User Guide - Windows 2000

Print photos

The printer software offers several features that make printing digital photos easier and

improve photo quality.

Learn how to perform the following tasks:

● Print a borderless photo.

● Print a photo with a border.

● Use HP Real Life technologies to touch up photos.

● Use the photo print cartridge for great colors and virtually grain-free photos.

● Use the gray photo print cartridge for outstanding black-and-white photos.

● Achieve the highest printing resolution with maximum dpi.

● Improve printed colors with the following software options:

– Advanced color settings

– Color management

● Print an Exif Print-formatted photo if you have Exif Print-enabled software.

● Prevent photo paper from curling by following the photo paper storage and handling

guidelines.

● Use HP Everyday Photo Paper to save money and ink when printing photos.

Print borderless photos

Use borderless printing to print to the edges of certain paper types and to print on a range

of paper sizes—from 3 x 5 inch photo paper to a 210 x 594 mm (8.5 x 23.4 inch) custom

photo size.

Guidelines

● For high-quality results, use a photo print cartridge in combination with the tri-color

print cartridge.

● Do not print borderless photos in ink-backup mode. Always have two print cartridges

installed in the printer.

● Open the file in a software program such as HP Photosmart Software or Adobe

Photoshop and assign the photo size. Ensure that the size corresponds to the paper

size on which you want to print the photo.

● If you installed HP Photosmart Software, you can use it to stitch together panoramic

digital photos before printing them.

● For maximum fade resistance, use HP Premium Plus Photo Paper.

● Verify that the photo paper that you are using is flat. For information about preventing