User manual HP PHOTOSMART P1100XI

[. . . ] 8 HP C6463A Two-Sided Printing Module User's Guide i Overview The HP PhotoSmart P1100 Color InkJet Printer Two-Sided Printing Module enables the printer to automatically print on the second side of a piece of plain paper. Automatic two-sided printing requires three steps. These steps are explained in detail throughout this guide. [. . . ] · On the output tray, move the slider (visible through the output tray) toward you (away from the inside of the printer) until it stops. slider HP C6463A Two-Sided Printing Module User's Guide 4 Step 2: Print your project 1 From your software application's File menu, choose Print. Print Your software application's Print dialog box displays. Note: The Print dialog box is different for each software application. 2 Select the print settings: · Make sure the HP PhotoSmart P1100 Series is the selected printer. · Select the pages you want to print. · Select the number of copies you want to print. Note: Where you find these settings depends on the software application you are using. You may need to click a Setup button. 3 Click the Properties button. The printer Properties dialog box displays. 4 Select the Setup tab and select the print quality and paper size. HP C6463A Two-Sided Printing Module User's Guide 5 5 Select the Features tab, choose the paper orientation (Portrait or Landscape), then choose Two-Sided Printing. Printing The HP PhotoSmart P1100 Printer software may have to increase the margin at the top of the page when automatically printing on both sides of a sheet of paper. This results in adding more pages to your document or reducing the size of content to fit in your document. When the printer software asks you how to set the margins for the paper, select one of the following: · Do not reduce content size if you do not mind additional pages added to your document, then click OK. OK OR · Reduce content size to fit smaller area if do not want additional pages added to your document, then click OK. OK HP C6463A Two-Sided Printing Module User's Guide 6 6 Select a binding option: · Book - if you want to bind your document on the left (like a book). OR Book binding · Tablet - if you want to bind your document along the top (like a calendar) . 7 Select Automatic to turn on automatic two-sided printing. 8 If your document contains a lot of color, you may want to increase the dry time for the first side of the page. Tablet binding · Select the Advanced tab. · In the Extra Dry Time area, click and drag the slider to the right to increase the dry time. Click and drag the slider to the left to decrease the dry time. 9 Click OK to close the Properties dialog box. 10 Click OK to begin printing your document. After printing the first side of the page, the printer holds the paper in the output tray while the ink dries. When the ink is dry, the Two-Sided Printing Module pulls the paper back into the printer, and begins printing the second side of the page. When the printer finishes printing both sides of the page, it releases the page in the output tray. Note: You can click OK to close the Dry Time Pause dialog box or it will automatically close for you. HP C6463A Two-Sided Printing Module User's Guide 7 Troubleshooting The HP PhotoSmart P1100 Printer will not print The printer will print only if the Two-Sided Printing Module or the rear access door is properly attached to the printer. Check to make sure the Two-Sided Printing Module or the rear access door are properly attached to the printer, then try turning the printer off and shutting down the computer. [. . . ] See "Installing the Two-Sided Printing Module" on page 1 for more information. See "Setting up the HP PhotoSmart P1100 Printer software for two-sided printing" on page 2 for more information. 2 Open the HP PhotoSmart P1100 Printer Toolbox and make sure Automatic Two-Sided Printing Module is selected on the 3 Check the Features tab of the printer Properties and make sure you selected Two-Sided Printing. See "Step 5" on page 6 Printing for more information on using printer Properties. The binding margins are in the wrong place · Check the Features tab in the printer Properties and make sure you selected the correct binding option (Book or Tablet) for your project. [. . . ]