HP 5900 series

Fast/economical printing.......................................................................................46
General everyday printing..................................................................................... 47
Presentation printing.............................................................................................47
Print in grayscale..................................................................................................47
Set default settings for the printer.........................................................................47
Select a print quality.............................................................................................48
Set the page order................................................................................................49
Print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper....................................................49
Print preview.........................................................................................................49
Set a custom paper size.......................................................................................50
Select a paper type...............................................................................................50
Print task quick sets..............................................................................................51
Two-sided printing................................................................................................52
Resize a document ..............................................................................................55
Watermarks..........................................................................................................55
9 Printer software..................................................................................................57
Printer Properties dialog box................................................................................57
What's This? help.................................................................................................57
Ink Status window.................................................................................................57
Download printer software updates......................................................................58
10 Maintenance........................................................................................................59
Install print cartridges...........................................................................................59
Set the auto-off feature.........................................................................................62
Align the print cartridges.......................................................................................62
Calibrate color......................................................................................................63
Automatically clean print cartridges......................................................................63
Print a test page...................................................................................................63
View estimated ink levels...................................................................................... 64
Maintain the printer body......................................................................................64
Remove ink from your skin and clothing...............................................................64
Manually clean print cartridges.............................................................................65
Maintain print cartridges.......................................................................................66
Printer Toolbox.....................................................................................................67
11 Troubleshooting.................................................................................................68
Printer does not print............................................................................................68
Paper jam.............................................................................................................69
Paper problems....................................................................................................70
Paper mismatch....................................................................................................71
Printer is stalled....................................................................................................72
Print cartridge problems........................................................................................ 72
Photos do not print correctly.................................................................................74
PictBridge problems.............................................................................................77
Print quality is poor...............................................................................................78
Document is misprinted........................................................................................80
Problems with borderless documents...................................................................81
Error messages....................................................................................................86
Printer lights are on or flashing.............................................................................87
Document prints slowly.........................................................................................91
If you continue to have problems..........................................................................91
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