerClean the outside of the printer To clean the outside of the printerPrint a test Manually clean the print cartridge contactsTo clean the print cartridge contacts To print a testAlign the print cartridge To align the print cartridgeStore the printer and print cartridge Store the printerMaintain the quality of photo paper Transport the printerStore the print cartridge Chapter Troubleshooting Printer hardware problemsButtons on the control panel do not respond Printer is plugged in, but it will not turn on Solution Printing problems Paper does not feed into the printer correctly SolutionPhoto printed at an angle or is off-center Solution No page came out of the printer Solution Paper jammed while printingBlank page came out of the printer Solution Printer ejected the paper when preparing to printPrint quality is poor Solution Bluetooth printing problems My Bluetooth device cannot find the printer SolutionPhotos will not print from an iPod Print quality is poor Error messagesNo page came out of the printer Photo printed with bordersError message Paper jam. Clear jam then press OK Error message Cartridge service station is stuck Error message Photo is corruptedSystem requirements SpecificationsPictBridge using front camera port Component Operating system ProcessorPrinter specifications International Category Specifications USB 2.0 high-speed support Video file formatsSupport process If you have a problem, follow these stepsHP support HP support by phoneAdditional warranty options After the phone support periodHP Warranty HP product Duration of limited warrantyChapter Install the software Windows usersAppendix a Printer menus Printer menuTools Help Appendix B Index USB Screen icons