You've captured some fantastic moments with your camera phone, and now it's time to truly enjoy them—by transferring them, printing them, and showing them off! We'll show you the options for getting photos from your camera phone to a printer or PC and give you tips for sharing and printing your photos.
Don't let all those great shots stay locked in your phone. See all the different ways you can transfer pictures from your camera phone to a printer or PC. Then read on to learn more about printing your photos once they’ve been transferred.
Memory card
Some camera phones support the use of a memory card, which you can use to transfer pictures directly to an HP Photosmart printer—no PC or USB cable necessary! USB cable
If your camera phone offers this capability, you can connect via USB directly to the port on your computer or directly to a PictBridge-enabled printer. Bluetooth
Wirelessly send photos from your Bluetooth-enabled camera phone to a Bluetooth-enabled photo printer, like the HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One.
Learn more about these and other ways you can transfer digital photos to your printer or PC.
The HP 1GB Micro SD Memory Card comes with several adapters in different sizes, so you can use it with a PC, printer, mobile phone, digital camera, and more.
Most HP printers, such as the HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One, offer multiple memory card slots.
Some camera phones allow you to use a memory card just as you would with a digital camera. You can save pictures from your phone onto the memory card and then transfer your photos to a PC or printer for printing and sharing. Common memory cards
The most common memory cards used in camera phones and smart phones are Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMediaCard (MMC).
Smaller variations of these cards—Mini-SD, Transflash, and RS-MMC—are also frequently used in camera phones, but need to be placed in a larger adapter (usually included with the card) to fit into most printer card slots.
To print pictures from a memory card, insert the card into the slot on the front of your photo printer.
After you insert your memory card, your photos will be available to view on the printer’s display, and you can select which photos you’d like to print.
Bluetooth wireless technology allows you to transfer photos directly from your camera phone to a Bluetooth-enabled printer.
The HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer is Bluetooth-enabled so you can wirelessly print photos from your camera phone.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a wireless networking technology that uses a low-frequency signal to establish connections between devices within a short range.
You can also use HP iPrint Photo (a free software application available for download from the iTunes App Store) to wirelessly print pictures from your Apple iPhone or iPod touch on many HP printers, such as the HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One.
The HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One allows you to access the online photo sharing site, Snapfish directly from your printer—no PC required.
E-mail
You can attach your camera phone photo to any text message and send it to an e-mail address the same way you would send it to a phone number.
Or, download your photos to your computer and e-mail them to friends and family. Snapfish
Access Snapfish directly from your printer with the HP Photosmart Premium Web All-in-One or the HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One for easy photo printing and sharing without the use of a PC*. Social networking sites
You can also upload and print camera phone pictures and other fun snapshots using social media sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Flickr. Learn more about printing photos from social networking sites.
Red-eye removal is just one of the automatic photo fixes offered by select HP Photosmart printers. HP Photo Value Packs feature HP ink and photo paper together in one convenient bundle for affordable photo printing.
Edit your photos in-printer
Even if a photo doesn't look great in your viewing screen, it might improve when printed with your HP Photosmart printer. Many HP Photosmart printers offer in-printer editing, like red-eye removal, lighting adjustment, color correction, like red-eye removal, lighting adjustment, color correction, and Auto Fix, which can repair many of the common problems found in digital photos. Learn about pixels
A top-quality 4" x 6" print only needs about 2 megapixels (and a good-quality image needs even fewer)—well within the range for most camera phones. Some camera phones come equipped with over 10 megapixels of photo-taking power. Learn more about how megapixels affect photo print size. Use the right ink and paper
For the highest quality results, remember to use HP ink and paper. For 4" x 6" prints as low as 24 cents per print, try using HP Photo Value Packs, which offer affordable combinations of HP Vivera ink and HP photo paper.
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