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Mobility For users with mobility impairments, the printer software functions can be executed through keyboard commands. The software also supports Windows accessibility options such as Contents 1Welcome.................................................................................................................4 2 Special features.....................................................................................................5 3 Get started..............................................................................................................6 Printer features .......................................................................................................6 Buttons and lights ...................................................................................................8 Paper trays ...........................................................................................................10 Photo/envelope feeder .........................................................................................12 Print cartridges .....................................................................................................15 Ink-backup mode ..................................................................................................16 Automatic paper-type sensor ...............................................................................17 4 Connect to the printer.........................................................................................18 USB ......................................................................................................................18 Wireless networking .............................................................................................19 Wired Ethernet networking ...................................................................................47 Bluetooth wireless printing ...................................................................................53 HP iPAQ Wi-Fi printing .........................................................................................57 5 Print photos.........................................................................................................59 Print borderless photos ........................................................................................59 Print photos with a border ....................................................................................61 HP Real Life technologies ....................................................................................63 Photo print cartridge .............................................................................................64 Maximum dpi ........................................................................................................64 Advanced color settings .......................................................................................65 Color management ...............................................................................................66 Gray photo print cartridge .....................................................................................67 Exif Print ...............................................................................................................67 Store and handle photo paper ..............................................................................68 Save money when printing photos .......................................................................68 Other photo projects .............................................................................................69 Share photos with friends and family ...................................................................69 6 Print photos from a digital camera....................................................................70 Use a PictBridge camera ......................................................................................70 Use a Bluetooth camera phone ............................................................................72 7 Print other documents........................................................................................73 E-mail ...................................................................................................................73 Letters ...................................................................................................................74 Documents ...........................................................................................................75 Envelopes .............................................................................................................76 Brochures .............................................................................................................77 Greeting cards ......................................................................................................78 Postcards ..............................................................................................................79 Transparencies .....................................................................................................80 Labels ...................................................................................................................81 Index cards and other small media ......................................................................83 Booklets ................................................................................................................84 User's guide 1 Posters .................................................................................................................85 Iron-on transfers ...................................................................................................86 Banners ................................................................................................................88 CD/DVD tattoos ....................................................................................................89 8 Printing tips..........................................................................................................91 Printing shortcuts ..................................................................................................91 Fast/economical printing .......................................................................................92 General everyday printing ....................................................................................92 Presentation printing ............................................................................................92 Print in grayscale ..................................................................................................92 Select a print quality .............................................................................................92 Set the page order ................................................................................................93 Print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper ...................................................94 Print preview .........................................................................................................94 Set a custom paper size .......................................................................................94 Select a paper type ..............................................................................................95 Select a paper source ..........................................................................................96 Print task quick sets ..............................................................................................97 Automatic two-sided printing ................................................................................98