HP Photosmart 8050xi Printer - Manual (Page 48)

The printer ejects the paper when preparing to print.
Solution Direct sunlight could be interfering with the operation of the automatic
paper sensor. Move the printer out of direct sunlight.
Print quality is poor.
Solution
● You may be printing in Ink-backup Printing Mode. The printer enters Ink-
backup Printing Mode when one of the print cartridges is missing. Replace
the missing print cartridge with a new one. For more information, see
Inserting and replacing the print cartridges .
● If you magnified the photo using the Zoom button on the printer control
panel, you may have magnified the photo too much. To reduce the
magnification, press
Zoom to enter Zoom mode, and then press Select
Photos one or more times to reduce the magnification.
● One of the print cartridges may be running out of ink. If a print cartridge is
running low on ink, replace it. For more information, see
Inserting and
replacing the print cartridges .
● Use photo paper designed for the printer. For best results, use HP paper.
● You may be printing on the wrong side of the paper. Make sure the paper is
loaded with the side to be printed facing down.
● You may have selected a low-resolution setting on the digital camera.
Reduce the size of the image and try printing again. For better results in the
future, set the digital camera to a higher photo resolution.
● There may be a problem with a print cartridge. Try the following:
–
Remove and then reinsert the print cartridges.
– Run an automatic print cartridge cleaning procedure from the printer
control panel. For more information, see
Cleaning and maintaining the
printer .
– Align the print cartridges from the printer control panel. For more
information, see
Aligning the print cartridges .
– If this does not solve the problem, try cleaning the copper-colored
contacts on the print cartridges. For more information, see
Manually
cleaning the print cartridge contacts .
– If these solutions do not work, replace the print cartridge(s).
Printed photos are not fitting to the paper as desired.
Solution
● You may have loaded the photo paper incorrectly. Load the photo paper with
the side to be printed facing down.
● The photo paper may not have fed into the printer correctly. Try the following:
–
If you have a paper jam, see To clear a paper jam .
– Load one sheet of photo paper at a time.
● You may have selected the wrong layout. For information, see Selecting a
photo layout .
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