Document Outline

• Contents
• Welcome
• Special features
• Get started
  • The printer at a glance
  • Buttons and lights
    • Power button and light
    • Cancel button
    • Resume button and light
    • Print Cartridge Status lights
  • Paper tray
    • Unfold the paper tray
    • Use the paper tray
    • Fold the paper tray
  • Print cartridges
    • Replace print cartridges
  • Ink-backup mode
    • Ink-backup mode output
    • Exit ink-backup mode
• Connect the printer
  • USB
• Print photos
  • Print borderless photos
  • Print photos with a border
  • Print photos on plain paper
  • HP Real Life Technologies photo fix
  • Exif Print
  • Store and handle photo paper
  • Save money and ink when printing photos
• Print other documents
  • Print e-mail
  • Print documents
  • Print letters
  • Print envelopes
  • Print postcards
  • Print index cards and other small media
  • Print labels
  • Print transparencies
  • Print brochures
  • Print greeting cards
  • Print booklets
  • Print posters
  • Print iron-on transfers
• Printing tips
  • Print a test page
  • Printing shortcuts
    • Create printing shortcuts
    • Delete printing shortcuts
  • Set the page order
  • Fast/Economical printing
  • Print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper
  • Print in grayscale
  • Two-sided printing
  • General Everyday printing
  • Print preview
  • Set a custom paper size
  • Select a paper type
  • Change the print speed or quality
  • Print resolution
  • Maximum dpi
  • Resize a document
  • Bound two-sided documents
  • Print a Web page
  • Presentation printing
• Printer software
  • Make the HP Deskjet the default printer
  • Set default print settings
  • Printer Properties dialog box
  • What's This? help
  • Download printer software updates
• Maintenance
  • Install print cartridges
    • Choose the right print cartridges
    • Selection numbers
    • Printing with one print cartridge
    • Installation instructions
  • Align print cartridges
  • Automatically clean print cartridges
  • View estimated ink levels
  • Maintain the printer body
  • Remove ink from your skin and clothing
  • Manually clean print cartridges
  • Maintain print cartridges
  • Printer Toolbox
• Shop for ink supplies
• Troubleshooting
  • Error messages
    • Print cartridge error messages
      • Incorrect print cartridge or print cartridge missing
      • Print cartridge problem message
      • Print cartridge carriage is stuck
    • "Paper Mismatch" or "Paper Size" message
    • Out of paper
    • There was an error writing to USB port
    • Two-way communication cannot be established or Printer not responding
  • Installation problems
  • Printer lights are on or flashing
    • Power light is flashing
    • Resume light is flashing
    • Both Power and Resume lights are flashing
    • Print Cartridge Status lights are on or flashing
  • Printer does not print
    • Verify the following
    • Unable to print
    • If the printer still does not print
  • Document prints slowly
  • Print cartridge problems
    • Resolving print cartridge error messages
    • Print cartridge carriage is stalled
  • Paper problems
    • Paper jam
    • Out of paper
    • Printer prints on multiple sheets at once
  • Photos do not print correctly
    • Check the paper tray
    • Check the printer properties
  • Problems with borderless documents
    • Borderless printing guidelines
    • Image is printed at an angle
    • Fading occurs on the edges of a photo
    • Photo has an unwanted border
  • Print quality is poor
    • Wrong, inaccurate, or bleeding colors
    • Ink is not filling the text or graphics completely
    • The printout has a horizontal band of distortion near the bottom of a borderless print
    • Printouts have horizontal streaks or lines
    • Printouts are faded or have dull colors
    • Printouts seem blurry or fuzzy
    • Printouts are slanted or skewed
    • Ink streaks on the back of the paper
  • Document is misprinted
  • If you continue to have problems
• HP support
  • Ink cartridge warranty information
  • Support process
  • HP support by phone
    • Phone support period
    • Placing a call
    • After the phone support period
• Technical information
  • Printer specifications
  • Notice to Windows 2000 users
  • Environmental product stewardship program
    • Paper use
    • Plastics
    • Material safety data sheets
    • Recycling program
    • HP inkjet supplies recycling program
    • Energy Star® notice
    • Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union
  • Regulatory notices
    • FCC statement
    • Notice to users in Korea
    • VCCI (Class B) compliance statement for users in Japan
    • Notice to users in Japan about the power cord
    • Toxic and hazardous substance table
    • HP Deskjet D2500 Printer series declaration of conformity
• Index