User manual HP PHOTOSMART M517XI

[. . . ] HP Photosmart M417/M517 Digital Camera with HP Instant Share User's Manual Legal and notice information © Copyright 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. [. . . ] Connect the camera to your computer as explained in Transferring Images to a Computer on page 79. The images will be sent automatically to their respective HP Instant Share destinations. · Images that were selected to be sent to e-mail destinations are not e-mailed as attachments. Rather, the images are uploaded to a secure HP website, and a message is sent to each e-mail address. The message contains thumbnail images, as well as a link to the web page where the recipient can do things like reply to you, print the images, save images to their computer, forward images, and more. This makes it easy for people who use different e-mail programs to be able to see your images without the difficulty of dealing with e-mail attachments. · Images that were selected to be sent to Print destinations will be printed automatically from the computer. NOTE: If you connect the camera directly to a printer, as explained in Printing Images Directly from the Camera on page 81, any images that were selected for printing will print automatically. Using HP Instant Share 77 78 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User's Manual 5 Transferring and Printing Images Transferring Images to a Computer TIP: You can also perform this task using either a memory card reader (see Using a Memory Card Reader on page 100) or the optional HP Photosmart M-series dock (see the dock User's Manual). Confirm the following: · Either the HP Image Zone software or HP Image Zone Express is installed on your computer (see Install the Software on page 17). To transfer images to a computer that does not have the HP Image Zone software installed on it, see Using Your Camera without Installing the HP Image Zone Software on page 99. · If images on the camera are selected for printing or selected for HP Instant Share destinations, make sure the computer is connected to a printer and/or the Internet. Transferring and Printing Images 79 2. Your camera came with a special USB cable for connecting the camera to a computer. Open the door on the side of the camera and connect the smaller end of the USB cable to the USB connector on the camera. · On Windows: The HP Image Transfer software provides the download functionality. The images are transferred to the computer, and then, if there are any still images that were previously selected for HP Instant Share destinations (page 76), those actions are started. When the Image Action Summary screen appears on the computer, you can disconnect the camera from the computer. · On Macintosh: Image Capture or iPhoto provides the download functionality. The Actions are ready to process screen appears, allowing you to transfer images to the computer. When the download is complete, you can disconnect the camera from the computer. 80 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User's Manual Printing Images Directly from the Camera You can connect the camera directly to any PictBridge-certified printer to print images. To determine if your printer is PictBridge-certified, look for the PictBridge logo on your printer. There should be no blinking lights on the printer or error messages displayed about the printer. Make sure the camera's USB Configuration setting is set to Digital Camera (see USB Configuration on page 90). [. . . ] It is especially important to clean the lens regularly because dust particles and fingerprints can mar the quality of photos you take. To clean your camera, you will need lens-cleaning tissue and a soft, dry, lint-free cloth commonly available at photospecialty stores. NOTE: You should purchase lens-cleaning tissue that has not been chemically treated. Some chemically treated lens tissue can cause scratching of the lens and Image Display. 160 HP Photosmart M417/M517 User's Manual Cleaning the Camera Lens Do the following to remove any lubricant that has seeped from the lens wink mechanism onto the camera lens, as well as fingerprints, dust, and so forth that have accumulated on the lens. [. . . ]