Printing digital photographs
Printing with six-ink color
Your printer can print with
To replace the black print cartridge with the photo print cartridge, see “Installing or replacing the print cartridges”.
After you install a new print cartridge, the printer will automatically align the print cartridges and use one sheet of paper to print an alignment page. If you have
Guidelines for printing photographs
For the best results when printing photographs and images, choose Best mode and select an HP photo paper in the printer driver. Best mode uses HP's unique PhotoREt IV
Alternatively, select Maximum dpi, which provides up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi* for optimum print quality. See “4800 x 1200 optimized dpi”.
*Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi for color printing and 1200 input dpi. This setting will temporarily use a large amount of hard disk space (400 MB or more) and will print slower. Photo cartridge, if present, further enhances the print quality.
To print borderless photographs, see “Printing borderless”.
It is recommended to remove each sheet of paper as it prints and set it aside to dry.
If the printed colors visibly shift towards yellow, cyan or magenta, or there is a tinge of color in the gray shades, you need to calibrate the color. See “Calibrating color”.
If you install the photo print cartridge, align the print cartridges for best possible print quality. It is not necessary to align the print cartridges every time you install the photo print cartridge, only when necessary. See “Aligning the print cartridges”.
To store a print cartridge, see “Storing the print cartridges”.
Always hold photo paper by the edges. Fingerprints on photo paper reduce print quality.
Photo paper should be flat before printing. If the corners of the photo paper curl more than 10 mm or 3/8 inch, flatten the paper by putting it in the resealable storage bag, then rolling the bag on a table edge until the paper is flat.
To print digital photographs
1Load the photo paper:
•If you are loading a stack of photo paper, see “Loading media in the input tray”.
•If you are printing one or just a few sheets, you can use the front manual feed slot. If you are printing on thick paper and desire a straight paper path, you can use the rear manual feed slot. If you are using either manual feed slot, load paper in a later step.
•If you are printing
2Print your photographs. See “Printing a document”. Also see “Guidelines for printing photographs”.
3If you are using the front or rear manual feed slot, see “Printing with the front or rear manual feed slot” for media loading instructions.
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