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Print photos from a digital camera

Learn how to print photos directly from a digital camera.

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Use a PictBridge camera

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Use a Bluetooth camera phone

Use a PictBridge camera

With a PictBridge-enabled camera, you do not need a computer to print digital photographs. Just plug the camera into the printer's front USB port.

Note

Other then PictBridge-compatible cameras and Bluetooth dongles, do not plug other USB devices into the front USB port.

1 Front USB port

Note

When two PictBridge devices communicate, they provide only the services that they have in common. For example, some cameras might allow photos formatted as either TIFFs or JPEGs to be printed over a PictBridge connection, but, since the printer does not support TIFFs over a PictBridge connection, only

JPEGs can be printed.

When a PictBridge-enabled camera is connected to the front USB port, the default printer settings will print a 4 x 6 inch borderless photo with portrait orientation. For detailed information on printing from the camera, see the documentation that came with the camera.

PictBridge printing

In order to print photos directly from a digital camera, you need the following items:

● A PictBridge-compatible camera

● A digital camera USB cable

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Check the documentation that came with the camera to ensure that the camera supports

PictBridge.

Follow these steps to print photos from a PictBridge-compatible camera:

1.

Verify that the printer is turned on.

2.

For small photos, remove the Out tray. For large photos, raise the Out tray. Remove all of the paper from the In tray.

3.

Slide the paper-width guide all the way to the left, and then pull out the paper-length guide.

4.

Place the photo paper in the In tray, with the side to be printed on facing down.

5.

Slide the paper guides firmly against the paper.

6.

Connect the camera to the front USB port on the printer using the USB cable supplied with the camera.

7.

Turn on the camera, and then set it to PictBridge mode.

If you do not know how to set the camera to PictBridge mode, see the documentation that came with the camera.

Note

When the camera is connected correctly, the Connection light is illuminated. The Connection light blinks green when printing from the camera. If the camera is not PictBridge-compatible or is not in PictBridge mode, the Error light flashes.

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1 Connection light

2 Error light

After you successfully connect the camera to the printer, you can print the photos. Be sure the size of the paper loaded in the printer matches the setting on the camera. See the documentation that came with the camera for detailed information on printing from the camera.

HP Deskjet 6980 series

Use a Bluetooth camera phone

If you have a camera phone with Bluetooth wireless technology, you can purchase an

optional HP Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter

and print from the camera phone using a Bluetooth wireless connection.

Print photos from a Bluetooth camera phone

1.

Verify that the printer is turned on.

2.

For small photos, remove the Out tray. For large photos, raise the Out tray. Remove all of the paper from the In tray.

3.

Slide the paper-width guide all the way to the left, and then pull out the paper-length guide.

4.

Place the photo paper in the In tray, with the side to be printed on facing down.

5.

Slide the paper guides firmly against the paper.

6.

Insert the HP Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter into the front USB port of the printer.

If you are using photo paper with a tear-off tab, verify that the tab is pointing away from the printer.

1 Front USB port

The light on the adapter indicates its status:

Display

Double-blinking once a second

Rapid blinking

Description

The device is installed and has power.

On steady

A sending device is discovering the HP wireless printer adapter.

The HP wireless printer adapter is receiving data.

7.

Follow the instructions in the documentation that came with the digital camera to send photos to the printer.

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