Bought a Photo Printer, got a question...

[2angelsinheaven]

I bought a photo printer on BF and picked up some photo paper, for some reason though on the second package of paper I bought I'm getting a 1/4 inch smear on each print on the end, what am I doing wrong? Or could it be the paper. I was thinking of bring it back to Target but I did not know if you could return paper.

 

[2angelsinheaven]

Anyone?

 

[safetymom]

What printer and what paper are you using?

 

[2angelsinheaven]

HP Photo Printer A310, and the Paper is HP 4X6 Photo Paper Semi-Gloss

 

[jann1033]

no doubt i'll be wrong but...

on my hp you can set how much ink and how fast it dries..it's in the hp director under settings, print, print settings, basics then advanced settings ...mine works well with both set a lline or two lower than the middle
also is the right paper type selected?

also sometimes once something smears i have to do a cleaning( actually haven't had this problem with the hp but constantly with my old canon) ...
maybe do a print test and see if if smears on normal paper and if it does you'll know it's not the paper. in the director under help it has a trouble shooting section, you click the plus next to "troubleshooting" and under" print troubleshooting" tells you how to do a test and how to clean the cartidges( at least on mine it does)

 

[2angelsinheaven]

I hope they are not dirty after only 5 prints. I am printing directly from the camera to the printer and have not connected to my PC I guess I need to. It's the kind that only prints photos, not regular printing.

 

[jann1033]

I hope they are not dirty after only 5 prints. I am printing directly from the camera to the printer and have not connected to my PC I guess I need to. It's the kind that only prints photos, not regular printing.

mine does a quick nozzel cleaning ( maybe not the scientific term) everytime i put in a new cartidge or switch from regular to photo ink, i think more to make sure it's not stopped up