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- hp photosmart printers Readme v4.1
-
- For additional up-to-date information about hp photosmart printers and
- compatibility issues with other hp printer products please see our web
- site at "http://www.hp.com/cposupport/loc/regional.html".
-
- Contents:
- 1. Troubleshooting Notes
- 2. hp E-Vectra Notes
- 3. Memory Card Access Notes
- 4. I/O Notes
- 5. Application Interactions
- 6. Network Installation Notes
-
- 1. Troubleshooting Notes
- ------------------------
-
- 1.1 Unable to re-establish connection between PC and printer after
- printer is turned off using the printer's power button.
-
- Solution: Disconnect the power cord from the back of the printer for
- 10 seconds, reconnect the power cord then turn printer on using power
- button. If this still doesn't work, disconnect the power cord from
- the back of the printer, and restart the PC. After the PC has
- finished booting reconnect the power cord to the printer and power it
- up.
-
- 1.2 Driver does not work after upgrading Operating System from Windows
- 98, Windows 98SE, or Windows ME to Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
-
- Solution: Disconnect the printer. Run the following uninstaller in
- the Add/Remove Programs control panel: "photosmart Printer
- 130,230,7150,7345,7350,7550 (Remove Only)". Reboot, then run the
- setup.exe program on the CD that came with the printer, and follow the
- directions.
-
- 1.3 After uninstalling another device that uses USB DOT4 I/O (such as
- an hp OfficeJet G85) the photosmart printer is unusable.
-
- Solution: It is likely that the photosmart printer had been assigned
- DOT4_002 and the removal of the previously installed DOT4_001 device
- has caused this confusion. If your system has locked up, reboot it.
- Follow these steps based on operating system installed:
-
- Windows 2000 or XP:
- a) Select Start/Settings/Printers
- b) Right click on the photosmart printer and select
- Properties
- c) In the Properties page select the Ports tab
- d) Click the checkbox for the Dot4 port your device is
- attached to and assign it.
-
- Windows 98 or ME:
- a) Select Start/Settings/Printers
- b) Right click on the photosmart printer and select
- Properties
- c) In the Properties page select the Ports tab
- d) Select the DOT4 port in the "Print to the following Port"
- pulldown box.
-
- 1.4 In certain instances, large files being printed when writing to a
- card at the same time, may cause the system to become unstable:
-
- Solution: hp advises avoiding printing and accessing the memory card's
- drive letter at the same time.
-
- 1.5 Installation fails when computer is booted up with two printers
- attached.
-
- Solution: This is due to multiple Plug and Play events. To install
- without failure, first disconnect both printers. Then run the
- following uninstaller in the Add/Remove Programs control panel:
- "Photosmart Printer 130,230,7150,7345,7350,7550 (Remove Only)".
- Reboot your system. Reinstall the printer software by running the
- setup.exe program on the CD that came with the printer. When prompted
- to attach a printer, attach only one printer. Only after installation
- of has completed, attach the second printer. The second printer will
- install automatically.
-
- 1.6 After uninstalling a photosmart 100, P1000, P1100, 1115, 1215,
- 1218, or 1318, your photosmart 130, 230, 7150, 7345, 7350, or 7550 no
- longer works.
-
- Solution: Uninstall the driver for the 130, 230, 7150, 7345, 7350, or
- 7550 printer, then reinstall it again. To avoid problems in the
- future, uninstall the 100, P1000, P1100, 1115, 1215, 1218, or 1318
- driver through the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel, instead of
- through the CD.
-
- 1.7 Issues in Windows 98 with Internet Explorer 4.01 when using
- Memories Disc, Share-to-Web, E-mail Settings, or anything other
- programs in the Bonus Software:
-
- Solution: Upgrade to a later version of Internet Explorer.
-
- 1.8 Printer driver fails to install when an In-System Design PAKit
- drive is already installed on the PC:
-
- Solution: Uninstall the PAKit, install the printer, and then reinstall
- the PAKit drive.
-
- 1.9 Spool32 error after printing a test page from the printer
- properties window that can be reached by the following: In the Start
- menu select "Settings" then "Printers". Right click on the photosmart
- printer, then select properties.
-
- Solution: Right-click the printer tray icon and select "Open hp
- photosmart series Toolbox". Select the Configuration tab. Uncheck
- the "Display Status Window" checkbox. Reboot the computer.
-
- 1.10 The installer no longer works after deleting printers from the
- "Start Menu/Settings/Printers" folder.
-
- Solution: Run the "photosmart Printer 130,230,7150,7345,7350,7550
- (Remove Only)" uninstaller in the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel,
- then reinstall. For subsequent uninstalls, use the "Add/Remove
- Programs" control panel.
-
- 1.11 The installation process pauses and appears to have stopped, but the
- PC is still showing drive activity.
-
- Solution: In rare cases, the installer needs to search for and update
- certain modules on the system, and this may take up to 10 minutes.
- When the module is found, the installer will finish the update.
-
- 1.12 When installing a second photosmart printer, the USB cable is
- incorrectly plugged in to the front camera port, and the printer
- doesn't work.
-
- Solution: The front port on certain photosmart printers is only for
- camera connections. Plug the USB cable into the back of the printer,
- then reboot the machine.
-
- 1.13 After upgrading to the photosmart printer driver version 4.1 from
- version 4.0 via the web, start menu links are split into "Photosmart
- 130,230,7150,7345,7350,7550"and "Photosmart Printer
- 130,230,7150,7350,7550".
-
- Solution: No links are missing. The driver's tools and applications
- are accessible from the first link, and the bundled software is
- accessible from the second link.
-
- 1.14 After bringing system out of Standby mode in Windows 98 and Windows
- 98 SE, the printer is disconnected and won't reconnect.
-
- Solution: Reboot the computer, and the printer should reconnect.
-
- 2. hp E-Vectra Notes
- --------------------
-
- When attempting to install photosmart printer on an hp E-Vectra system
- that has a retail version of Windows 98 or Windows 98SE an "Mgsrv32"
- error appears and ceases the install:
-
- This failure only occurs when installing from the CD-ROM drive. Choose
- one of these three workarounds:
-
- a) Copy the entire CD Contents to a temporary folder and run Setup
- from there. You may delete this temporary folder once install is
- complete.
- b) Download the driver from the web at
- "http://www.hp.com/cposupport/loc/regional.html",
- install the downloaded driver, and then run Setup.exe in the
- "DigitImg" folder on the CD that came with your printer.
- c) Add MinSPs=16 under the [386Enh] section of the System.ini file.
-
- 3. Memory Card Access Notes
- ---------------------------
-
- The NTFS File system (available in Windows 2K, XP) is not supported on
- memory cards. Do not attempt to format a memory card with the NTFS
- file system.
-
- Never pull a memory card out during a read or write access. The
- result may leave the memory card corrupt and images unreadable. The
- light next to the memory card slot lights up when a card is inserted
- and blinks during a read or write access. In order to safely remove
- the memory card, right-click the card icon in the system tray and
- select "Prepare to remove card".
-
- 4. I/O Notes
- ------------
-
- When the printer is connected and is working properly, there will be
- several Dot4 device entries in the Device Manager (for example, Dot4,
- Dot4Print, Dot4Usb, Dot4 Setup Support).
-
- 5. Application Interactions
- ---------------------------
-
- In General:
-
- Some applications do not keep changes made to the Printer Properties
- after a print submission. Custom properties may require setup for
- each print.
-
- Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition:
-
- When using the Print wizard in the "Get & Fix Photo" mode, the page
- size for "Print Standard Sizes..." and "Print Multiple on a Page..."
- is set to the factory default. Choosing a "Standard Photo Print Size"
- in the Layout step will only place the image within this page size.
- Changing the page size using "Page Setup..." does not change the
- layout to fit other selected sizes. To print on media other than the
- factory default (e.g. print from the phototray) use "Print..." method
- of the Print wizard and change the media size through "Setup...".
-
- Adobe Photoshop 5.0 and 6.0:
-
- If you experience disconnection problems when printing from Photoshop,
- lower the physical memory used by Photoshop until the problem is no
- longer experienced. To get to the setting in Photoshop 5.0 select
- "File/Preferences/Memory & Image Cache" from the menu. To get to the
- setting in Photoshop 6.0 select "Edit/Preferences/Memory & Image
- Cache" from the menu.
-
- Corel Draw 7.0:
-
- Drag and drop printing does not work. This is fixed in version 8.0.
-
- Microsoft Publisher 95, 97:
-
- Large gradated fills print very slowly.
-
- When printing on banner (continuous) paper, the "Overlap Tiles By:"
- setting is set to 0.25" (7mm) by default. Set this setting to 0.0"
- (zero inches). To do this, select "File/Print/Tile Printing Options"
- from the menu.
-
- When printing on envelopes, the return address may be clipped. Shift
- the return address to the right approximately 1" (25mm) from where the
- return address box shows it should be.
-
- Roxio Easy CD Creator 5:
-
- Issues can occur when running Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 and the
- photosmart drivers at the same time on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
- Roxio has put out a patch to address this, which can be retrieved at
- "http://www.roxio.com/en/support/roxio_support/ecdc/ecdc_plat_51_updt.html"
-
- Internet Explorer 4.01
-
- If you encounter any problems using the Bonus Software included with
- your printer, it may help to upgrade Internet Explorer to any version
- higher than 4.01.
-
- AOL 5.0 and higher
-
- When printing from the AOL image viewer, the output is corrupted. Please
- save the image to the computer and print from another application such as
- HP Photo Printing.
-
- 6. Network Installation Notes
- -----------------------------
-
- When the printer is connected to a network there is no PC access to
- the memory cards in the printer and the PC Save button does not work.
- The E-mail button on the photosmart 7550 also does not work over a
- network. Prints can be made from a memory card in the printer using
- the printer's front panel. Printing is the only function supported
- over the network.
-
- For additional information about network installation please see our
- web site at "http://www.hp.com/cposupport/loc/regional.html".