HP (Hewlett-Packard) Photo Printer manual

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    HP Photo smart M-ser ies doc k User's Manual[...]

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    3 HP Phot osmart M-series d oc k User ’s Manual[...]

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    4 HP Pho to sm art M-s er ie s dock U se r’s Ma nua l Legal N otices © Copy righ t 2 004 Hew lett-P ackar d Devel opment Compan y , L. P . The infor mation contained h erein is sub ject to chan ge with out no tice. The only warr anties for HP products and services are set forth in the expr ess w arr anty statements accom p any ing such pr oducts[...]

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    Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s 5 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Setting Up the Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Dock Ligh ts and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Transf erring Images to a Compute r Using the Doc k . . 10 Printing I m ages U sing the Dock . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    6 HP Ph otosm art M-s er ie s doc k User ’s Man ual Getting S tarted The H P P h otos ma r t M -s e ries c a mera do ck all ows you to e as ily download images to your comp uter , pr i nt i mages directly to a pr inter , and displ ay images o n a tele visio n (T V). Se tti ng Up the Do ck 1 Attach the do ck inser t tha t cam e in the bo x with e [...]

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    7 4 Connect the HP A C power adapter and the USB a nd audio / video (T V) c ables to the back of the do ck as explaine d in the foll owi ng ta bl e. # Icon Description 1 Connect the HP A C power adapter t o the b ack of the dock , and plug the powe r cord for the pow er adapter into an el ectri ca l outlet . 2 Connect the dock to yo u r computer or[...]

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    8 HP Ph otosm art M-s er ie s doc k User ’s Man ual NO TE If you cannot loc ate video and audio input jacks on your TV to fit the connectors on the audio/video cable, you should be abl e to use th e video and aud io input jacks on either a video cassette recorder (V CR) or digital video disk (DVD) play er th at is con necte d to your T V . 5 Re m[...]

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    9 Dock Lig hts an d Bu t tons # Name Des cri pti on 1P o w e r light Show s the power/battery charging status. If this light is: z On —The camera is in the dock, the dock has pow er , and t he camer a batterie s ar e full y charged (or ar e not r echargeabl e) . z Blinkin g —The camera is in the dock, and t h e dock is chargin g the camera batt[...]

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    10 HP Ph otosm art M-s er ie s doc k User ’s Man ual T ransferring Ima ges to a Computer Using th e Doc k 1 Conf irm the follow ing : • The dock in sert i s attach ed to the to p of th e dock. (S ee step 1 on pa ge 6.) • The HP A C power adapter is plug ged i nto the dock, and the power cord for the power adapter is plug ged i nto an electric[...]

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    11 2 Pr ess the Sav e/P rin t button on the dock. The HP Im age T rans fer soft wa re wi ll l au nc h on you r co m pu ter . I f y ou hav e set the softwar e to auto maticall y tr ansfer the images from the camera, the images will automatica lly transfer to the computer . Otherwise, in the T ran sfer Imag es from C a mera /C a rd scr een , cli ck S[...]

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    12 HP Ph otosm art M-s er ie s doc k User ’s Man ual 2 Press the Sav e /Print b utton on the dock to star t the pr int dial og. T he Print Setup m e n u d i s p l a y s o n t h e c a m e ra . I f y ou alr eady se lected imag es t o pr int in the cam era , the number of images selected will be s hown i n the Print Setu p menu . O therwise , Images[...]

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    13 Display ing Im ages on a TV Usin g t he Doc k 1 Conf irm the follow ing : • The dock inse rt i s attach ed to the top of the do ck. (See step 1 on pa ge 6.) • The HP A C power adapter is plug ged i nto the dock, and the power cord for the power adapter is plug ged i nto an electrical outlet. (Se e step 4 on page 7 .) • The audio/vi de o ca[...]

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    14 HP Ph otosm art M-s er ie s doc k User ’s Man ual 4 Press the TV button on the dock. The fir st image i n the camer a is displ aye d on the TV . Pr ess the Play ba c k button on th e camer a to st art an auto matic slid eshow o f all the images in the came r a, play ing an y attache d au dio c lip or v ideo c lip, and t hen chan ging to the ne[...]

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    15 T roubl eshootin g NO TE Fo r more information ab out sol utions to problems mentioned here , as well as any other issu es that you might have , see the HP Customer Support website at: www .hp .c om/ su ppo rt Pr oblem P ossible cause Solution The ca me ra batteri es will not c harge , and the pow er light on the dock is on. Batteri es in the ca[...]

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    16 HP Ph otosm art M-s er ie s doc k User ’s Man ual The ca me ra batteri e s will not charge , and the power light on the dock is off . The cam era is not s ecu rely i n the do ck. z Make sure the dock insert is placed sec urely on the dock . z M a ke su re th e c a m e ra i s in se r t e d com ple tely i nto the doc k. The dock does not h ave e[...]

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    17 The ca me ra is not rec o g n ize d by t h e computer when it is in the dock (conti nued). There is a fun ct ion a l pr oblem with the do ck. R un the dock functionality test by unplugging the po wer cor d fr om the back of the dock, then holding dow n the t wo buttons on the fr ont of the dock while y o u plug the powe r cord bac k into the doc[...]

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    18 HP Ph otosm art M-s er ie s doc k User ’s Man ual Pu rc h asin g Ca mera Accessories F or i nformation about purchasing acc essories, go to: z www .hp .com/go/m yhpcamer a (US ) z www .hp .ca/myhpcam era (Canada) z www .hp .c om (all other coun tri es) T o purchase acces sori es, visit your local retailer or order online at: z www .hp sho pp i[...]