How to Put Photo Paper in a Printer (5 Steps)

Look at the instructions for your printer to see if there are any specific directions on how to load photo paper into your printer model.
Pull out the paper tray. Empty the tray of all paper. Load the photo paper into the empty tray as you would normal paper. Make sure the paper fits snugly in the tray. If the paper is too loose or cramped in the tray, move the tabs on the sides of the tray until they give the paper enough room.
Replace the tray into the printer and hit the 'Reset' button if applicable.
Go to 'Printer properties' in the control panel on your computer. Select the size of the paper you are using in the 'Paper size' option box. In the 'Paper type' option box, choose 'Photo' or 'High quality' from the list of options.
Print photos and pictures from your printer as you would print on regular paper.

How to Fix Laser Printer Vertical Lines on the HP LaserJet 4000

Hold down the LaserJet 4000's power button for three seconds to power off the printer. Unplug the 4000's power cable from the wall outlet.
Lift open the plastic cover at the top of the HP LaserJet 4000. Grip the front end of the plastic toner cartridge and pull it forward slightly. Lift the cartridge out of the LaserJet 4000.
Use a soft cloth to wipe off the exposed plastic paper feed guide toward the back of the open area inside the HP LaserJet 4000. Lift up the green handle at the far right end of the plastic rectangular paper access plate. The plate is positioned toward the front of the open area.
Wipe off both sides of the paper access plate. Push the green handle back down and slide the toner cartridge back inside the HP LaserJet 4000.
Set the top plastic cover back down and plug in the LaserJet 4000's cable. Turn on the printer and print a text document to see if vertical lines still appear.
Unplug the printer and open the top cover again if the lines persist. Pull out the toner cartridge and insert a new HP 27A or HP 27X toner cartridge. Close the top cover and power on the printer.

How to Fix Printer Head Alignment on My Canon Mp190

Verify that there are at least two sheets of paper in your printer's feeder. Open the front hatch, and extend the paper tray which will catch the printed pages.
Click 'Start' from your Windows desktop, and click 'Devices and Printers.' Right-click your Canon PIXMA MP190, and click 'Properties.'
Select the 'Maintenance' tab, and click 'Print Head Alignment,' then click 'Align Print Head.' Your printer will print a single sheet with a pattern of boxes aligned in columns. Each column will be marked with a letter.
Click 'Yes' to affirm that your pattern printed properly and to load the alignment worksheet. Look over each column on the printed sheet and find the numbered box in each column that contains the cleanest print. Most boxes will print with white lines running through them, each column should have one that looks proper. The number may change from column to column.
Input the number for each column into the Alignment worksheet on your computer. Click 'OK.' A second sheet will print that contains more columns.
Repeat the aforementioned procedure to complete the print head alignment. Click 'OK' when you have finished inputting the numbers for the new columns. Your print quality should return to normal when this procedure is complete.

How to View Recent Print History

Press 'Windows' to open Windows Start, type 'Run' and then press 'Enter.' Delete any text that appears in the field next to 'Open.'
Type 'eventvwr.msc' into the field next to 'Open' and then click the 'OK' button to open Event Viewer.
Select |'Applications and Services Logs'|'Microsoft'|'Windows'|'PrintService'|. The PrintService folder contains administrative and operational controls for print services in Windows.
Right-click 'Operational' and then select 'Enable Log.' This command enables logging of all future print jobs and can be viewed anytime by returning to the PrintService folder in the Event Viewer.



Press 'Windows' to open Windows Start, type 'devices and printers' and then select 'Devices and Printers' from the results. In Windows 8.1, you must select 'Settings' and then 'Devices and Printers.'
Right-click the printer for which you want to view print jobs for and then select 'See What's Printing.' The print queue window opens for your selected printer.
Scroll through the list of print jobs to view the jobs that are currently queued. This list contains recently queued print jobs that have not completed yet.

How to Change a Dell 926 Printer Cartridge

Press the power button, located near the bottom of the control panel, to turn on the Dell 926 printer.
Lift up[ the top half of the printer. A small bar on the right side will swing down. Position the end of that bar between the two tabs on the lower half of the printer, to keep the top half in the up position. Once the top half is in the up position, the cartridge carrier will automatically move to the opening in the center of the printer.
Push down on one of the two levers, located on the end of the cartridge carrier, to raise the respective cartridge lid. The black ink cartridge, or the photo ink cartridge if your printer is currently set up to print pictures, is located on the left side, while the color ink cartridge is located on the right.
Lift up on the end of the ink cartridge until the cartridge is at about a 45 degree angle to the printer base. Then pull the cartridge out of the cartridge carrier.
Remove the tape from the end of your replacement cartridge. Insert the cartridge into the carrier at a 45 degree angle, and then lower the end of the cartridge into place.
Close the cartridge carrier lids, ensuring that they snap into place. Lift up on the top half of the printer to release the support bar. Push the bar back against the top half of the printer as you lower that half back into place.

How to Add a Printer to a Task Bar (5 Steps)

Click 'Start.'
Click 'Devices and Printers.'
Right-click the icon for your printer. Click 'Create Shortcut.' A new shortcut icon for your printer appears in the same directory.
Right-click the new shortcut icon for your printer.
Click 'Pin to Task Bar' to add that printer icon to your Windows task bar.

How to Put Paper in an HP Printer (5 Steps)

Open up the front door of the printer, which serves as the paper tray. This door snaps shut so you will have to pop it open to fold it down.
Pull the swinging arm that is tucked inside the paper tray out and flip up the small flap at the end of this arm. This arm and the flap at the end will stop your printer paper from falling onto the floor when you print something.
Take a stack of paper that is 1/2 inch to 1 inch tall and gently tap one of the short edges of the stack on a flat surface, such as the top of a desk, until the opposite short edge of all the individual sheets of paper appear to be lined up. Next, tape on of the long edges of the stack of paper until the opposite long edges of all the individual sheets of paper appear to be lined up.
Lay one end of your printer paper stack on the paper tray, with a short edge facing into the printer. Line the stack up with the tab on the right hand side of the paper tray that appears right before the opening to the printer. Push the stack of paper forward until you can no longer push it forward without forcefully jamming it into the printer.
Move the sliding tab on the left side of the printer that you see, right before the opening to the printer, right up to the left edge of the stack of paper. Turn your printer on, if it is not already on, and you are ready to print.