Photosmart C309g-m, contrast & brightness on printed images

How does one adjust brightness and contrast on printed images?
(Std. settings produce very dark images.)
(I have, in other situations, been disatisfied with gamma adjustment compared to "canned" brightness and contrast control.)
Thanks,
Jim

Hi there jimjohnston,
Could you provide the community with a little more information to help narrow troubleshooting? What operating system are we using and what application are we printing from?
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Hp photosmart C309g suddenly stopped printing

I have a wireless HP photosmart C309g installed and worked great for 2 years. Now all of a sudden there is a printer error, with no details. I have tried everything..reinstalling the driver, running diagnotics, etx. Nothing has recently changed with my computer (toshiba laptop), and all the test pages from the printer work. It is not jammed. there is some sort of connectivity problem I think but I am not sure how to correct it. I have Windows 7 32-bit. I would appreciate any help out there....Thanks so much!

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Hi dan-fran,
Just need to download the driver from the link below, and then when you get to the connectivity screen of the installer select network/wireless. If the printer is already on your network the software will find the printer, and you can complete the installation of the software and driver.
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I have an hp laptop with windows 7 and an hp photosmart premium c309g-m all in one printer that I have had for over 4 years. It is now out of warranty and so I cannot get help with getting it to scan and print wirelessly (which it has never really done without giving me trouble) and so i tried to uninstall and reinstall the drivers and I keep getting a network diagnostic report that I have to verift that certain TCP and UDP ports are unblocked from PC to printer. I don't know how to do this and will not pay $25 for someone to figure out something since I have already paid for the printer, shouldn't a good company provide free trouble-shooting and assistance??

Hello,
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My Photosmart Premium C309g/m is suddenly NOT printing page one of whatever print job is sent to it.

My Photosmart Premium C309g/m is suddenly NOT printing page one of whatever print job is sent to it. How can i fix this?

Please read this post then provide some details. What operating system? How is the printer connected - USB, wired LAN, Wireless LAN, bluetooth?
Is the first page blank of just missing entirely?
What program are you printing from? Does the same thing happen if you print from Notepad or Wordpad? (If not then check the settings in your program to make sure you are sepcifying then entire page range desired for printing).
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Brightness/Contrast of an indexed image

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@Marshall-
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Hi,
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Sorry that you are having a problem with your carriage not moving.
Try to unplug the power cord from the back and manually move the carriage.
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Hey there @KyleGriffiths , Welcome back to the forums!
The printer will use a combination of all of the ink cartridges to print, to best answer your question. I posted a link below for you to check out as well, which is all about how ink is used. You can certainly try troubleshooting "Print Quality" issues for the type of concern you have, which should let you know if the ink cartridge(s) or printhead is to blame for the quality issue. Try the troubleshooting guide below to find out.
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