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... Make the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series the default printer 24 3 Color management 25 What is color management 25 Use the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop 26 Start the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in 27 Change the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in defaults 27 Install the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in 27 Use application-based color management 27 Use printer-based color management 29...
... Make the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series the default printer 24 3 Color management 25 What is color management 25 Use the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop 26 Start the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in 27 Change the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in defaults 27 Install the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in 27 Use application-based color management 27 Use printer-based color management 29...
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... 46 Printing problems 47 Error messages ...50 Paper errors 51 Printer setup errors 52 Ink cartridge and printhead errors 53 Network errors 54 6 HP support ...57 Support process 57 HP support by phone 57 Phone support period 57 Placing a call 57 After the phone ... the printer to the network 61 Install the printer software on a Windows computer 62 Install the printer software on a Mac 63 Use the embedded web server 64 Print a network settings page 64 B Specifications...65 System requirements 65 Printer specifications 66 C HP Warranty...69 Index...71 2 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 ...
... 46 Printing problems 47 Error messages ...50 Paper errors 51 Printer setup errors 52 Ink cartridge and printhead errors 53 Network errors 54 6 HP support ...57 Support process 57 HP support by phone 57 Phone support period 57 Placing a call 57 After the phone ... the printer to the network 61 Install the printer software on a Windows computer 62 Install the printer software on a Mac 63 Use the embedded web server 64 Print a network settings page 64 B Specifications...65 System requirements 65 Printer specifications 66 C HP Warranty...69 Index...71 2 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 ...
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... purchasing an HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer. Mac: Select Help, Mac Help in for assured color accuracy. ● Advanced color management with HP Advanced Photo Paper. ● Four dual-color printheads that yields rich, bright, fade-resistant, and color-accurate photos, especially when used with the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in the Finder, and then choose Library, HP Photosmart Printer Help. ● HP Solution...
... purchasing an HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer. Mac: Select Help, Mac Help in for assured color accuracy. ● Advanced color management with HP Advanced Photo Paper. ● Four dual-color printheads that yields rich, bright, fade-resistant, and color-accurate photos, especially when used with the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in the Finder, and then choose Library, HP Photosmart Printer Help. ● HP Solution...
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...Specialty media tray (closed): Lower to be printed facing down. 4 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer Printer parts Front of the printer software which controls the printer. Place the media into this user guide, printer software refers to the HP Photosmart software that comes on the printer. Order supplies - The printer driver is busy. 7 Output tray: Print jobs come out here...cartridges. 6 On button: Press to the main tray, you can remove the output tray by sliding it towards you have installed the HP Photosmart printer software on the Windows taskbar, and then click Launch/Show...
...Specialty media tray (closed): Lower to be printed facing down. 4 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer Printer parts Front of the printer software which controls the printer. Place the media into this user guide, printer software refers to the HP Photosmart software that comes on the printer. Order supplies - The printer driver is busy. 7 Output tray: Print jobs come out here...cartridges. 6 On button: Press to the main tray, you can remove the output tray by sliding it towards you have installed the HP Photosmart printer software on the Windows taskbar, and then click Launch/Show...
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...back and forth through the slot without any obstructions. Back of printer 1 USB port: Use this port to connect the printer to a computer. 2 Ethernet port: Use this port to connect the printer to a network. 3 Rear door: Remove this door to clear...pass back and forth through this slot before being ejected on either side of the printer. Check that there is enough room behind the printer should be equivalent to the length of paper you are printing on. 5 Rear ...cord connection: Use this port to connect the power cord included with the printer. HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 5
...back and forth through the slot without any obstructions. Back of printer 1 USB port: Use this port to connect the printer to a computer. 2 Ethernet port: Use this port to connect the printer to a network. 3 Rear door: Remove this door to clear...pass back and forth through this slot before being ejected on either side of the printer. Check that there is enough room behind the printer should be equivalent to the length of paper you are printing on. 5 Rear ...cord connection: Use this port to connect the power cord included with the printer. HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 5
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... catch: Flip up to keep print jobs from falling off the output tray extension. 6 Output tray extension: Pull it is ejected from the printer. 6 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer For easier access to the main tray, remove this tray by pulling it out towards you. 3 Specialty media tray (open): Insert a single sheet of photo...
... catch: Flip up to keep print jobs from falling off the output tray extension. 6 Output tray extension: Pull it is ejected from the printer. 6 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer For easier access to the main tray, remove this tray by pulling it out towards you. 3 Specialty media tray (open): Insert a single sheet of photo...
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... front of the guide and sliding the guide across. 2 Paper-size markings: Refer to these markings to guide you for loading paper in the tray. HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 7 Fully extended, the main tray can hold up to 32 x 48 cm (13 x 19 inch) paper. 4 Main tray release: Squeeze this... towards you to extend or retract the main tray extension, or to remove the tray from the printer. 5 Paper stops: Align the paper against these stops so that the paper feeds correctly into the printer. 6 Paper-length guide: Adjust this guide to fit close to load larger sizes of the paper in...
... front of the guide and sliding the guide across. 2 Paper-size markings: Refer to these markings to guide you for loading paper in the tray. HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 7 Fully extended, the main tray can hold up to 32 x 48 cm (13 x 19 inch) paper. 4 Main tray release: Squeeze this... towards you to extend or retract the main tray extension, or to remove the tray from the printer. 5 Paper stops: Align the paper against these stops so that the paper feeds correctly into the printer. 6 Paper-length guide: Adjust this guide to fit close to load larger sizes of the paper in...
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...test page: Select this option to exit the current menu. When the printer is idle, the printer screen displays a bar graph to indicate the ink level of each colored ink cartridge in the order of the colored dots. Chapter 1 Control panel 1 Printer screen: Use this screen to view menus and messages. 2 Menu: Press... occurs. An error message is an unrecoverable error. See Print a test page. ● Print sample page: Select this option to open the printer menu. Appears solid amber if there is also displayed on the printer screen. See Print a sample page. 8 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series...
...test page: Select this option to exit the current menu. When the printer is idle, the printer screen displays a bar graph to indicate the ink level of each colored ink cartridge in the order of the colored dots. Chapter 1 Control panel 1 Printer screen: Use this screen to view menus and messages. 2 Menu: Press... occurs. An error message is an unrecoverable error. See Print a test page. ● Print sample page: Select this option to open the printer menu. Appears solid amber if there is also displayed on the printer screen. See Print a sample page. 8 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series...
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... loop calibration: Select this option to reset the printer color calibration to calibrate the printer color. Glossy in the printer box is also used for printer initialization. Glossy in the main tray before you want used on a network). - HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 9 The printer makes automatic adjustments and corrections using HP proprietary technology to achieve best results. - Align...
... loop calibration: Select this option to reset the printer color calibration to calibrate the printer color. Glossy in the printer box is also used for printer initialization. Glossy in the main tray before you want used on a network). - HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 9 The printer makes automatic adjustments and corrections using HP proprietary technology to achieve best results. - Align...
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... from a software program ● Change print settings ● Set the default print settings ● Make the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series the default printer Media trays The printer has two media trays: ● Main tray: The main tray can hold and automatically load multiple sheets of ... media is clear space behind the printer at a time into this tray. Brochure, photo, inkjet, and plain papers Digital Fine Art Papers 220 gsm Main tray Recommended Supported Not supported Specialty media tray Supported Recommended Recommended HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 11 Only ...
... from a software program ● Change print settings ● Set the default print settings ● Make the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series the default printer Media trays The printer has two media trays: ● Main tray: The main tray can hold and automatically load multiple sheets of ... media is clear space behind the printer at a time into this tray. Brochure, photo, inkjet, and plain papers Digital Fine Art Papers 220 gsm Main tray Recommended Supported Not supported Specialty media tray Supported Recommended Recommended HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 11 Only ...
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...down. Check that the stack of paper in the main tray, in portrait orientation and with both hands and sliding it towards you . 12 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer Tip For easier access or for the paper. 3. Place a stack of paper is now accessible. 2. Remove the output tray completely by ...grasping the sides of the tray with the side to remove media from the printer if necessary, by grasping the sides of the tray. Photo Rag; Align the paper against the right side of the tray and against ...
...down. Check that the stack of paper in the main tray, in portrait orientation and with both hands and sliding it towards you . 12 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer Tip For easier access or for the paper. 3. Place a stack of paper is now accessible. 2. Remove the output tray completely by ...grasping the sides of the tray with the side to remove media from the printer if necessary, by grasping the sides of the tray. Photo Rag; Align the paper against the right side of the tray and against ...
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...to learn more about that you want , and then click Print. On the File menu in the Finder, and then choose Library, HP Photosmart Printer Help. HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 23 Gray inks only 4. Select any other print settings you frequently print photos or documents on each pane that...the Paper Type pop-up menu, choose Grayscale. 5. Choose any other print settings that you can print documents or photos in the printer driver, see Color management. To print in Grayscale drop-down list, select one of paper, you want , and then click Print. Choose the Paper...
...to learn more about that you want , and then click Print. On the File menu in the Finder, and then choose Library, HP Photosmart Printer Help. HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 23 Gray inks only 4. Select any other print settings you frequently print photos or documents on each pane that...the Paper Type pop-up menu, choose Grayscale. 5. Choose any other print settings that you can print documents or photos in the printer driver, see Color management. To print in Grayscale drop-down list, select one of paper, you want , and then click Print. Choose the Paper...
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... to efficiently transfer these large files as . 4. Mac 1. The associated files for slow computers The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printer is capable of your color management option to improve the print quality when printing from the menu. Open Printers and Faxes. 3. If you are necessarily very large. There are no processes running in CPU speed or RAM...
... to efficiently transfer these large files as . 4. Mac 1. The associated files for slow computers The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printer is capable of your color management option to improve the print quality when printing from the menu. Open Printers and Faxes. 3. If you are necessarily very large. There are no processes running in CPU speed or RAM...
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... to have color management features turned on both at the same time. See Align and calibrate the printer. The HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop is installed automatically with Preview dialog box so you print. Photoshop®. It combines settings from the printer driver and the Adobe Photoshop Print with the HP Photosmart printer software if...
... to have color management features turned on both at the same time. See Align and calibrate the printer. The HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop is installed automatically with Preview dialog box so you print. Photoshop®. It combines settings from the printer driver and the Adobe Photoshop Print with the HP Photosmart printer software if...
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... image. Click Maintain Printer. 3. The HP Printer Utility appears. 4. Click Install Photosmart Pro print. Using application-based color management involves: ● Using device profiles: Application-based color management relies on the same computer. The software program component of your color management system uses these profiles to Automate, and then click Photosmart Pro print.... Select File, point to HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User...
... image. Click Maintain Printer. 3. The HP Printer Utility appears. 4. Click Install Photosmart Pro print. Using application-based color management involves: ● Using device profiles: Application-based color management relies on the same computer. The software program component of your color management system uses these profiles to Automate, and then click Photosmart Pro print.... Select File, point to HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User...
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... ICC profile is also recommended. 6. The HP Photosmart printer software installer installed several profiles for your image editing software program for professional photography. b. Open the photo you have to ensure that comes with Preview dialog box, set you automatically. 5. For more information, see www.color.org. 28 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer As a result, the ICC profile...
... ICC profile is also recommended. 6. The HP Photosmart printer software installer installed several profiles for your image editing software program for professional photography. b. Open the photo you have to ensure that comes with Preview dialog box, set you automatically. 5. For more information, see www.color.org. 28 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer As a result, the ICC profile...
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.... Valuable HP Photosmart printer and troubleshooting information for the HP Photosmart printer - If the HP Photosmart printer has a hardware failure, you will be asked to bring it back to all HP customers. Placing a call Call HP support while you register the HP Photosmart printer 3. After the warranty period, you have a problem, follow these steps: 1. Phone support period One year of the device) HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series...
.... Valuable HP Photosmart printer and troubleshooting information for the HP Photosmart printer - If the HP Photosmart printer has a hardware failure, you will be asked to bring it back to all HP customers. Placing a call Call HP support while you register the HP Photosmart printer 3. After the warranty period, you have a problem, follow these steps: 1. Phone support period One year of the device) HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series...
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... you want to print to the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer. If you have already connected the printer to verify the printer name and hardware address. When the Printer Found screen is correct, select Yes, install this printer, and then click Next. 62 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer Make sure you have more than one printer is correct. (Use the configuration...
... you want to print to the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer. If you have already connected the printer to verify the printer name and hardware address. When the Printer Found screen is correct, select Yes, install this printer, and then click Next. 62 HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer Make sure you have more than one printer is correct. (Use the configuration...
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... to print to a network connection. To install the printer software on the left. 6. Insert the HP Photosmart printer software CD into the Mac CD-ROM drive. 2. When the HP Setup Assistant is displayed, choose Easy Install or Custom Install, and then click Install. 7. Highlight the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer, and then click Next. When the Congratulations page...
... to print to a network connection. To install the printer software on the left. 6. Insert the HP Photosmart printer software CD into the Mac CD-ROM drive. 2. When the HP Setup Assistant is displayed, choose Easy Install or Custom Install, and then click Install. 7. Highlight the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer, and then click Next. When the Congratulations page...
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..., 16-bit color) Recommended: SVGA monitor (1024 x 768, 32-bit color) Required Required Microsoft Internet Explorer - 5.01 with x64 systems is not supported. Mac OS X 10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4, or later Note The printer driver for installing the HP Photosmart printer software, and provides selected printer specifications. B ... be connected directly to the printer via USB only; networking with SP2 or later USB port (Cable not included) USB port (Cable not included) Ethernet port (Cable not included) Ethernet port (Cable not included) HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 65 ...
..., 16-bit color) Recommended: SVGA monitor (1024 x 768, 32-bit color) Required Required Microsoft Internet Explorer - 5.01 with x64 systems is not supported. Mac OS X 10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4, or later Note The printer driver for installing the HP Photosmart printer software, and provides selected printer specifications. B ... be connected directly to the printer via USB only; networking with SP2 or later USB port (Cable not included) USB port (Cable not included) Ethernet port (Cable not included) Ethernet port (Cable not included) HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series User Guide 65 ...