Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 720c del fabbricante HP (Hewlett-Packard)
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® The HP DeskJet 720C Series Printer User’ s Guide English.
The HP DeskJet 720C Series Printer User’ s Guide English ®.
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T able of Contents C HAPTER 1 P RINTING B ASICS 1 How to Choose P aper 2 How to Put P aper in the Pr inter 3 How to Print 5 Printer Software: Y our Printer’ s Remote Control 8 C HAPTER 2 B EYOND THE.
Printing Basics lthough y our pr inter can do some pretty f ancy stuff, most of the time y ou’ll be printing words and pictures on paper . The process is simple: First choose the paper y ou want to .
2 H OW TO C HOOSE P APER Most plain photocopy paper w orks fine in your printer , particularly paper that is marked f or use in inkjet printer s. T o get the best results, use one of the Hewlett-P ackar d paper s, whic h were de veloped especially f or HP inks and your printer .
3 H OW TO P UT P APER IN THE P RINTER T ake a second to load the paper correctly in the IN dra wer . Make sure all the paper in the drawer is the same size and type, and that the paper adjusters rest sn ugl y against the paper . The printer will do the rest.
4 3 Put the paper in the IN dra wer , print side down. Push the paper in tow ard the bac k of the paper dra wer until it stops. 4 Slide the paper adjusters in so the y fit snugly against the edges of the paper . Make sure the paper still lies fl at in the dra wer and that the paper fits easily under the tab of the paper-length adjuster .
5 H OW TO P RINT 1 Check y our pr int settings in the HP print settings bo x. (See page 9 to find out how to get to the bo x.) If you’ re printing one cop y , on plain paper with por trait orientation, the def ault settings will work fine f or you.
6 While Y ou’re Printing It takes a f e w moments f or the printing to star t, while the printer gets inf orma- tion from the computer . Even after it’ s star ted printing, the printer might pause occasionally to receiv e more inf ormation. If you run out of paper before you’ve finished The printer will prompt you to add more paper .
7 T roubleshooting If a problem occurs during printing, y ou’ll see a message on y our screen telling you what’ s wrong and how to fix it. If you don’t get a message b ut you notice that someth.
8 Printer Softwar e: Y our Printer’ s Remote Contr ol Although y our printer has a couple of b uttons on it, y ou really control the printer remotely , through y our software program and thr ough the printer software y ou installed on y our computer .
9 T HE HP P RINT S ETTINGS B OX : H OW TO FIND IT Y ou can select settings such as the paper type, paper size, orientation and print quality in this bo x. How y ou find the bo x diff ers depending on whic h software program and whic h operating system y ou’ re using.
10 T HE HP P RINT S ETTINGS B OX : W HAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU Select the appropriate settings. Choose the right paper size and type f or the job . Show your finished work at its best. Click Best print quality . Save time and ink. Click EconoF ast print quality .
11 T HE HP T OOLBOX : H OW TO FIND IT The HP T oolbox tells y ou how to print and how to tr oubleshoot your printing pr oblems. It e ven allows y ou to align and clean y our print cartridges. For each Windows system, here are a couple of places to find the HP T oolbo x.
12 T HE HP T OOLBOX : W HAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU How Do I? F ollo w the steps to print what you w ant. T roubleshooting Find your w a y to a solution when things go wrong. (See page 40 f or more inf or mation.) Printer Services K eep your printer in w orking order .
Beyond the Basics ith the printing basics down, y ou’ re ready to lear n more about what y our printer can do f or you and ho w you can get the most out of y our pr inter .
14 H OW TO P RINT ON D IFFERENT P APER S IZES Most of the time, when y ou print on plain paper , car ds, labels, and en velopes, you select one of the standar d sizes in the P aper Size bo x on the Setup tab of the HP print settings bo x. But y ou’re not limited to the sizes listed.
15 Paper Pointers C HANGE THE SHAPE Even though y ou pr int on flat paper , there’ s no reason to leav e it that wa y . Buy an origami book and learn to change the shape of your printed paper . Or add shape to your printed piece by gluing small charms, buttons, or dried flowers onto card stock.
16 H OW TO P RINT ON B OTH S IDES OF THE P APER The easiest wa y to sa ve paper is to print on both sides of it. Just put the paper thr ough the printer twice: Select a two-sided printing option and follo w the directions on y our screen. 1 Load the paper in the IN dra wer .
17 What If B OTH PAGES PRINTED ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAPER Y ou put the paper print side down when you replaced it in the printer . Pr int y our document again, pa y- ing special attention to the instructions on your screen. T HE INK SMEARED The ink might not hav e dr ied completely , so wait a bit longer bef ore you print the second side.
18 H OW TO F LIP A D OCUMENT When y ou print a flipped document, the text and pictures are fl ipped horizontally (mirr ored) from what y ou see on y our computer screen. 1 Load the paper in the IN dra wer . If you’ re printing on transparencies , see page 31.
19 What If T HE PRINTED COLORS DON ’ T MATCH THE SCREEN COLORS Because of the ph ysics of ho w color is made on screen (with light) and at the printer (with dyes and pigments), there might be a slight mismatch. T HE COLORS AREN ’ T AS VIVID AS THEY SHOULD BE Y ou might be printing on the wrong side of the paper .
20 Adjusting the Color Like a full-f eatured camera, your printer can “autofocus , ” using HP’ s ColorSmar t technology to automatically mak e adjustments that will give you the best quality color printing.
21 Handy Hints N EED A PICTURE ? Look through com- puter magazines f or the names of companies that sell clip ar t. They’ll be happ y to send y ou full-color pictures of their e xtensiv e off erings. Or browse in the ar t sections of bookstores f or books of cop yright- free pictures.
22 ■ Get your photos scanned at y our local camera shop . F or a small f ee , y ou can hav e an entire roll of pictures put on a CD-ROM disk. Be sure to ask your camer a shop to also put a CD-vie wing application on the disk with your pictures . ■ T ake a digital picture .
23 Handy Hints S OME LETTERS LOOK LIKE PICTURES Wingdings are symbol (or picture) f onts that y ou type using the letter or number k e ys on your k eyboard.
24 Using Fonts Many softw are prog rams include a F ont command that lists the a v ailable f onts . Usually you’ll select the te xt and apply the font (or include the f ont as par t of a style definition). See the user’ s guide for the prog ram you’ re using to find out how to select f onts for y our text.
What Y ou Can Print ith the printing basics down, y ou’ re ready f or some results. Here are some ideas of what y our printer can pr int on diff erent media types: ■ One en v elope at a time or a stac k of en v elopes. ■ Labels—label y our file folders or get those monthly mass mailings out the door .
Getting Help When Things Go W r ong hen prob lems occur , the quic kest w ay to find a solution is to use the online troub leshooting f eature. With a f ew clic ks of the mouse b utton, you’ll find y our specific problem and details on how to fix it.
41 2 Click the T oubleshooting Ta b . 3 Click the appropriate category . (The f ollowing pages include an ov er view of common prob lems in each category .
42 No page came out of the printer Be patient. Complex documents, such as color photographs , take a while to print. Check the P ower light; if it’ s blinking, the printer is processing inf or mation. P ower . Make sure the printer is on (the P ower light on the front of your printer should be on) and that all connections are firm.
43 The print quality is poor Banner switch. Mak e sure the banner switch is down, unless y ou’ re pr inting banners. P aper . If the pr inting is f aded or the colors are dull or bleeding into each .
44 P RINTER C OMMUNICATIONS Y our printer does not inc lude a printer cab le. The HP IEEE-1284 Com- pliant P arallel Interface Cab le is best for y our printer . Make sure the cable is bidirectional—that is, that it allows tw o-way communication between y our printer and the computer .
45 Handy Hints U SER F ORUMS Both f orums keep a list of F AQs (F requently Asked Questions) which you can peruse f or hints. CompuServe : Access the HP P er ipherals f or um (Go HPPER).
46 F REE S UPPORT FOR N INETY D AYS Within 90 da ys from the time of your pur- chase, telephone sup- por t is pro vided to y ou free of charge. Bef ore placing a call f or help , please make sure that.
26 E NVELOPES Y our printer pr o vides two methods f or printing en velopes: ■ If you’ re printing a single env elope, you can use the single-en velope slot and leav e your paper in the IN dra wer . This allows you to print the env elope and then a letter .
27 What If T HE PRINTER WON ’ T PICK UP THE ENVELOPE If you’ re printing a single env elope using the single- env elope slot, you might not hav e pushed the env elope f ar enough into the printer . If you’ re pr int- ing a stack of en ve- lopes, y ou might hav e included too many in the stack.
28 4 Slide the paper adjusters so that the y fit snugly against the edges of the env elope. Small Envelopes If you’ re printing on small env elopes such as A2 or C6, you’ll need to push the sliding adjuster in until it fits sn ugly against the edge of the env elopes.
29 Paper Pointers L ABELS THAT WORK Use only U .S. Letter or A4-sized sheets of labels. It’ s par ticu- larly impor tant to pick labels that are made especially f or inkjet printers. Otherwise, labels could peel off in your printer or the ink might not dr y .
30 3 Remov e all paper from the IN draw er and inser t up to 20 label sheets . 4 Slide the green paper adjusters in to fi t snugly against the stac k. 5 Push the IN dra wer bac k in and flip the OUT tra y down. 6 Print the labels. ■ Y ou can lea ve the settings as the y are if you’ re going to be printing on plain paper .
31 Paper Pointers Y OUR BEST BET The film coating on HP Premium T rans- parency Film has been especially de v eloped to wor k with HP inks, giving you crisp images and te xt and the f astest dr ying times . The y won’t jam y our printer , either . Look f or them at large office supply stores, or call HP Direct (see page 53).
32 2 Put the transparencies in y our printer with the rough side down and the adhesiv e strip forw ard. (Y ou can peel off the adhesiv e strip after printing.) 3 Slide in the green paper adjusters , just as y ou would f or plain paper . Push the IN dra wer bac k in and flip the OUT tra y down.
33 Paper Pointers M AKE A GOOD IMPRESSION Use HP Delux e Photo P aper f or best results when you’ re printing photographic images; its glossy surf ace pro vides crisp, vibr ant images .
34 C ARDS Use y our printer to print on inde x car ds, recipe cards, postcards, busi- ness cards—an y card size included in the P aper Size list on the Setup tab shown belo w .
35 Paper Pointers I F YOU WANT YOUR CARDS TO PRINT SIDEWAYS Make sure the orientation of the page is Landscape in your softw are program. (The software progr am user’ s guide will tell you ho w .) M AKING FOLDED CARDS HP makes a Greeting Card P aper with 20 blank white sheets and matching env e- lopes.
36 B ANNERS W e encoura ge you to use HP Banner P aper for the very best results. Howe ver , if y ou use computer or z-fold paper f or y our banner s, we recommend that y ou use 20-pound or 75 gsm paper . Al ways do a good job of fanning the paper bef ore loading it.
37 4 Get the banner paper ready f or the printer : ■ F rom the stack of banner paper , tear off the number of sheets you need to print the banner . (Y ou must ha ve at least fiv e sheets in the stack.) ■ T ear off the perf orated strips, if there are an y .
38 What If Y OU GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS YOU ’ RE OUT OF PAPER , BUT YOU ’ RE NOT Y ou might not hav e pushed the paper- length adjuster in all the wa y .
39 I RON -O N T RANSFERS When it comes to printing images, you don’t need to stop with paper . Use transfer paper to get the ima ges fr om the computer document onto cloth.
Mor e About Y our Printer ntil now , we’v e been talking about the what, where, and ho w of your printer . If you’ re ready f or some simple facts about the printer and printer supplies, here the y are. S YSTEM R EQUIREMENT S ■ Microsoft Windows 3.
48 M INIMUM PRINTING MARGINS The printer cannot print outside a cer tain area of the page, so y ou must mak e sure the contents of your document f all within the printable area—that is, within the top , bottom, left, and right margins av ailab le f or the specifi c size paper on which y ou are printing.
49 S PECIFICATIONS Print T echnology Drop-on-demand thermal inkjet pr inting Black Print Speed ✼ EconoF ast: 8 pages per minute Normal mode: 5 pages per minute Best mode: 4 pages per minute Color Print Speed (mixed text and graphics) ✼ EconoF ast: 4 pages per minute Normal mode: 1.
50 P o wer Requirements P o wer Adapter (univ ersal input) Input V oltage: 100 to 240 V AC ( ± 10%) Input F requency: 50 to 60 Hz ( ± 3 Hz) Automatically accommodates the w orld-wide range of AC line voltages and frequencies . There is no on/off s witch on the power adapter .
51 A DDITIONAL SYMBOL SETS AND FONTS Additional symbol sets and f onts ma y ha ve been included with y our printer on separate DOS Character Set Installation disks . Installing a special symbol set or font on your computer 1 First install the printer software as described in the setup guide.
52 O RDERING SUPPLIES AND ACCESSORIES Parts/ HP Reorder Supplies/Accessories Number Print Cartridge Black print car tridge 51645A Color print car tridge C1823A Paper ✼ HP Banner P aper U .S . letter , 100 sheets C1820A 210 x 297 mm, 100 sheets C1821A HP Premium Inkjet T ransparency Film U .
53 O RDERING INFORMATIO N T o order printer supplies or accessories, call your nearest HP dealer or call HP DIRECT at the f ol- lowing n umbers f or fast shipping service.
54 R EGULATORY N OTICES FCC Statement (USA) The United State Feder al Comm unications Commission (in 47CFR 15.105) has specified that the follo wing notice be brought to the attention of users of this product: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
55 L IMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT Duration of Limited HP Product Warranty Software 90 Days Print car tridges 90 Da ys Printer 1 Y ear A. Extent of Limited W arranty 1.
56 Declaration of Conformity according to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014 Manufacturer’s Name: Hewlett-Packard Company Manufacturer’s Address: Hewlett-Packard Co. Hewlett-Packard Singapore (PTE) Ltd. Hewlett-Packard Espanola, S.A. Vancouver Division Asia Hardcopy Manufacturing Operation Barcelona Division 18110 S.
57 Index Symbols (Resume button) 6, 31,38, 44 (P ower button) 42, 44 (Print car tridge light) 40, 44 A accessories, ordering 52 addresses f or ordering 53 adjusters, paper 3, 4 aligning print car trid.
58 choosing 26, 49 creating 28 multiple 27 print settings 26, 27 printing 26–28 problems with 27 rotating 27 single-env elope slot 26 sizes 27 types to av oid 26 environment, oper ating 47, 50 error.
59 O online troubleshooting 40 online user f orums 45 opacity of paper 2 operating en vironment 47, 50 Options, color See also print settings ordered printing 47 ordering addresses f or 53 manuals 52 .
60 Resume b utton 6, 31, 38 S scanning pictures 21 serif fonts 23 settings, print See print settings single env elopes 26 single-env elope slot 26 size media 49 paper 2 specifications 49 smeared ink .
R EDUCE , R EUSE , R ECYCLE Protecting the Envir onment Hewlett-P ackard continuously improv es the design and production processes of HP DeskJet printer to minimize the negative impact on the office en vironment and on the communities where the printers are manuf actured, shipped, and used.
Get mor e from your printer Look inside for detailed illustrated steps that tell you how to print just about anything, fr om letters, to labels, to photographs, to banners, and much mor e… S EE S NAPSHOTS IN C OLOR Print any picture you tak e with your o wn camera, whether it’ s an Instamatic or a Nikon.
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