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Tips for print success, Printhead and ink tips, Paper loading tips, Printer settings tips

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Tips for print success ● Printhead and ink tips ● Paper loading tips ● Printer settings tips ● Notes To print successfully, the HP printheads should be functioning properly, the ink tanks should be filled with sufficient ink, the ink valve should be at the unlocked position, the paper should be loaded correctly, and the printer should have the appropriate settings. Print settings do not apply to copying or scanning. Printhead and ink tips ● Use original HP printheads. ● Install both the black and tri-color printheads correctly. For more information, see Fix printhead problems on page 59. ● Check the ink levels on the ink tanks to make sure there is sufficient ink. For more information, see Ink levels on page 41. ● If the print quality is not acceptable, see Printing issues on page 65 for more information. Paper loading tips ● Load a stack of paper (not just one page). All of the paper in the stack should be in the same size and type to avoid a paper jam. ● Load the paper with side to be printed on facing up. ● Ensure that paper loaded in the input tray lays flat, and the edges are not bent or torn. ● Adjust the paper-width guide in the input tray to fit snugly against all paper. Make sure the paper-width guide does not bend the paper in the input tray. For more information, see Load media on page 13. Printer settings tips Printer settings tips (Windows) ● To change default print settings, open the HP printer software, click Print & Scan , and then click Set Preferences. For information how to open the printer software, see Open the HP printer software (Windows) on page 20. ● To select the number of pages to print per sheet, on the Layout tab, select the appropriate option from the Pages per Sheet drop-down list. ● To view more printing settings, on the Layout or Paper/Quality tab, click the Advanced button to open the Advanced Options dialog box. 30 Chapter 3 Print ENWW

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Tips for print success
●
Printhead and ink tips
●
Paper loading tips
●
Printer settings tips
●
Notes
To print successfully, the HP printheads should be functioning properly, the ink tanks should be
filled
with
sufficient
ink, the ink valve should be at the unlocked position, the paper should be loaded correctly, and the
printer should have the appropriate settings.
Print settings do not apply to copying or scanning.
Printhead and ink tips
●
Use original HP printheads.
●
Install both the black and tri-color printheads correctly.
For more information, see
Fix printhead problems
on page
59
.
●
Check the ink levels on the ink tanks to make sure there is
sufficient
ink.
For more information, see
Ink levels
on page
41
.
●
If the print quality is not acceptable, see
Printing issues
on page
65
for more information.
Paper loading tips
●
Load a stack of paper (not just one page). All of the paper in the stack should be in the same size and
type to avoid a paper jam.
●
Load the paper with side to be printed on facing up.
●
Ensure that paper loaded in the input tray lays
flat,
and the edges are not bent or torn.
●
Adjust the paper-width guide in the input tray to
fit
snugly against all paper. Make sure the paper-width
guide does not bend the paper in the input tray.
For more information, see
Load media
on page
13
.
Printer settings tips
Printer settings tips (Windows)
●
To change default print settings, open the HP printer software, click
Print & Scan
, and then click
Set
Preferences
. For information how to open the printer software, see
Open the HP printer software
(Windows)
on page
20
.
●
To select the number of pages to print per sheet, on the
Layout
tab, select the appropriate option from
the
Pages per Sheet
drop-down list.
●
To view more printing settings, on the
Layout
or
Paper/Quality
tab, click the
Advanced
button to open
the
Advanced Options
dialog box.
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