HP Photosmart 8250 Printer User Manual

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To try these features…

Follow these steps

of the printer screen is solidly filled with
orange when this option is selected.

Add the date and time to
your prints
You can print a stamp on the
front of your photos that
shows when the photo was
taken. This preference affects
all prints.

1.

Press Menu.

2.

Select Preferences, then press OK.

3.

Select Date/time, then press OK.

4.

Select one of the following date/time stamp
options:

Date/time

Date only

Off

5.

Press OK.

If you use a computer to modify the photo and
then save your changes, the original date and time
information are lost. Changes that you make to the
photo using the printer control panel do not affect
the date and time information.

Change the print quality
You can change the print
quality for photos. Best quality
is the default and produces
the highest quality photos.
Normal quality conserves ink
and prints faster.

To change the print quality to Normal for one
print job:
1.

Press Menu.

2.

Select Tools, then press OK.

3.

SelectPrint quality, then press OK.

4.

Select Normal, then press OK.

Print quality will revert to Best after the next print
job.

Crop a photo
Press Zoom + and Zoom – to
increase or decrease the
magnification by 1.25x. The
maximum level is 5.0x.

1.

Press Select Photos or to display the
photo you want to crop.

2.

Press Zoom + to increase the magnification
of the photo by 1.25x. The green crop box
appears. Press Zoom + repeatedly until you
reach the desired magnification. (After
zooming in, you can zoom back out by
pressing Zoom –.)

Note

The crop box changes from green to

yellow if printing at the selected magnification
will noticeably reduce the print quality.

3.

At any magnification level, use the
Navigation arrows to move the crop box left,
right, up, or down.

4.

Press OK when the portion of the image you
want to print is in the crop box.
Cropping does not change the original photo.
It only affects printing.

Print panoramic photos

1.

Press Menu.

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