HP Photosmart A512 User Manual
HP Photosmart A510 series
User Guide
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Contents
1Welcome.................................................................................................................3
Find more information .............................................................................................3
Printer parts ............................................................................................................4
Optional accessories ..............................................................................................7
Use the printer menus ............................................................................................8
2 Photo printing overview......................................................................................11
Start-to-finish printing ...........................................................................................11
3 Paper basics........................................................................................................13
Choose and load paper ........................................................................................13
Choose the right paper ..................................................................................13
Load your paper ............................................................................................13
4 Print from a memory card...................................................................................15
Get photos from a memory card ...........................................................................15
Insert a memory card ....................................................................................15
Remove a memory card ................................................................................17
Navigate through and view your photos ...............................................................18
Select multiple photos ..........................................................................................18
Choose a photo layout .........................................................................................19
Print your photos ..................................................................................................19
5 Creative projects.................................................................................................21
Print panoramic photos .....................................................................................21
Print photo stickers ............................................................................................22
Print nine frames from a video clip ...................................................................23
Print passport photos ...........................................................................................23
Perfect photos automatically using Photo Fix ......................................................23
E-mail or upload your photos using HP Photosmart Share ..................................24
6 Print from other devices.....................................................................................25
Print photos from a digital camera ........................................................................25
Print photos from a Bluetooth device ...................................................................25
Print photos from a computer ...............................................................................26
Print photos from an iPod .....................................................................................27
7 Maintain and transport the printer.....................................................................29
Replace the print cartridge ...................................................................................29
Clean and maintain the printer .............................................................................31
Clean the outside of the printer .....................................................................31
Automatically clean the print cartridge ..........................................................31
Manually clean the print cartridge contacts ...................................................32
Print a test page ............................................................................................32
Align the print cartridge .................................................................................33
Store the printer and print cartridge ......................................................................34
Store the printer .............................................................................................34
Store the print cartridge .................................................................................35
Maintain the quality of photo paper ......................................................................35
Transport the printer .............................................................................................35
8 Troubleshooting..................................................................................................37
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Printer hardware problems ...................................................................................37
Printing problems ..................................................................................................40
Bluetooth printing problems ..................................................................................44
Error messages ....................................................................................................45
9 Specifications .....................................................................................................49
System requirements ............................................................................................49
Printer specifications ............................................................................................50
10 HP support ..........................................................................................................53
Support process ...................................................................................................53
HP support by phone ............................................................................................53
Phone support period ....................................................................................53
Placing a call .................................................................................................53
After the phone support period ......................................................................54
Additional warranty options ..................................................................................54
HP Warranty .........................................................................................................55
A Install the software..............................................................................................57
BPrinter menus......................................................................................................59
Printer menus .......................................................................................................59
Index............................................................................................................................61
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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing an HP Photosmart A510 series printer! This printer makes
home photo printing simple, convenient, and fun, and it produces high-quality color prints
you will be pleased to share with family and friends. With your printer, you can:
Apply Photo Fix techniques
Get creative by printing photo
See Perfect photos automatically using
Photo Fix.
stickers.
See Print photo stickers
Print panoramas
Print passport photos
See Print passport photos.
Print borderless photos without using a
computer
See Print your photos.
Find more information
The printer comes with the following documentation:
● Setup Guide: Read this guide first! It explains how to set up the printer and print
your first photo.
● User Guide: This is the book you are reading. This book describes the basic features
of the printer, explains how to use the printer without connecting it to a computer,
and contains hardware troubleshooting information. Appendix A contains
information on installing the printer software.
See Print panoramic photos.
Transport your printer anywhere
See Optional accessories.
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Chapter 1
● Printer Help Menu: The Help menu on the printer lets you read helpful printing tips
and information about basic printer features right on the printer screen. For
information on viewing the Help menu, see Use the printer menus.
● Electronic Help: The electronic Help describes how to use the printer with a
computer and contains software troubleshooting information.
After you have installed the printer software on your computer, you can view the
electronic Help:
● Windows: From the Windows Start menu, click Programs or All Programs, point
to HP, HP Photosmart A510 series, and then click Photosmart Help.
● Mac: Choose Help, Mac Help in the Finder, and then choose Library, HP
Photosmart Printer Help.
Printer parts
This section gives an overview of the parts of your printer, and provides references to
sections where the parts and functions are described in more detail. Your model may
vary slightly from the model shown in the illustrations.
Front of printer
1 Control panel: Control the basic functions of the printer from here.
2 Output tray (closed): Open this to print, insert a memory card, connect a compatible digital
camera, connect an HP iPod, or access the print cartridge area.
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Rear of printer
1 USB port: Use this port to connect the printer to a computer or to an HP direct-printing digital
camera using a USB cable.
2 Power cord connection: Connect the power cord here.
Inside front of printer
1 Input tray: Load paper here.
2 Input tray extension: Pull out to support paper.
3 Paper-width guide: Move to the width of the current paper to position the paper properly.
4 Camera port: Connect a PictBridge digital camera, the optional HP Bluetooth wireless printer
adapter, or an HP iPod.
5 Memory card slots: Insert memory cards into these slots. See Get photos from a memory
card. Some models may not support all types of memory cards.
6 Print cartridge door: Open to insert or remove a print cartridge. See Replace the print
cartridge.
7 Output tray (open): The printer deposits printed photos here.
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Indicator lights
1 On light: This light is solid green when the printer is on. It flashes green when the printer is
busy, and flashes red when the printer requires attention.
2 Memory card light: This light turns solid green after the memory card is correctly inserted. It
flashes green when the printer is communicating with the memory card. See Get photos from
a memory card.
Control panel
1 On: Press to turn the printer on or off.
2 Printer screen: View photos and menus here.
3 Print: Press to print selected photos from a memory card.
4 Photo Fix: Press to turn Photo Fix on or off. See Perfect photos automatically using Photo
Fix. Photo Fix is not available on some models, which have a Delete button instead.
5 Select photos: Use the arrows to scroll through photos on a memory card or to navigate the
printer menu. Press OK to select a photo or menu option.
6 Cancel: Press to deselect photos, exit a menu, or stop an action.
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Note You can also delete photos from the control panel. Press and hold the
Photo Fix button, and then press the Cancel button.
Internal battery compartment
1 Internal battery compartment: Insert the optional HP Photosmart Internal Battery here.
2 Battery compartment button: Slide to release the compartment cover.
3 Battery compartment cover: Open this cover on the bottom of the printer to insert the
optional HP Photosmart Internal Battery.
4 Optional internal battery: A fully-charged battery has sufficient charge to print approximately
75 photos. You must purchase the optional HP Photosmart Internal Battery separately.
Caution Always unplug the printer power cord before opening the battery
compartment cover. Do not touch the copper-colored contacts on the battery or
the contacts inside the battery compartment.
Optional accessories
There are several optional accessories available for the printer that enhance its portability
for printing anywhere, anytime. The appearance of the accessories may vary from what
is shown.
HP Photosmart Internal Battery
The optional HP Photosmart Internal Battery lets you take the printer with you wherever
you go.
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HP Photosmart Carrying Case
The lightweight, durable HP Photosmart Carrying Case holds and protects everything
needed for hassle-free printing on the go.
HP Bluetooth® Wireless Printer Adapter
The HP Bluetooth wireless printer adapter goes into the camera port on the front of the
printer and lets you use Bluetooth wireless technology for printing.
Use the printer menus
The printer menu gives you many print options, allows you to change the printer defaults,
provides maintenance and troubleshooting tools, and provides how-to information for
common printing tasks.
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To use the printer menu
1. If there is a memory card in the printer, remove it.
2. Press
– Press
(1) or (2) on the printer control panel to open the printer menu.
or to scroll through the menu options displayed on the printer screen.
Menu items that are not accessible are grayed out.
– Press OK (3) to open a menu or select an option.
– Press Cancel (4) to exit the current menu.
Note For a list of printer menu options, see Printer menu structure.
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Chapter 1
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Photo printing overview
Start-to-finish printing
This sections gives you a high-level overview of the steps involved in printing your photos.
Subsequent sections describe each step in more detail.
Step 1
Choose and load paper
See Choose and load paper.
Step 2
Get photos
See Print from a memory card and Print
from other devices.
Step 3
Navigate through and view your photos
See Navigate through and view your
photos.
Index page
Step 4
Select photos to print
See Select multiple photos.
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Chapter 2
(continued)
Step 5
Choose a photo layout
See Choose a photo layout.
Step 6
Print photos
See Print your photos.
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Paper basics
Choose and load paper
Learn how to choose the right paper for your print job and how to load it into the input
tray for printing.
Choose the right paper
Use HP Advanced Photo Paper. It is especially designed to work with the inks in your
printer to create beautiful photos. Other photo papers will produce inferior results.
For a list of available HP-designed photo paper, or to purchase supplies, go to:
● www.hpshopping.com (U.S.)
● www.hp.com/eur/hpoptions (Europe)
● www.hp.com/jp/supply_inkjet (Japan)
● www.hp.com/paper (Asia/Pacific)
The printer is set by default to print the best quality photos on HP Advanced Photo Paper.
If you print on a different type of paper, be sure to change the paper type from the printer
menu. See To change the paper type.
Load your paper
1 Input tray
2 Paper-width guide
3 Output tray
Some supported paper sizes:
● 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inch) photo paper
● Index cards
● L-size cards
● Hagaki cards
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● Panorama paper
● Photo sticker paper
For a full list of supported paper sizes, see Specifications.
To load paper
1. Open the output and input trays, and pull out the input tray extension.
2. Load up to 20 sheets of paper with the print side or glossy side facing the front of
the printer. When loading, slide the paper to the left side of the input tray and push
the paper down firmly until it stops.
Note If you are using panorama photo paper, only load up to 10 sheets. If
you are using photo sticker paper, only load a single sheet at a time.
3. Move the paper-width guide to the left to fit close to the edge of the paper without
bending the paper.
To change the paper type
1. Remove any memory cards, then press
or .
2. Select Preferences, and then press OK.
3. Select Paper type, and then press OK.
4. Use
or to select a paper type:
– HP Advanced Photo Paper (default)
– HP Premium Photo Paper
– Other Photo
– Other Plain
5. Press OK.
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Print from a memory card
This section describes the steps for printing photos that are stored on a memory card.
This section contains the following topics:
● Get photos from a memory card
● Navigate through and view your photos
● Select multiple photos
● Choose a photo layout
● Print your photos
Get photos from a memory card
After you have taken pictures with a digital camera, you can remove the memory card
from the camera and insert it into the printer to view and print your photos. The printer
can read the following types of memory cards: CompactFlash
Microdrive, MultiMediaCard
Some models may not support all types of memory cards.
Caution Using any other type of memory card may damage the memory card
and the printer.
You can also save photos from the memory card to your computer, where you can
enhance or organize them using the HP Photosmart Premier, HP Photosmart Essential,
or HP Photosmart Studio software.
To learn about other ways of transferring photos from a digital camera to the printer,
see Print from other devices.
™
, Secure Digital™, SmartMedia, and xD-Picture Card™.
™
, Memory Sticks,
Insert a memory card
Find your memory card in the following table and follow the instructions to insert the card
into the printer.
Guidelines:
● Insert only one memory card at a time.
● Gently push the memory card into the printer until it stops. The memory card does
not insert all the way into the printer; do not try to force it.
● When the memory card is inserted correctly, the memory card light flashes and then
remains solid green.
Caution 1 Inserting the memory card any other way may damage the card and
the printer.
Caution 2 Do not pull out a memory card while the memory card light is flashing.
For more information, see Remove a memory card.
Memory card
CompactFlash ● Front label faces up, and if the label has an arrow, the arrow points
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How to insert the memory card
toward the printer
● Edge with metal pinholes goes into the printer first
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(continued)
Memory card How to insert the memory card
Microdrive ● Front label faces up, and if the label has an arrow, the arrow points
toward the printer
● Edge with metal pinholes goes into the printer first
MultiMediaCard ● Angled corner is on the right
● Metal contacts face down
Secure Digital ● Angled corner is on the right
● Metal contacts face down
● If you are using a miniSD card, attach the adapter that came with
the card before you insert the card into the printer
SmartMedia ● Angled corner is on the left
● Metal contacts face down
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Memory card How to insert the memory card
Memory Stick ● Angled corner is on the left
● Metal contacts face down
● If you are using a Memory Stick Duo
™
Duo
card, attach the adapter that came with the card before you
™
insert the card into the printer
xD-Picture Card ● Curved side of the card points toward you
● Metal contacts face down
or Memory Stick PRO
Remove a memory card
Caution Do not pull out the memory card while the memory card light is flashing.
A flashing light means the printer or computer is accessing the memory card. Wait
until the light remains solid. Removing a memory card while it is being accessed
may corrupt information on the card or damage the printer and card.
To remove a memory card
When the memory card light on the printer is solid, it is safe to pull the card out of
➔
the slot.
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