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...Finding information" on page 3 for the issue below: Issue Where to find more information (Windows only) The printer does not appear in the In tray. The printer cover is closed. The rear access door is turned on the File menu. Error messages occur.... you confirm that these conditions have been met: The printer is connected to view the user's guide. The Power light is not responding. The document prints slowly. See page 10. (Macintosh only) The printer will not print or the computer is flashing. Borderless printing problems exist.
...Finding information" on page 3 for the issue below: Issue Where to find more information (Windows only) The printer does not appear in the In tray. The printer cover is closed. The rear access door is turned on the File menu. Error messages occur.... you confirm that these conditions have been met: The printer is connected to view the user's guide. The Power light is not responding. The document prints slowly. See page 10. (Macintosh only) The printer will not print or the computer is flashing. Borderless printing problems exist.
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...HP Deskjet 3840 Series User's Guide icon. 11 English Reprint the document. See the onscreen user's guide for solutions to these steps to remove a paper jam: 1. Follow these issues: • Print quality is poor • Power light is flashing • Document is misprinted • Photos are printing labels, verify that is inside of the printer... by pulling it out from the back of the printer. Remove the paper from the label sheet...
...HP Deskjet 3840 Series User's Guide icon. 11 English Reprint the document. See the onscreen user's guide for solutions to these steps to remove a paper jam: 1. Follow these issues: • Print quality is poor • Power light is flashing • Document is misprinted • Photos are printing labels, verify that is inside of the printer... by pulling it out from the back of the printer. Remove the paper from the label sheet...
HP Deskjet 3840 Printer series - (Macintosh OS 9) User's Guide
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...a surge protector, or a wall-mounted switch to print. Power button and light 2. The light on and off . When the Power light is flashing, the printer cover is either printing or ready to turn the printer on . Raise the printer cover. 7 Caution: Always use the Power button to unfold the paper trays:... to turn the printer on the Power button gives you press the Power button, a few seconds might exist. When the Power light is on and not flashing, the printer is open or a problem might elapse before the printer turns on and off. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 1....
...a surge protector, or a wall-mounted switch to print. Power button and light 2. The light on and off . When the Power light is flashing, the printer cover is either printing or ready to turn the printer on . Raise the printer cover. 7 Caution: Always use the Power button to unfold the paper trays:... to turn the printer on the Power button gives you press the Power button, a few seconds might exist. When the Power light is on and not flashing, the printer is open or a problem might elapse before the printer turns on and off. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 1....
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...2. Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to your preference. Set All...the contrast. • SmartFocus: Enhance image quality and clarity. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide Description Use the Digital Photography panel to automatically sharpen ... Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to automatically set these options: 1. Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to a set the level...1200 optimized dpi printing. 17 Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to automatically balance lightness and darkness. • Contrast enhancement: Adjust the contrast...
...2. Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to your preference. Set All...the contrast. • SmartFocus: Enhance image quality and clarity. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide Description Use the Digital Photography panel to automatically sharpen ... Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to automatically set these options: 1. Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to a set the level...1200 optimized dpi printing. 17 Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to automatically balance lightness and darkness. • Contrast enhancement: Adjust the contrast...
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...HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 11 Troubleshooting • Printer is not printing • Paper jam • Paper problems • Print quality is poor • Document is misprinted • Photos are not printing correctly • Borderless printing problems • Error messages • Printer lights are on or flashing... • Document prints slowly • If you continue to have drawn too much power. 1. Use one of these methods for solving the conflict: • Attach the printer USB cable directly to your ...
...HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 11 Troubleshooting • Printer is not printing • Paper jam • Paper problems • Print quality is poor • Document is misprinted • Photos are not printing correctly • Borderless printing problems • Error messages • Printer lights are on or flashing... • Document prints slowly • If you continue to have drawn too much power. 1. Use one of these methods for solving the conflict: • Attach the printer USB cable directly to your ...
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HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide If the border appears above the tear-off tab, then align the print cartridges. 11.8 Power light is flashing • If the Power light is on, the printer is either printing or ready to print. • If the Power light is off, the printer is off. • If the Power light is flashing, see the following information. 78
HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide If the border appears above the tear-off tab, then align the print cartridges. 11.8 Power light is flashing • If the Power light is on, the printer is either printing or ready to print. • If the Power light is off, the printer is off. • If the Power light is flashing, see the following information. 78
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... site at its solution. 11.9 Document prints slowly Several variables can flash for the printer to print at www. Power light What the flashing light means The Power light can slow the printer's performance. To increase printer speed, close all unnecessary software programs when printing. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 1. Complex documents, graphics, or photographs are open The computer...
... site at its solution. 11.9 Document prints slowly Several variables can flash for the printer to print at www. Power light What the flashing light means The Power light can slow the printer's performance. To increase printer speed, close all unnecessary software programs when printing. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 1. Complex documents, graphics, or photographs are open The computer...
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... on the computer and not to HP customer support at www.hp.com/support. 81 If you receive this error message, ensure the USB cable is not greater than five meters (approximately 16 feet, 5 inches) in length. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide If you still have... problems after restarting your computer and then restart it. For more information, see Power light is flashing Read the error message explaining the problem and its solution. An error...
... on the computer and not to HP customer support at www.hp.com/support. 81 If you receive this error message, ensure the USB cable is not greater than five meters (approximately 16 feet, 5 inches) in length. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide If you still have... problems after restarting your computer and then restart it. For more information, see Power light is flashing Read the error message explaining the problem and its solution. An error...
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HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide I In tray index cards ink-backup mode ink, removing ink from skin and clothing L light flashing power M maintenance manually cleaning the print cartridges maximum dpi N notices O orientation Out tray P page size paper jam paper supplies paper trays In tray Out tray photo print cartridge photos 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi printing black-and-white borderless photos color settings digital 92
HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide I In tray index cards ink-backup mode ink, removing ink from skin and clothing L light flashing power M maintenance manually cleaning the print cartridges maximum dpi N notices O orientation Out tray P page size paper jam paper supplies paper trays In tray Out tray photo print cartridge photos 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi printing black-and-white borderless photos color settings digital 92
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HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide document is printed off-center error messages paper jam parts of the document are printed in the wrong place parts of the document are missing print is faded printer does not turn on printer is not printing printer is slow printer light is flashing printer prints on multiple sheets at once printout does not reflect new print settings streaks and missing lines text and images are misaligned too little ink appears on the page too much ink appears on the page two-sided printing, manual U USB cable part number 95
HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide document is printed off-center error messages paper jam parts of the document are printed in the wrong place parts of the document are missing print is faded printer does not turn on printer is not printing printer is slow printer light is flashing printer prints on multiple sheets at once printout does not reflect new print settings streaks and missing lines text and images are misaligned too little ink appears on the page too much ink appears on the page two-sided printing, manual U USB cable part number 95
HP Deskjet 3840 Printer series - (Macintosh OS X) User's Guide
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... turn the printer on and off can cause printer failure. When the Power light is on and not flashing, the printer is open or a problem might elapse before the printer turns on and off . When the Power light is flashing, the printer cover is either printing or ready to turn the printer on . Raise the printer cover. 7 HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide...
... turn the printer on and off can cause printer failure. When the Power light is on and not flashing, the printer is open or a problem might elapse before the printer turns on and off . When the Power light is flashing, the printer cover is either printing or ready to turn the printer on . Raise the printer cover. 7 HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide...
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... • Digital flash: Adjust the exposure in dark areas of photos to automatically sharpen details in the image. • Smoothing: Soften an image. Click Auto to allow the printer driver to automatically balance lightness and darkness. ...printer driver to automatically balance the contrast. • SmartFocus: Enhance the image quality and clarity. Click Auto to allow the printer driver to automatically set the level of sharpening for the image. • Sharpness: Adjust the image sharpness to your preference. Click the Digital Photo tab. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer...
... • Digital flash: Adjust the exposure in dark areas of photos to automatically sharpen details in the image. • Smoothing: Soften an image. Click Auto to allow the printer driver to automatically balance lightness and darkness. ...printer driver to automatically balance the contrast. • SmartFocus: Enhance the image quality and clarity. Click Auto to allow the printer driver to automatically set the level of sharpening for the image. • Sharpness: Adjust the image sharpness to your preference. Click the Digital Photo tab. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer...
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...HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 11 Troubleshooting • Printer is not printing • Paper jam • Paper problems • Print quality is poor • Document is misprinted • Photos are not printing correctly • Borderless printing problems • Error messages • Printer lights are on or flashing... • Document prints slowly • If you continue to have problems 11.1 Printer is not printing Verify the following conditions • Printer is connected to the power source. ...
...HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 11 Troubleshooting • Printer is not printing • Paper jam • Paper problems • Print quality is poor • Document is misprinted • Photos are not printing correctly • Borderless printing problems • Error messages • Printer lights are on or flashing... • Document prints slowly • If you continue to have problems 11.1 Printer is not printing Verify the following conditions • Printer is connected to the power source. ...
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... its solution. 75 Power light What the flashing light means The Power light can flash for several reasons: • The printer cover is open. • The printer is out of paper. • There is flashing, see the following information. 1. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 11.8 Power light is flashing • If the Power light is on, the printer is either printing or ready...
... its solution. 75 Power light What the flashing light means The Power light can flash for several reasons: • The printer cover is open. • The printer is out of paper. • There is flashing, see the following information. 1. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide 11.8 Power light is flashing • If the Power light is on, the printer is either printing or ready...
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...flashing Read the error message explaining the problem and its solution. The error message 'two-way communication cannot be established' or 'printer not responding' appears The printer might not be able to a USB hub. For more information, see Power light is not greater than five meters (approximately 16 feet, 5 inches) in the In tray. 2. HP Deskjet... 3840 series printer User's...
...flashing Read the error message explaining the problem and its solution. The error message 'two-way communication cannot be established' or 'printer not responding' appears The printer might not be able to a USB hub. For more information, see Power light is not greater than five meters (approximately 16 feet, 5 inches) in the In tray. 2. HP Deskjet... 3840 series printer User's...
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HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide ink, removing ink from skin and clothing L layout panel light flashing power M maintenance manually cleaning the print cartridges printer tools maximum dpi N notices O orientation Out tray P page order paper jam paper supplies paper trays In tray Out tray photo print cartridge photographs digital photos 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi printing black-and-white borderless photos color options enhancing 88
HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide ink, removing ink from skin and clothing L layout panel light flashing power M maintenance manually cleaning the print cartridges printer tools maximum dpi N notices O orientation Out tray P page order paper jam paper supplies paper trays In tray Out tray photo print cartridge photographs digital photos 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi printing black-and-white borderless photos color options enhancing 88
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HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide printer does not turn on printer is not printing printer is slow printer light is flashing printer prints on multiple sheets at once printout does not reflect new print settings streaks and missing lines text and images are misaligned U USB cable part number 91
HP Deskjet 3840 series printer User's Guide printer does not turn on printer is not printing printer is slow printer light is flashing printer prints on multiple sheets at once printout does not reflect new print settings streaks and missing lines text and images are misaligned U USB cable part number 91
HP Deskjet 3840 Printer series - (Windows) User's Guide
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... button gives you press the Power button, a few seconds might exist. When the Power light is flashing, the printer cover is either printing or ready to turn the printer on and off can cause printer failure. Power button and light 2. Caution: Always use the Power button to unfold the paper trays: 1. Raise the printer cover. 5 HP Deskjet 3840 series...
... button gives you press the Power button, a few seconds might exist. When the Power light is flashing, the printer cover is either printing or ready to turn the printer on and off can cause printer failure. Power button and light 2. Caution: Always use the Power button to unfold the paper trays: 1. Raise the printer cover. 5 HP Deskjet 3840 series...
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... and then click OK. 16 If a photo print cartridge is also installed, the print quality is selected in the printer driver, the tri-color print cartridge prints in the Print quality drop-down list. 5. Note: On the Printing Shortcuts tab, select either Photo...print cartridge can be purchased separately if it is not included with white borders. 3. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer 3. Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to automatically balance lightness and darkness. 4. Digital flash: Adjust the exposure in the drop-down list. Follow these steps to automatically sharpen ...
... and then click OK. 16 If a photo print cartridge is also installed, the print quality is selected in the printer driver, the tri-color print cartridge prints in the Print quality drop-down list. 5. Note: On the Printing Shortcuts tab, select either Photo...print cartridge can be purchased separately if it is not included with white borders. 3. HP Deskjet 3840 series printer 3. Click Automatic to allow the printer driver to automatically balance lightness and darkness. 4. Digital flash: Adjust the exposure in the drop-down list. Follow these steps to automatically sharpen ...
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... a problem with a print cartridge. Power light What the flashing light means The Power light can flash for several reasons: • The printer cover is open. • The printer is flashing, see the following steps: 1. If an error message appears Read the error message that explains the problem and its solution. 83 HP Deskjet 3840 series printer 3. Move the Ink volume slider...
... a problem with a print cartridge. Power light What the flashing light means The Power light can flash for several reasons: • The printer cover is open. • The printer is flashing, see the following steps: 1. If an error message appears Read the error message that explains the problem and its solution. 83 HP Deskjet 3840 series printer 3. Move the Ink volume slider...