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Thank you for purchasing an HP Photosmart A510 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



		Get creative by printing photo
	See Perfect photos automatically using	Get creative by printing photo
	See Perfect photos automatically using	stickers.
	Photo Fix.
		See Print photo stickers

		Print panoramas
	Print passport photos	See Print panoramic photos.

See Print passport photos.

	Print borderless photos without using a	Transport your printer anywhere
	computer	Transport your printer anywhere
	computer
	See Print your photos.	See Optional accessories.
	See Print your photos.

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The printer comes with the following documentation:

●Setup Guide: Read this guide first! It explains how to set up the printer and print your first photo.

●User Guide: This is the book you are reading. This book describes the basic features of the printer, explains how to use the printer without connecting it to a computer, and contains hardware troubleshooting information. Appendix A contains information on installing the printer software.

HP Photosmart A510 series User Guide

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Contents

User Guide Page Trademarks Copyrights and trademarksHewlett-Packard Company notices Regulatory model identification number VCVRA-0508 Contents HP Photosmart A510 series Welcome Find more information Printer parts Front of printer Rear of printer Inside front of printer Indicator lights Control panel Optional accessories Internal battery compartmentHP Photosmart Internal Battery HP Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter Use the printer menusHP Photosmart Carrying Case To use the printer menu Chapter Photo printing overview Start-to-finish printing Step Choose a photo layout Step Print photos Choose the right paper Paper basicsChoose and load paper Load your paper To load paper To change the paper type Get photos from a memory card Memory card CompactFlash How to insert the memory cardPrint from a memory card Insert a memory card Secure Digital Memory card How to insert the memory card MicrodriveMultiMediaCard SmartMedia XD-Picture Card Memory card How to insert the memory card Memory StickRemove a memory card To remove a memory card Navigate through and view your photos Select multiple photos To choose a photo layout Choose a photo layoutPrint your photos To print a single photo To print a photo index To print camera-selected photos Creative projects Print panoramic photosTo create panoramic photos Stitch several photos together To print panoramic photos Print photo stickersSelect any photo To print photo stickers Print passport photos Perfect photos automatically using Photo FixPrint nine frames from a video clip To print nine frames from a video clip Mail or upload your photos using HP Photosmart Share To turn off Photo Fix Press Photo FixTo use HP Photosmart Share to send photos Print photos from a Bluetooth device Print from other devicesPrint photos from a digital camera Print photos from a computer To save photos from a memory card to the computer To print photos from a computer Mac Print photos from an iPodClick Transfer To print photos from a computer Windows To import photos to an iPod Chapter Maintain and transport the printer Replace the print cartridge To 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 printer Manually clean the print cartridge contacts To clean the print cartridge contactsPrint a test Align the print cartridge To print a testTo align the print cartridge Store the printer and print cartridge Store the printer Store the print cartridge Maintain the quality of photo paperTransport the printer To store photo paper To transport the printer Troubleshooting Printer hardware problemsOn light is flashing red On light is flashing amber Buttons 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 Solution Photo printed at an angle or is off-center Solution No page came out of the printer SolutionPaper jammed while printing Blank page came out of the printer Solution Printer ejected the paper when preparing to print Print quality is poor Solution When I print photos I see unexpected resultsPhotos will not print from an iPod Bluetooth printing problems My Bluetooth device cannot find the printer SolutionNo page came out of the printer Print quality is poor Error messagesError message Paper jam. Clear jam then press OK Photo printed with borders Error message Cartridge service station is stuck Error message Photo is corrupted Solution Chapter Component Operating system Processor SpecificationsSystem requirements Mac minimum Printer specifications Category Memory cards International Chapter Support process If you have a problem, follow these stepsHP support HP support by phone Additional warranty options After the phone support period HP Warranty HP product Duration of limited warranty Chapter Install the software Windows users Appendix a Printer menus Printer menus Help Index USB Screen icons