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Remove red-eye using your HP Printer

Learn how to remove red-eye with your HP Photosmart Printer or All-in-One—no PC needed
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» Remove red-eye using your HP Printer
» Method 1: One-touch Red-Eye Removal button
» Method 2: Auto Photo Fix feature
» Method 3: Red-eye removal editing feature
» Remove glowing "pet eye"
» Find an HP Printer with red-eye removal features
» Learn more
Before and after of red-eye


Introduction

Imagine never having to worry about red-eye ruining another digital photo! We'll show you three different ways to eliminate red-eye using the built-in editing functions offered on many HP Photosmart Printers and All-in-Ones.


Remove red-eye using your HP Printer


Woman taking a photo with her digital camera
Red-eye occurs when our retinas reflect the light from a camera flash.
The flash on a camera is often bright enough to illuminate the blood vessels in a subject’s eyes, making them appear red in images. Although it’s a small flaw, red-eye can ruin an otherwise-great picture.

Fortunately, there are three different ways to remove red-eye using editing functions available on most HP Photosmart Printers:
  1. Press the one-touch Red-Eye Removal button on the front of the printer.
  2. Use the Auto Photo Fix feature to automatically improve your photo.
  3. Activate the red-eye removal editing feature for instant results.

Keep reading to see how each of these methods works, and to identify which may be available on your printer.
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Method 1: One-touch Red-Eye Removal button


The HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One
Use the one-touch button on the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One to remove red-eye from your photos before printing.
Photo editing doesn't get much easier than this: The HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One features a one-touch Red-Eye Removal button.

After you insert your memory card and select the photos you want to print, simply press the Red-Eye Removal button on the display panel.

That's it! As long as the one-touch function is activated, red-eye will be eliminated from each photo before printing—automatically. To turn off this feature, just press the Red-Eye Removal button on the control panel once more.
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Method 2: Auto Photo Fix feature


The HP Photosmart Premium AiO
The HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One also offers an automatic photo fix feature, so you can remove red-eye in-printer—no PC needed.
Some printers, like the HP Photosmart Premium Web All-in-One, allow you to correct red-eye via an Auto Photo Fix feature. This function is conveniently built in on select HP Photosmart All-in-Ones and automatically activates each time you upload photos from your memory card.

To disable the Auto Photo Fix feature:
  1. Press Photo on the main menu
  2. Select View & Print
  3. Touch an image to view
  4. Select Edit
  5. Select Photo fix and Off (or On)

Learn more about Auto Photo Fix.
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Method 3: Red-eye removal editing feature


The HP Photosmart A646
In addition to offering hundreds of creative effects, the HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer allows you to remove red-eye from your photos in just a few simple steps.
Several HP Photosmart Printers, such as the HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer, allow you to eliminate red-eye using an in-printer red-eye removal editing feature.

To set up an HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer to automatically eliminate red-eye from all your photos:

  1. Touch the Setup icon to view the Setup menu
  2. Touch Preferences
  3. Touch Red-Eye Removal
  4. Touch On to remove red-eye from all photos (Touch Off to undo red-eye removal from all photos)

Learn more about Auto Photo Fix.
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Remove glowing "pet-eye"


Before and after shots of “pet-eye”
It only takes a few steps to remove glowing “pet eye” using the HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer.
As any pet owner knows, removing “pet eye” can be complicated. The color of the glow can vary from white to green, and red-eye removal tools on most printers are not effective in eliminating this pesky photo flaw.

However, the HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer has a Pet Eye Fix feature that lets you correct glowing animal eyes in just two easy steps:
  1. Touch Edit when viewing a photo featuring “pet eye”
  2. Touch Pet Eye Fix

It's that simple!
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Find a printer with red-eye removal features


Close up of printer specs with Auto Photo Fix circled in red
Check the Real Life technologies category in the printer's specs to see if it offers the Auto Photo Fix feature.
To find an HP Printer or All-in-One that can remove red-eye without a PC, visit the HP Photosmart printer and All-in-One comparison charts, and look for the row dedicated to Red-eye removal.

To see if a printer offers an Auto Photo Fix feature for automatic red-eye removal, check the Real Life technologies category in the printer’s specs.

You can also reduce the number of photos that will require red-eye removal by learning how to prevent red-eye in the first place.
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