General everyday printing ....................................................................................

83

 

Presentation printing ............................................................................................

83

 

Select a print quality .............................................................................................

83

 

Set the page order ................................................................................................

84

 

Print collated copies .............................................................................................

84

 

Print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper ...................................................

84

 

Select a paper type ..............................................................................................

85

 

Select a paper source ..........................................................................................

85

 

Automatic two-sided printing ................................................................................

86

 

Resize a document ...............................................................................................

87

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Printer software ..................................................................................................

88

 

Print settings .........................................................................................................

88

 

Manage the printer (Mac OS X 10.3 and later) ....................................................

89

 

Manage the printer (Mac OS X 10.2) ...................................................................

89

 

View and change the status of a print job (Mac OS X 10.3 and later) ..................

90

 

View and change the status of a print job (Mac OS X 10.2) .................................

90

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Maintenance ........................................................................................................

92

 

Install print cartridges ...........................................................................................

92

 

Set the auto-off feature .........................................................................................

95

 

Align the print cartridges .......................................................................................

95

 

Calibrate color ......................................................................................................

96

 

Automatically clean print cartridges ......................................................................

96

 

Print a test page ...................................................................................................

96

 

View estimated ink levels .....................................................................................

96

 

Maintain the printer body ......................................................................................

97

 

Remove ink from your skin and clothing ..............................................................

97

 

Manually clean print cartridges .............................................................................

97

 

Maintain print cartridges .......................................................................................

98

 

HP Printer Utility ...................................................................................................

99

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Troubleshooting ...............................................................................................

101

 

Ethernet problems ..............................................................................................

101

 

Wireless communication problems .....................................................................

103

 

Printer does not print ..........................................................................................

107

 

Paper jam ...........................................................................................................

108

 

Paper problems ..................................................................................................

109

 

Paper mismatch ..................................................................................................

110

 

Printer is stalled ..................................................................................................

110

 

Print cartridge problems .....................................................................................

111

 

Photos do not print correctly ...............................................................................

113

 

PictBridge problems ...........................................................................................

115

 

Bluetooth printing problems ................................................................................

116

 

Banners do not print correctly ............................................................................

117

 

Print quality is poor .............................................................................................

117

 

Document is misprinted ......................................................................................

119

 

Problems with borderless documents ................................................................

119

 

Error messages ..................................................................................................

123

 

Printer lights are on or flashing ...........................................................................

124

 

Document prints slowly .......................................................................................

126

 

If you continue to have problems .......................................................................

127

 

HP support process ............................................................................................

127

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