HP Photosmart 8250 Printer - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
1 Welcome................................................................................................................3
Special features .....................................................................................................3
Accessing the onscreen HP Photosmart Printer Help ............................................ 4
Printer parts ...........................................................................................................4
Available accessories ............................................................................................7
Printer menu ..........................................................................................................8
2 Getting ready to print.........................................................................................11
Loading paper ......................................................................................................11
Choosing the right paper ..............................................................................11
Loading your paper ....................................................................................... 12
Inserting ink cartridges ......................................................................................... 14
Purchasing replacement ink cartridges .........................................................14
Ink cartridge tips ...........................................................................................14
Inserting or replacing the ink cartridges ........................................................15
Inserting memory cards .......................................................................................17
Supported file formats ..................................................................................17
Inserting a memory card ...............................................................................18
Removing a memory card ............................................................................19
3 Printing photos without a computer.................................................................21
Selecting a photo layout ......................................................................................21
Deciding which photos to print .............................................................................22
Selecting photos to print ......................................................................................24
Improving photo quality ........................................................................................ 25
Getting creative ...................................................................................................26
Printing photos .....................................................................................................28
Printing photos from a memory card ............................................................. 28
Printing photos from a digital camera ...........................................................31
Printing photos from an HP iPod ..................................................................32
4 Getting connected..............................................................................................35
Connecting to other devices ................................................................................35
Saving photos to a computer ...............................................................................36
Connecting through HP Instant Share .................................................................37
5 Printing from a computer...................................................................................39
Using creative options in the printer software ......................................................39
HP Image Zone ............................................................................................39
HP Image Zone Express ..............................................................................40
HP Instant Share ..........................................................................................40
Setting print preferences ...................................................................................... 40
Open the onscreen Help ...............................................................................41
HP Real Life technologies features ..............................................................41
6 Care and maintenance.......................................................................................43
Cleaning and maintaining the printer ...................................................................43
Cleaning the outside of the printer ................................................................43
Automatically cleaning the printhead ............................................................43
Manually cleaning the ink cartridge contacts ................................................43
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