HP (Hewlett-Packard) C6100 manual

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    1 2 3 * Ma y need to be pur c has ed sepa ratel y . * * Basics Guide HP Photosmart C6100 All-in-One series ab S tar t H er e USB ca ble user s: Do not connec t the U SB cable until s tep A2 . Remo ve all tape and lift displa y Locate components W ir eles s or w ir ed netw ork u sers: y ou mus t f ollo w the instruc tions in this s etup guide to be [...]

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    2 • HP All-in- One 5 4 a ab c d a b b c d e Attac h the control panel f aceplate (if not attac hed) Load paper into bottom tr ay a P osition the contr ol panel f aceplate o ver the buttons on the de vi ce. b Pre ss do w n fi rmly on all edges o f the faceplat e until it snaps into place . Make sur e all buttons come through the h oles in the fac[...]

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    HP All-in- One • 3 8 9 7 Connec t t h e supplied phone cord 10 Connec t t h e po wer cor d and adapter Pr ess th e On but ton Open t he access door ab USB cable users: Do not connect the USB cable until ins truc ted later in this guide . Connect one e nd of the suppli ed phone cor d to the por t labelled 1-LINE and the other to a w all jack . See[...]

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    4 • HP All-in- One 11 12 a b c a b L if t latc h es inside of th e dev ice Inser t all si x ink car tridges Matc h the color and pat tern o f the ink car tri dge to the color and pattern on the pr int carr iage . a P ush the blac k ink car tr idge in to the fi rst slot on the left . Close the lat ch . b R epeat w ith each o f the color ink car t[...]

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    HP All-in- One • 5 13 14 a b Close t he access door and follo w th e pr ompts a A f ter y ou clo se the access door , a pr ompt appears to load plain w hite paper . Make sur e paper is loaded , and then pr ess OK to st ar t the pr ocess . The de v ice initiali z es the ink cartri dges and aligns the pr inter . This t akes a ppro x imately 5 minu [...]

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    6 • HP All-in- One 15 Choose ONE conn ec tion t ype (A, B or C) A: USB Connection - Do not conn ec t yet B: Ethernet ( Wir ed) Net wor k C: Wir eless N et wor k Use this connec tion type if y ou w ant to connect the HP All-in- One dir ectly to one com puter . (Do not connec t the USB cable until step A2) . E quipment needed: USB ca ble. For a USB[...]

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    HP All-in- One • 7 A1 Choose t he corr ec t CD c F ollo w the onsc reen ins tructi ons to install the soft ware . d On the Connection T ype scr een, mak e sur e to select dir ectly to this computer . Continue t o the ne xt page. e Co ntinue t o the ne xt page. b Locate the HP A ll-in - One Mac CD . c Con tinue to the ne xt page . Windo ws Users: [...]

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    8 • HP All-in- One A2 A3 Connec t t h e USB cable Windo ws Users: Mac Users: a F ollow the ons cr een instructi ons until y ou see the pr ompt to connect the U SB cable . (This ma y tak e se v eral min ute s.) Once the pr ompt appears , connect the USB ca ble to the port on the back o f the HP All-in- One , and then to an y USB por t on y our com[...]

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    HP All-in- One • 9 B1 b c d a L ocate the Etherne t cable that y ou may ha ve pur cha sed sepa ratel y . b R emo v e the y ellow plug f rom the bac k of the de v ice . c Connec t one end of the Ether net cable to the Etherne t port on the back o f the dev ice . d C onnect the other end of the Ether net cable to the r outer . Connec t t h e Eth er[...]

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    10 • HP All-in- One B3 B2 b Ins ert the HP All-in- One Mac CD . c Double -cli ck the HP All-in- O ne installer ico n . Choose t he corr ec t CD Windo ws Users: Mac Users: e Yo u r fi r ew all softwar e may pr o vi de pr ompts on y our computer w arning y ou that HP softwar e is attempting to acces s your netw ork. Y ou should r espond to thes e [...]

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    HP All-in- One • 11 Sec tion C: Wir eless N et wor k C1 Choose ONE wir el ess net w ork option (A or B) Y ou hav e t w o optio ns fo r connecting the HP All-in- One to y our w ir eless netw ork . Y ou mu st c hoose one or the other : • If y ou are cer tain that y our networ k was or iginall y set u p using Sec ur eEas ySetup , go to O ption A: [...]

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    12 • HP All-in- One Basics Guide HP Photosmart C6100 All-in-One series Displa y k e yboard tips: T o Select: us e Arr o w k ey s to highli ght , and then pre ss OK . F or mistak es: Se lect Clear . Tip: If the Clear button does not appear , select abc to displa y it. F or lo wer case: S elect abc F or number s: Select 12 3 When y ou ar e fi nish[...]

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    HP All-in- One • 13 C3 C4 Inser t th e corr ec t CD b Ins ert the HP All-in- One Mac CD . c Double -cli ck the HP All-in- O ne installer ico n . Windo ws Users: Mac Users: e Yo u r fi r ew all softwar e may pr o vi de pr omts on y our computer w arning y ou that HP softwar e is attempting to acces s your netw ork. Y ou should r espond to thes e [...]

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    14 • HP All-in- One 16 17 Install so f t war e on additional computers If y ou hav e additional computer s on y our net w ork, ins tall the HP All-in- One so f twar e on each compu ter . Choo se the cor r ect HP All-in- One CD f or each inst allatio n . F ollo w the onscr een instruc tions. Mak e sur e that you c hoose the connecti on t ypes be t[...]

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    HP All-in- One • 15 Basics Guide HP Photosmart C6100 All-in-One series ? Net wor k T roubleshooting Problem: Th e Printer Not Found mess age appears . Action: F irs t mak e sure that y ou ha v e an acti ve connec tion w ith the HP All-in - One . Chec k your color gr aphic s display f or an icon . If you do no t see an i con , go bac k to y our co[...]

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    *Q8191-90268* Q8191-90 2 6 8 *Q8191-90268* 18 © Copy ri ght 2006 He wlett-P ac k ard De v elopment C ompan y , L.P . a c d a Insert the memory card f r om yo ur camer a into the appr opri ate memor y car d slot and pre ss the Photosmar t Express button. The Pho tosmart Expr ess menu appear s on the color gr aphics displa y . b Pr ess OK to se lect[...]