Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto PhotoSmart A620 Series del fabbricante HP
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1 HP Photosmart A620 series Help Welcome to the HP Photosmart A620 seri es Help! For more inform ation about t he HP Photosmart printer, see: • “ Get started” on p age 7 • “ Paper basics” .
Chapter 1 6 HP Photosmart A620 series Help.
2 Get started This section provides intro ductory information about the HP Photosmart A620 series printer. This section cont ains the follow ing topics: • How do I? • Find more in formation • Th.
Find more information Your new HP Ph otosmart A620 serie s printer comes with t he followin g documentat ion: Setup instructions : The setup instructions explain how to set up the printer, install the HP Photosmart software, and print a photo. Read this document first.
The HP Photosma rt at a glance Figure 2-1 Fro nt and rear vi ews Label Description 1 Input tray : Load p aper here. Open the ou tput tray first. The input tray opens automatically when you open the output tray. To close the input tray you must close the output tra y first.
Figure 2-2 In ternal battery compartmen t Label Description 1 Battery compartment cover : Open this cover on the bottom of the printer to insert the o ptional HP Photosmart Internal Battery. 2 Internal battery : The HP Photosmart Internal Battery. You must purchase the battery separately.
The touch screen and stylus This section de scribes how to u se the touch screen and styl us to intera ct with t he printer. • Use the touch screen • Use the stylus Use the touc h screen Use your .
Table 2-1 Printer status bar icons Printer status icon Description Ink level : Indicates the amount of ink estimated to be remaining in the print car tridge. Estimated t ime remaini ng : Indicates estimated print time remaining in the print queue. Battery status : Indicates how much charg e remains on the optiona l printer battery, if installed.
Related topics “ View estimat ed ink leve ls” on page 54 Use the stylus Use the stylus to draw on a ph oto or to enter a ca ption for a photo t hrough the touch screen keyboard.
How to use the printer menus The printer menus con tain many feat ures for printing phot os, changing print setti ngs, and more. Label Description 1 Menu name : The name of the current menu. 2 Menu option : The options available in the current menu. 3 Menu scroll arrows : Touch to scroll through menus or menu options.
The menus Specialty Printing Projects Some printer functio ns may be unavailable an d grayed out in the p rinter menus wh en a selected specialty pri nting project m ode is turned on. • Panoramic photos : Touch to turn pan oramic printing On or Off (defaul t).
• Security leve l : Select Low (default) or Hi gh . The Low settin g does not require users of other devi ces with Bluetoot h wireless technology to enter the p rinter passkey. High requires users of o ther devices wi th Bluetooth wireless te chnology to enter the printer passke y.
• Print quality : Touch to chang e the print quali ty. Choose betwe en Best , Normal , or Fast Norm al print quality. • Paper type : Touch to ch ange the ty pe of paper on w hich to prin t. Choose bet ween HP Advan ced , HP Premium , Other, Plain , or Other, Photo .
Chapter 2 18 Get started.
3 Paper basics Learn how to cho ose the right pap er for your print job and how to load i t into the input tray for printing. • Choose the best p aper for the job • Load your p aper Choose the best paper for the job Use HP Advanced Phot o Paper. It is especial ly designed to w ork with the inks in your printer to create beaut iful phot os.
To load paper 1. Open the out put tray. The in put tray opens automatic ally. 2. Load up to 20 sheets of pho to paper with the print side or glossy side facing the front of the print er. If you are using tabbed paper, load the paper so tab feeds in last.
4 Print without a computer This section co ntains the follo wing topics: • Print from a PictBridge-cer tified camera or device • Print from a memory card • Print from a Bluet ooth device • Pri.
• Print photos from a memory card • Save photos f rom a memory ca rd to another devi ce • Remove a memory card Label Description 1 xD-Picture Car d 2 Compact Flash I and II 3 Memory Stick 4 Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard (MMC) Supported memory cards The HP Photosmart pri nter can read a variety of memo ry cards.
Memory card How to insert the memory card MultiMediaCard • Angled corner is on the right • Metal contacts face do wn Secure Di gital • Angled corner is on the right • Metal contacts face do wn.
3. If you want several copies of t he same phot o, touch the Copi es icon on the photo, set the number of copie s to be printed, and then touch OK . 4. Touch the arrow keys to browse t hrough photos and sele ct other photos yo u want to print. T o return t o the th umbnai l view, t ouch .
To cancel pr inting 1. Touch Cancel on the quick touch fra me when viewing a photo in 1-up view . If the current photo is not in the print queue ▲ Click Yes in the Cancel All Printing dialog box. If there is only one photo in the print queu e ▲ The print is cancelled wi thout displa ying a dialog box.
Configure Blu etooth To access the full configuration op tions for Bl uetooth wire less technology, you need t o configure bot h the printer and you r computer. The w ay you access these setti ngs depends on t he Bluetooth so ftware you use. This section pro vides Bluetoo th instructions using the Widcom m software.
Print photos from an iPod If you have an i Pod that can store p hotos, you can conne ct your iPod to the p rinter and print the photos. Before you begin Check that the images you copy to the iPod are i n JPEG format. NOTE: iPods might no t be available i n your country/ region.
To access c reative options 1. View a phot o in 1-up view. 2. Touch Get Cr eative . 3. In the Get Creative Menu , touch the desired creative option. Use t he onscreen arrows to navi gate through a ll the creative options avail able. Draw on photos The Scribble creative option lets you draw on the current photo with the stylus.
for the text. Th e keyboard is in the langu age set for the printe r, so long as the lang uage uses roman characters. Fo r non-roman lang u ages, the English keyboard is di splayed. To use the Capti on creative option 1. Touch Get Creative w hen viewi ng a photo in 1-u p view.
To use the Frame s creative opti on 1. Touch Get Cr eative when viewin g a phot o in 1-up view. 2. Touch the Frames creative option . Use the onscreen arrows to navi gate to this optio n if it is not visibl e. 3. Touch the desi red category to view the frames availabl e in that category.
Create a lbums The Albums creative option lets you add photos t o photo album books. You can se lect from several cate gories, in cluding: Se asonal, Kids, Ge neral, and Spec ial. To use the Albums c reative option 1. Touch Get Creative w hen viewi ng a photo in 1-u p view.
Use Design Gallery The Design Gal lery creative optio n lets you apply special effects. You can modify the effect by changing the settings availa ble for that effect. To use the Desi gn Galley cre ative option 1. Touch Get Cr eative when viewin g a phot o in 1-up view.
To print from a slide show 1. When the photo yo u want to prin t is displayed, touch a nywhere on the to uch screen to pause the slide show. 2. Touch the Print ic on to print the photo.
5. Touch the Print i con on the quick t ouch frame. The printed shee t contains 1 6 copies of a single photo. 6. If you are fini shed printing in Photo Stickers mo de, touch Ye s at the prom pt to exit Photo Stickers mode . Passport photos To use Passport Photo s mode 1.
Enhance or edit your photos You can enhance or edit your photos in various w ays, as explained in the follo wing: • Use Photo Fix • Crop a photo • Remove red-eye f rom your photos • Adjust pho.
Remove red-eye from your photos The printer p rovides a way to red uce red-eye that can occur in photos ta ken wit h a flash. To remove red-ey e 1. Touch Ed it Photo when viewing a pho to with red-eye in 1-u p view. 2. Touch Re move Red-Eye . The Red-eye ic on flashes and t hen displays continu ously after red- eye removal.
Delete a photo You can delete a pho to or video clip fro m a memory card or stora ge device using the printer. To delete a photo 1. View the photo or vid eo clip i n 1-up vi ew. 2. Touch Edit and touch De lete . Follow t he prompts on the touch scree n.
Chapter 4 38 Print without a computer.
5 Print from a computer This section describes how t o print photos when th e HP Photosmart A620 series printer is connected t o a computer, and you want to print an image from an im aging applica tion such as Photos mart Essen tial.
What's This? help Use What's Thi s? help to learn more about t he available printing o ptions. To use What's Thi s? help 1. Move the cursor over the fe ature that you w ant to learn m ore about. 2. Click the right mou se button. The What's Thi s box is displa yed.
printer must be conne cted to your computer wi th an appropriate USB cable. In ad dition you must have insta lled the HP Phot osmart softwar e. You need to transfer the pho tos to your computer to use them i n image ed iting software, in cluding the HP Photosmart software that came with the printer.
NOTE: You can also use Wind ows Explorer to copy files f rom the computer to the memory card. Delete photos and other fi les from a memory card Follow these step s to delete photos a nd other files fr om a memory card. To delete photos or fi les fro m a memory card 1.
To change the HP R eal Life technol ogies setting 1. Open the Printe r Properties dialog b ox. For more inf ormation, see “ Printer Properties dialog b ox” on page 39 . 2. Click the Features tab. 3. In the HP Real L ife technolog ies Photo fix drop-down li st, select t he appropriate setting for th e photo you are printing.
Change the pr int quality Choose the pr int quality an d speed to optim ize your photo printing . To select a print q uality and speed 1. Open the Pri nter Properties di alog box. For m ore inform ation, see “ Printer Properties dialog box” on page 39 .
Change the p aper size Use the Printer Properti es dialog box instea d of the softw are applicatio n's Page Setup dialog box to se lect a paper size. Some sof tware appli cations do not l ist all the pa per sizes the printer su pports. To select a pap er size 1.
3. You can adjust the following settings: • Adjust th e Brightness , Saturation , and Color Tone to af fect how overall colors are printed. • Adjust the Cyan , Magenta , Yellow , and Black sliders to specif y the level of each color tha t is used in printi ng.
Print preview You can preview a d ocument on th e computer before p rinting it. If the print preview does not look the way you want it to, close the preview wi ndow and make the nece ssary adjustme nts to the document o r to the print sett ings.
Print NOTE: If your soft ware program incl udes a photo pri nting feature, follow t he instructions that are provided wit h the software prog ram. Otherwi se, follow these inst ruct ion s. 1. Open the pho to in a soft ware program tha t allows e diting, su ch as HP Phot osmart software.
Print photos with a bo rder Guidelines • To learn how to use t he photo print ing features, se e the “ photo enhan cing” on page 42 p age. • Verify the photo paper you are using is no t rippled or curle d. • Do not exceed t he paper tray capacity when lo ading media.
Print postcards Guidel ines • Use only cards and small media th at meet the p rinter paper-size specifications. For more informatio n, see “ Printer specifications” on page 8 1 . • Do not exceed the pa per tray cap acity when l oading me dia. For more information , see “ Printer specifications” on page 81 .
Print panoramic ph otos For true panoram ic printing, you must have t aken a panoramic pho to. Also, use HP panorama paper 10 x 30 cm (4 x 12 inch). To create a pano ramic print from a no n-panoramic photo, see the pa norama photos section of “ Specialt y printing projects” on page 33 .
Print on in dex cards and other small media Guidel ines • Use only cards and small media that me et the printer paper-size speci fications. • Do not exceed the pa per tray cap acity when l oading me dia. For more information , see “ Printer specifications” on page 81 .
6 Maintenance This section cont ains basic mai ntenance proc ed ures that can help keep your printer performing wel l and producing top- quality photos .
you need to al ign the print cartrid ge manually in clude document s that print at an angl e, colors not printing satisfactori ly, or poor print quality. To align the print cartr idge from the printer 1. Load a sheet of H P Advanced Photo Pap er in the input tray.
NOTE: Ink from the ca rtridges is used in the pri nting process in a number of different ways, includin g in the ini tialization p rocess, which pre pares the device and cart ridges for printing, a nd in printhead servicing, wh ich keeps prin t nozzles clear and ink flow ing smoothly.
To insert or r eplace a print cart ridge 1. Make sure the pow er is on and you have removed the cardbo ard from inside t he printer. 2. Open the print cart ridge door of t he printer. 3. Remove the b right pink tape from the cartridge. NOTE: Do not touch th e copper-colored contact s on the prin t cartridge.
To order HP papers a nd other suppli es, go to www.hp .com/bu y/supplies . If prom pted, choose your country/region, follow the promp ts to select your product, and then cl ick one of the shoppi ng links on the page. Print a test page The information on a test page can be h elpful if you nee d to contact HP support.
The HP Digit al Imaging Moni tor icon shows the status of the printer: The HP Digital Imaging Monitor icon has a green check mark when the p rinter is in an idle state. The HP Digital Imaging Monitor icon has an excl amation mark when there is an e rror.
7 Troubleshooting Before contacti ng HP support, read this section for troubleshootin g tips or go to the onlin e support services a t www.hp.com/support . Before you b egin , make sure: • All the cable con nections betwee n the printer and comput er are secure.
One or more sy stem comp onents d id not meet m inimum sy stem re quirements Cause: A component of the computer system d oes not meet the min imum or recommended syst em requirements.
• Try inserti ng a CD that you know au toplays. If tha t CD does not aut oplay, you may need to service the CD-RO M drive. • If other CDs work but the HP Photosm art CD does not work, you may ha ve a damaged CD. You can download the printer so ftware from www.
Printing and hardware issues • The print out did not appear • The computer and printer lost commu nication • The Found N ew Hardware W izard did not recognize the printer when it was connected t.
The computer and p rinter lost communicati on Cause: • The comput er might not be co nnected to the pri nter. • The printer mi ght be turned off. • The printer mi ght not be conne cted to a power sou rce. • You might be usi ng a USB hub or dockin g station that has multiple devices connected to i t.
The New Hardwar e Wizard did not ap pear when th e printer and c omputer were connected with a USB c able Cause: You may not be using the proper versi on of Windows , or there may be something w rong with the U SB cable or the U SB cable connect ion.
A small re d circle appear ed on the HP Digita l Imaging Monitor icon in the W indows taskbar Cause: There i s a connection or comm unication probl em between t he printer and the computer. Solution: 1. Connect the pr inter directly to a USB po rt on the computer.
Solution: From t he software a pplication's Fil e menu, selec t Print , then click Proper ties and choose the desired print setti ngs. The printer does not print borderl ess photos when pri nting without a co mputer. Cause: The borderless printing opt ion may be turne d off.
To improve the system resour ces, close all open program s except Windows Explorer and Systray, then try prin ting again: To improve system resources 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete . 2. Select all programs except W indows Explorer and Systray. Hold Ctrl or Shift to select mult iple progra ms.
Solution: • Make sure you have sel ected the correc t orientatio n on the Features ta b of the Printer Properties dialog b ox. • Make sure you have select ed the correct pa per size. For more information, see “ Change the paper size” on page 45 .
The printout does not appear as it sh ould Cause: The pa per may be marked, scratched, or wrinkled , or the paper may be dark in color or contai n metallic fib ers. Solution: If the pape r is damaged, dark in color, or conta ins metallic fibe rs, the sensor may not detect paper type and si ze accurately.
• The passkey (PIN) t hat the device wi th Bluetooth wireless technology is u sing for the printer may be incorrect. Make sure the correct passkey for the printer is entered i n the device with Bluetooth wire less techno logy. • You may be too far from the printer.
• The print ca rriage has stal led • The printer is out of paper • There is a paper j am • The paper l oaded does not mat ch the paper si ze selected • The memory card has been in serted ups.
3. Make sure the cartridge is compatible with th e printer. 4. If this does no t work, repl ace the cartrid ge. The print car riage has sta lled Solution: The re is an obstruction blocking the path of the pri nt carriage or the cartridge se rvice station.
The memory card has been in serted upside dow n Solution: The memory card has been in serted upside down. Remove th e memory card and reinsert i t with the gold cont acts facing down. The memory card i s not inserted properl y Solution: The printer can de tect the me mory card but cannot read it.
Chapter 7 74 Troubleshooting.
8 Shop for ink supplies To find the print ca rtridge reorder number, se e the printed do cumentati on that came wit h the HP Photo smart. You can also use the softwa re that came with the HP Photosmart to find out the reorder number for the p rint cartridge.
Chapter 8 76 Shop for ink supplies.
9 HP support and warranty This section co ntains the follo wing topics: • Check the HP support Web sit e first • HP support b y phone • HP Warranty • Additional warranty options Check the HP support Web site first Check the document ation that cam e with the print er.
Placing a call Call HP support while you are in front of th e computer and the H P Photosmart. Be prepared to provide the fol lowing informat ion: • Device model number (locat ed on the labe l on th.
HP Warranty Additional warranty options Extended servi ce plan s are avail able for th e printe r at additional co sts. Go to www.hp.com/support , select your cou ntry/region and la nguage, then e xplore the services and warranty area fo r information about the extended service plans.
Chapter 9 80 HP support and warr anty.
10 Specifications This section lists the minimu m system requirements for in stalling the HP Photosmart software, and provides selected printer specificati ons.
MPEG-1 Margins Top 0.0 mm (0.0 inches) ; Bottom 0.0 mm (0.0 inches) ; Left/right 0.0 mm (0.0 inches) Media Sizes Photo paper 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inch es), 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 inches) Photo paper with tab 10 x 15 cm with 1.25 cm tab (4 x 6 inches with 0.5 in ch tab) Index cards 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inche s) A6 cards 105 x 148 mm (4.
11 Regulatory and environmental information The followin g regulatory and environmental information applies to t he HP Photosm art A620 series pri nters. • Regulatory not ices • Environmental product stewardship pro gram Regulatory notices The followin g regulatory not ices apply to the HP Photosmart A620 serie s printers.
FCC statement LED indica tor stat ement VCCI (Clas s B) compli ance stat ement for u sers in Japan Chapter 11 84 Regulatory and environmental information.
Notice to us ers in Japan about po wer cord Notice to users in Korea European Union Regulatory Notice Environmental product stewardship program Hewlett- Packard is committed t o providing qu ali ty products in an envir onmentally soun d manner. Design for recycling ha s been incorporated into th is product.
For more informati on, visit HP’s Commit ment to the Envi ronment Web site at: www.hp .com/hpi nfo/global citizenshi p/environ ment/in dex.html This secti on contai ns the foll owing topic s: • Pa.
Disposal of Wa ste Equipment by Us ers in Pr ivate Households in the Euro pean Union Environmental product stew ardship program 87.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il HP PhotoSmart A620 Series è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del HP PhotoSmart A620 Series - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso HP PhotoSmart A620 Series imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul HP PhotoSmart A620 Series ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il HP PhotoSmart A620 Series, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del HP PhotoSmart A620 Series.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il HP PhotoSmart A620 Series. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo HP PhotoSmart A620 Series insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
