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Improving the quality of your photos – HP Photosmart 385 Compact Photo Printer User Manual

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was taken. This preference affects all
prints.

4.

Use the

Select Photos

arrows to

highlight a date/time stamp option:

Date/time

Date only

Off

5.

Press

OK

.

Improving the quality of your photos

The HP Photosmart 380 series printer provides a variety of preferences and effects
that can improve the quality of your printed photos. The settings do not change your
original photo. They only affect printing.

Problem and solution

How to do it

Red eye in flash photos

Red eye removal

Remove the red eye effect that mars
some photos taken with a flash.

1.

Press

Menu

.

2.

Select

Edit

, then press

OK

.

3.

Select

Red-eye

, then press

OK

.

Blurred photos

SmartFocus

Sharpen blurred photos. It is turned on
by default. Use these instructions to turn
it on if it is currently off. This preference
affects all printed photos.

1.

Press

Menu

.

2.

Select

Preferences

, then press

OK

.

3.

Select

Smart focus

, then press

OK

.

4.

Select

On

, then press

OK

.

Photos with poor lighting and contrast

Adaptive lighting

Improve the lighting and contrast in
prints. This preference affects all printed
photos.

1.

Press

Menu

.

2.

Select

Preferences

, then press

OK

.

3.

Select

Adaptive lighting

, then

press

OK

.

4.

Use the

Select Photos

arrows to

highlight

On

, then press

OK

.

Poor-quality video clips

Video enhancement

Improve the quality of printed video
clips. Print times may be slower when
this preference is turned on.

1.

Press

Menu

.

2.

Select

Preferences

, then press

OK

.

3.

Select

Video Enhancement

, then

press

OK

.

4.

Use the

Select Photos

arrows to

highlight

On

, then press

OK

.

Photos with poor brightness

Photo brightness

Improve the brightness level in photos.

1.

Press

Menu

.

2.

Select

Edit

, then press

OK

.

3.

Select

Photo Brightness

, then

press

OK

.

4.

Use the

Select Photos

arrows to

adjust photo brightness to the
desired level, then press

OK

.

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