Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1400P Compaq
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1400P C olor Inkjet Prin ter Gett ing St ar ted Guide.
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Setup Setup 1 Getting Star ted Gui de Thank you f or purchasing a Compaq 1400P color inkjet printer! Y our new printer is an excellent cho ice for your everyday printing needs, yet it is als o capabl e of printing your high resolution di gital photos directly from your camera’ s memory card.
Getting Started Guide 2 Step 2 : L oad up to 100 sheets of plain paper Step 3 : C onnect the power supp ly 1 2 3 Make sure you fully extend the paper suppo rts. T o a v oid pap er misfeeds , slide the paper guide to the left side of the paper . Y o u can use many diff e rent types and sizes of paper .
Setup Setup 3 Step 4 : Select your langua ge When the power is connected, the printer will as k you to select your language. Pr ess the Ente r button to confirm you would like to set the languag e, and then use the Up an d Down a rro w b u tto n s to fi n d th e l a ngu ag e you wis h to us e for t he L CD panel.
Getting Started Guide 4 Step 5 : Install th e print car tridges 1 Note: R emove th e tape from the bottom of the cartridge. 2 W arnin g: Do not touch t h e g o l d c o n t a c t a r e a s o n the back and b ottom of the prin t cartridges. Note: The cartridge carrier mo ves to the loading posit ion when yo u open the fr ont cov er .
Setup Setup 5 Step 6 : Align th e car tridge s Af ter ins talling t he print car tri dges and clos ing the cover , an align ment page wil l be automaticall y printed. From each alignm ent group on the alignment p age, find the number under the alig nment patter n that comes closest to for ming a straig ht l ine .
Getting Started Guide 6 Step 7: C onnec t the USB cable The Compaq 1400P can print photos di rectly from your digital cam era memory card without the use of a PC (see “Printing d irectly from a mem ory card” on page 9). H owever , you can maxim ize the value of your pr inter by attac hing it to your PC and instal ling t he printer software.
Setup Setup 7 Step 8 : I nstall the print er sof t w ar e If your computer is not already on, please turn i t on now . W ait f or the C ompaq printe r sof twar e ins talla tion scr e en shown in to appear . If i t doesn’t, see page 21. C ong r atula tions! Y ou have finished setting up your prin ter .
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Printi ng Printing 9 Printing There are two w ays you can print using your Compaq 1 400P: > Print photos directly from your memory ca rd -- no PC required > Print from an application using your computer Eithe r wa y , y our Com paq 1400P w ill deliv er ex cellent re sults.
Getting Started Guide 10 WA R N I N G : Never remov e the memo ry card when the CompactFlas h light is flashing , or you could dam age the card. Once the card has been properly inser ted, the LCD will d isplay the number of photos found on the card.
Printi ng Printing 11 Setup The Setup b u t t on i s l o c at e d u n d er t h e m e m o r y c a rd d o o r at t h e l e ft o f t h e co nt r o l panel.
Getting Started Guide 12 About Pho to Cr opping When the printer scal es a photo to your selec ted photo si ze, it attempts to find the best fit possi ble without omittin g any part of the original pho to . Depending on the photo , this means it might not fill up the entire sel ected size in both directi ons.
Printi ng Printing 13 Prin ting y our photos On ce you have pl ac e d you r mem o ry ca rd in th e c ar d s lot , i t ta kes o n ly a few s te ps to print your photos. Step 1 : Print an in dex The first thi ng y ou will want to do is prin t an i ndex (unless y ou are using DPOF , in which case you can proceed to Step 3).
Getting Started Guide 14 Step 3 : Select the photo siz e Pr ess the Menu button to move from the Photo Select menu to the Photo Size menu. Us e the Up and Dow n arrow buttons to fi nd a photo size, and the Enter button to select it. The Compaq 1400P sav es paper by fitting as many photos on a page as poss ible.
Printi ng Printing 15 Step 6 : Print! Y ou hav e made al l of the necessar y selectio ns. T o print your photos, simply p ress the Print button. If you would like to re view y our selections first, repeatedly press the Men u b utton to return to the pre vious menus.
Getting Started Guide 16 Printi ng using y our c omputer Although the C ompaq 1400P will print p hoto quality imag es, it is also an ex cellent every day printer . Basic printing Basic printing i s as easy as : 1 Load the paper . 2 Op en t he fi le you want to pri nt .
Printi ng Printing 17 bT o l e a r n m o r e : > E xplore the other tabs in the Prin ter Properties. > Exp lore the menus. > Click Help to view the prin ter soft ware Help. From the File menu, click Exit when you are finished vi ewing the Help.
Getting Started Guide 18 Printing multiple pages per sheet of paper Y ou can print two, f o ur , or nine “pag es” of your document on a sing le sheet of paper . This will s ave y ou b oth print time and pa per . Explor e the Layout tab of the Printer Proper ties for these and many other l ay out options.
Sa ving Saving 19 Sa ving There ar e two ways y ou can sav e your photos using y our Comp aq 1400P: > Sav e photos using the Compa q 1400P con trol panel > Sav e photos using your c omputer Both methods require the printer to be attached to your computer .
Getting Started Guide 20 Step 3 : F ollow the wizard If you want to change any of the wizard options, use your mouse to make changes on the wizard screens. If you do not make any selections within thirt y seconds , the PhotoSaver wiz ard will automatically continue with the def ault options.
Help Help 21 Help Y our pr inter has been desi gned for ease of use. There may be o ccassions when you ha ve questions or need general printing help. This section is designed to an swe r yo ur mo st fre qu e ntl y as ked qu es ti on s. For ad d iti o nal h elp, p res s t he Help button on the Pr inter Properties d ialog .
Getting Started Guide 22 > Check the pr int er port: a From the File menu of a software application, click Pr int or Print er Setup . bI n t h e Where ar ea, make sure your printer port is set to USB . > Make sur e you have not i nstalled multiple copies of the printer softwa re: a From the Star t menu, clic k Settin gs P rinte rs .
Help Help 23 Pa p e r J a m s T ry removing the p aper from the sh eet feeder . If the pa per is lodged too far into the printer and c an’t be r emoved: 1 Unplug the power c ord fr om the printer . 2 Pull firmly on the paper to remov e it . Lower the front cov er and pull the paper from the fr ont if necessary .
Getting Started Guide 24 Co nt a c t i n g Co m p a q V isit our W eb site at ww w . co mpa q.c om to: > Access pub licati ons for your pr inter . > Download soft ware upda tes. > Search for solutions to common problems. > Learn new w ays to use your print er .
Appendix Co m p a q Wa r r a n t y Inf ormation How do I ob tain wa rra n ty se r v ic e ? You may access product technical support on Compaq's web site at www.
Getting Started Guide defects in materials or workmans hip under normal use d uring the warr anty peri od. The warrant y per iod commences on t he date of purchase. Please retain a cop y of your sales receip t. Your sales r eceipt is your proo f of the date of purchase.
Appendix of liabili ty, howev er, wi ll not apply to c laims for personal i njury. U.S . A. State Laws Som e sta tes d o not all ow limitation o n how lo ng an implied warranty lasts. In such states, the limitations or exclusions of this Li mited Warranty may not app ly to y ou.
Getting Started Guide Notices This section co ntains informati on about: > Notices > Saf ety inf ormati on Electronic emission noti ces Fe d e ra l C ommunica tions Com m is s i o n ( F CC ) c o.
Appendix European Community (EC) directives con fo rm i ty This product i s in confor mity with t he protecti on requi rements of EC Counci l directiv es 89/336/EEC and 7 3/23/ EEC on the appr oxima t.
Getting Started Guide.
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