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5 Printing from a computer

All HP photo printers come with the HP Image Zone software, which helps you do more with your photos than ever before. Use it to get creative with your pictures: edit them, share them, and create fun projects such as greeting cards. To work with photos, you need to transfer them to a computer that you have connected to the printer. Press Save on the printer control panel to save the photos from an inserted memory card to the computer. Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

You should also get to know the printer driver software. That's the interface that pops up whenever you print. It controls the resolution and color, and it usually chooses those settings automatically (which is fine when you're printing on plain paper). But if you're printing a digital photo, you'll want to change printer driver settings to produce the best-quality print.

For information on installing the HP Image Zone and printer driver software, see the Quick Start booklet. HP Image Zone is only installed if you choose the Typical installation option. The Macintosh supports only a subset of the features of the HP Image Zone, as noted in the following table.

	Software feature	Where to find information

	Take control of printing	Windows: In the onscreen Help, click
	Harness the power of the	HP Photosmart Printer Help. In the
	Harness the power of the	print dialog box itself, right-click any
	HP Photosmart printer driver. This	print dialog box itself, right-click any
	HP Photosmart printer driver. This	option and click the What's This? box to
	software gives you full control over how	option and click the What's This? box to
	software gives you full control over how	learn more about that option.
	your photos print. You can:	learn more about that option.
	your photos print. You can:	Macintosh: Select Help > Mac Help in
	● Produce draft-quality prints to save	Macintosh: Select Help > Mac Help in
	● Produce draft-quality prints to save	the Finder, then select Library >
	on ink and photo media	the Finder, then select Library >
	on ink and photo media	HP Photosmart Printer Help for
	● Learn how to get the most out of the	HP Photosmart Printer Help for
	● Learn how to get the most out of the	Macintosh.
	printer and your digital photos	Macintosh.
	printer and your digital photos
	● Use advanced color settings to
	produce the highest-quality prints

	HP Instant Share	For more information about using
		HP Instant Share with your specific
		printer model, see Connecting through
		HP Instant Share.
		Windows: In the onscreen Help, click
		Use the HP Image Zone, then click
		Share your images using HP Instant
		Share.
		To use HP Instant Share on Windows,
		start HP Image Zone, select one or
		more photos, then click the HP Instant
		Share tab.

HP Photosmart 8100 series User's Guide