HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer - Manual (Page 4)

Contents
1 Welcome.................................................................................................................3
Find more information .............................................................................................3
Printer parts ............................................................................................................4
Printer menu ...........................................................................................................8
2 Basic printing.......................................................................................................11
Media trays ...........................................................................................................11
Load the main tray ................................................................................................12
Load the specialty media tray ...............................................................................13
Choose the right paper or other media .................................................................18
Specialty media .............................................................................................18
Supported sizes .............................................................................................19
Tips .......................................................................................................................20
Print from a software program ..............................................................................20
Change print settings ...........................................................................................21
Change the print speed or quality .................................................................22
Set the paper type .........................................................................................22
Print in grayscale ...........................................................................................23
Set the default print settings .................................................................................23
Optimize print quality for slow computers .............................................................24
Make the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series the default printer ............................24
3 Color management..............................................................................................25
What is color management? .................................................................................25
Use the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop® ........................26
Start the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in .....................................................27
Change the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in defaults ..................................27
Install the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in ...................................................27
Use application-based color management ...........................................................27
Use printer-based color management ..................................................................29
4 Care and maintenance........................................................................................33
Leave the printer on .............................................................................................33
Replace the ink cartridges ....................................................................................33
Check the ink levels ......................................................................................34
Replace the ink cartridges .............................................................................34
Replace faulty printheads .....................................................................................36
Clean the printer ...................................................................................................39
Clean the printer ............................................................................................39
Clean the printheads automatically ...............................................................40
Clean the printhead nozzles manually ..........................................................40
Align and calibrate the printer ...............................................................................42
Print a test page ...................................................................................................42
Print a sample page .............................................................................................43
Download printer software updates ......................................................................43
Uninstall the printer software ................................................................................44
5 Troubleshooting..................................................................................................45
Printer software installation problems ..................................................................45
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