HP Photosmart C7280 All-in one says "out of paper".

Don't Connect the printer. First use the cd to install the software for your printer. in the software is a program called print photos or print pictures. After installing the software, connect the printer and switch it on. Start the software and a menus should guide you trough he straps to choose and print the pictures you want to print. Be aware you need to setup things once the program is running, like how big the pictures should be. Don't make them bigger than the paper you insert. Also what kind of paper you use, like plane paper, or photo paper, matte or glossy.

Well, it would be good to know why the photos are not good quality... like blurry or bad color or? Are you using a good paper? I have great luck with Canon glossy, and love the matte paper from Staples. Matte is actually easier and all around better color saturation, I find. I guess that you are using too much saturation of ink... see if your dialog box for printer options has a way to make saturation less intense. Also, I assume you are using the same dialog box to choose the type of paper. That is important, since different papers absorb ink at different speeds and amounts. I hope that helps... keep trying!

"Photo black" is designed specifically for glossy photo paper. Matte black is for non-glossy paper, including plain paper. Matte black will print darker on non-glossy paper than photo black does.

Copied this from the specification on HP site.

It would appear not to take 5 x 7. It's the 7" is to small, 8.5 is the smallest.

Media sizes, std.
Letter, legal, executive, No. 10 envelopes, Monarch envelopes
Media sizes, custom
Tray 1, 2, 3: 3 x 5 to 8.5 x 14 in
Media types
Paper (plain, letterhead, prepunched, bond, color, rough, preprinted, recycled), HP Color Laser Glossy Photo Paper, HP Color Laser Glossy Brochure Paper, HP Color Laser Matte Brochure Paper, HP Color Laser Matte Photo & Imaging Paper, HP Color Laser Soft Gloss Presentation Paper, HP color laser transparencies, labels, envelopes, cardstock

Below is the sheet Capacity for your machine. As you see it depends on the type paper you are using. This came from the 8400 information center. Other 8400 Documents & Manuals are here.


Sheet Feeder Capacity
Paper type Load up to this many sheets Plain paper Approximately 120 sheets Epson Bright White Paper Epson Presentation Paper Matte Approximately 80 sheets Epson Photo Paper Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss 20 sheets Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-sided Epson Photo Quality Self-adhesive Sheets Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer Paper 1 sheet


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set your printer with the paper size and selecect the type of paper - HP glossy paper. Youmight want to check below link for more details of any of HP printer issue
http://pc-and-peripheral.blogspot.com/

Sorry, this isn't ASAP, but here's a solution on HP's website.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00786157&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3204785

The most important part of this is taking off the rear door / duplexer and cleaning the two rollers that you can just see inside the printer with the back off. Those two rollers inside the back of the printer (not the ones in the door or the ones hanging out the back when you take off the rear door) are the ones that pick up the paper and feed it up into the printer. Those rollers are hard to get to - long qtips are strongly suggested. If those get rollers dust or gunk on them, they get smooth and don't pick up paper as well.

Click the link for detailed instructions - don't just go with my summary of the solution.

Hi,

Epson's ink uses a dift technology so far better result you need to check what brand of glossy or photo paper you can use. You can purchase an epson photo or glossy paper for best results.

Your printer would work best using the list below:

Paper Types

• Supports a variety of Epson plain and photo papers. Supports plain, bond, air mail, Epson Premium Bright White, Glossy Photo Paper, Premium Glossy Photo Paper, Premium Semigloss Paper, Premium Luster Paper, ColorLife paper, Matte Paper Heavyweight, Double-sided Matte, Inkjet Transparencies, Self-adhesive Sheets, Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Greeting Cards, High Quality Banner paper; labels; envelopes, Iron-on Transfers and Photo Stickers; Printable CD-R/DVD-R; Panoramic 8.3" x 23.4" Photo Paper

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The paper types available in the driver are dependent on which type of black ink cartridge is loaded in the printer. If the Photo Black ink is loaded, you should have various glossy paper choices. If the Matte Black ink is loaded, you will have a choice of plain or Matte paper types. Once the cartridge is switched, you will get the corresponding paper choices.

the sensors cant see paper on the perforated part/side.
same goes for transparencies, the printer can't see it

Your printer supports the following media types:

Epson Bright White Paper
Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer Paper
Epson Photo Paper Glossy
Epson Photo Quality Self-adhesive Sheets
Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy
Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss
Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte
Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-sided
Epson Presentation Paper Matte
Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy