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2 Put the transparencies in your printer with the rough side down and 
the adhesive strip forward. (You can peel off the adhesive strip after 
printing.)
3 Slide in the green paper adjusters, just as you would for plain paper. 
Push the IN drawer back in and flip the OUT tray down.
4 Print the transparency.
5 Be patient.
Because the printer uses more ink, lays the colors down more slowly, 
and allows for a longer drying time between sheets, transparencies 
take a while to print.
■ Change the paper type in the HP print settings box back to 
Plain Paper
 
or to whatever is appropriate for what you’ll be printing next.
■ Remove any remaining transparencies from the IN drawer and replace 
them with plain paper or whatever you’ll be using next.
Adhesive strip forward, tape 
side up
Rough side down
AFTER PRINTING
What If
THE INK NEVER 
DRIES OR THERE 
ARE CRACKS IN 
THE SOLID BLOCKS 
OF COLOR
• You might have 
printed on the wrong 
side of the transpar-
ency. Make sure to 
put it into the printer 
rough side down.
• You might be trying 
to print on a trans-
parency that wasn’t 
meant for an inkjet 
printer.
T
HE QUALITY 
ISN’T WHAT YOU 
WERE EXPECTING
You might not have 
chosen the right paper 
type and print quality. 
Follow the steps in the 
procedure above, and 
try printing again.
Handy Hints
PROTECT YOUR 
TRANSPARENCIES
If you want to make 
notes on your trans-
parency as you talk, 
print the transparency 
as a flipped document 
(described on 
page 18).