HP Photosmart 5520 Setup

Unbox the Printer

1. Open the HP Photosmart 5520 printer box by cutting open the sealing tape with a box cutter carefully.
2. Fold the box’s flaps back.
3. The HP Photosmart 5520 setup Getting Started guide is located on the top. Take it out and set it aside.
4. There is also the multi-lingual user guide, HP Advanced Photo paper, installation CD, power cable, ink cartridges, and the HP 5520 printer inside the box.
5. Set the HP 5520 box on its side and use the plastic bag handles to slide the printer out.
6. Detach the packaging material from the sides of the Photosmart printer and discard them.
7. Remove the plastic bag, tapes, and films from the HP 5520 printer.
8. Lift the Photosmart machine’s top(scanner) cover and take the plastic bag off. 
9. Open the scanner assembly and peel off the packing tape from there.
10. Close the scanner assembly.
11. Flip open the input tray and pull the tray out. Remove the tape stuck to the input tray and then push the tray back into the printer.

Power Connection

1. Twist the twist tie anticlockwise to remove it from the power cord.
2. Attach the power cord to the HP 5520 machine’s Power port and the wall outlet.
3. Press the HP 5520 machine’s Power button located on its control panel.
4. After initialization is complete, tap English-->Yes.
5. Tap USA --> Yes.
6. Select Setup.

Cartridge Installation

1. Raise the HP 5520 machine’s scanner assembly.
2. Take the white plastic cartridge placeholder out of the printer and discard it.
3. Unpack the HP ink cartridges.
4. Peel off the orange tab to remove the plastic packaging material from the HP black ink cartridge.
5. There should be an orange plastic part on the black ink cartridge. Twist it anticlockwise to remove it from the cartridge.
6. Place this black ink cartridge in its slot on the HP 5520 printer and press it until it locks into place.
7. Install the other three cartridges in the same way.
8. Close the HP 5520 machine’s scanner assembly.
9. Slide the paper input tray out and push the paper width guides outward.
10. The HP 5520 machine displays a message stating that genuine ink cartridges have been installed. Tap OK.

Print Head Alignment

1. The printer prompts you to load paper.
2. Load a paper stack in the input tray and slide the edge width guides toward the paper stack to secure it.
3. Slide the paper tray back into the HP 5520 printer until it clicks into place.
4. Tap OK-->OK.
5. The HP 5520 printer prints an alignment page.
6. Place the alignment page face-down on the scanner with its top right-corner aligned with the top right corner of the scanner glass. Close the scanner lid.
7. Tap OK.
8. Tap OK when alignment is completed.
9. You can connect the HP Photosmart 5520 setup to the computer by using the HP software on your computer or the printer buttons.

Install HP Photosmart 5520 Driver

HP Photosmart 5520 Wireless Setup

1. Power on the HP Photosmart 5520 setup.
2. Tap the Home button found on the left-hand side of the control panel.
3. Tap the right-arrow button on the control panel.
4. The Wireless icon appears.
5. Tap Wireless.
6. Select Wireless Setup Wizard.
7. The list of wireless routers appears on the screen.
8. Select the appropriate router SSID to which you want to connect the HP 5520 printer.
9. Enter the Wi-Fi passphrase by using the on-screen keyboard.

How to Connect HP Photosmart 5520 Printer to Computer?

1. The HP Photosmart 5520 printer can be connected to the computer via a wireless connection or wired connection.
2. When installing the HP 5520 software on your computer, choose either USB or Wireless to connect the computer to the printer.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to connect the USB cable or enter the Wi-Fi credentials, depending on the option that you choose.
4. This establishes the HP Photosmart 5520 setup to computer connection.

How to Connect HP Photosmart 5520 to Laptop?

Here’s how you can connect the HP Photosmart 5520 printer to the laptop computer via Wireless Direct.

1. Power on the HP 5520 printer and let it initialize.
2. Go to your Windows laptop running Windows 10.
3. Open the ‘Start’ menu.
4. Type ‘Printers & scanners’ and select the Printers & Scanners system settings prompt.
5. Locate the ‘Add a printer or scanner’ button and click it.
6. The HP 5520 printer with Wi-Fi Direct in its name should appear below the button that you clicked.
7. Select it and click ‘Add device.’
8. The Windows 10 laptop computer prompts you to enter the WPS PIN.
9. Go to your HP 5520 printer’s control panel.
10. You should see a Wi-Fi Direct PIN.
11. Make a note of this PIN and enter it in the PIN field on your Windows 10 laptop computer.
12. Click Next.
13. The HP 5520 printer-to-laptop computer connection is now established.

How to Scan on HP Photosmart 5520?

1. Power on the HP Photosmart 5520 printer.
2. After the 5520 printer initializes, open its scanner cover.
3. Place any photo or document face-down on the scanner glass.
4. Align its top right corner with the marking on the scanner glass.
5. Lower the scanner cover.
6. Attach a memory card to the HP 5520 printer’s memory card slot.
7. If you want the scanned document to sent to your computer, ensure that the computer is connected to the printer via a wired or wireless connection.
8. Go to the HP Photosmart 5520 setup’s control panel and press the Home button.
9. Touch the right-arrow button to view the Scan option.
10. Tap Scan.
11. Choose Computer or Memory Card.
12. Select ‘Touch here to preview.’
13. Tap Settings and tweak the scanning preferences.
14. Select Scan.

How to Get HP Photosmart 5520 Printer Online?

1. Print a network test report on the HP 5520 printer.
2. Power on the HP Photosmart 5520 setup.
3. Locate the Wireless option on the 5520 machine’s control panel home screen and select it.
4. Choose Settings --> Display Network Configuration --> Print Wireless Test Report.
5. Check the report and find out whether the HP 5520 printer is connected to the correct Wi-Fi network.
6. Check the antivirus and firewall settings on your computer to find out whether they have blocked the HP 5520 software packages.
7. If so, allow exceptions for these software packages or temporarily disable the firewall and antivirus.
8. If the Wi-Fi passphrase has been changed, you need to reconnect the HP 5520 machine to the wireless network.
9. Navigate to your computer’s Control Panel folder and go to Hardware and Sound --> Devices and Printers --> Right-click the HP 5520 icon.
10. Select the Printer tab and ensure that the ‘Use Printer Offline’ option is unselected. 
11. Check the network interface cables and replace them if they are damaged.
12. Power off the HP 5520 printer, networking devices, and computer. Unplug all their cables and wait for a few minutes.
13. Reattach the cables and power on all the devices.
14. The HP 5520 printer should now be online.

How to Clean HP Photsmart 5520 Printhead?

Auto-Printhead Cleaning

1. Power on the HP 5520 printer.
2. Go to the HP 5520 printer’s control panel.
3. Select Settings --> Tools --> Scroll through the list to locate the Clean Printhead option.
4. Wait until the HP 5520 printer’s printhead cleaning is completed.

Manual Printhead Cleaning

1. While the HP 5520 printer is powered on, raise its scanner assembly.
2. The HP machine’s cartridge carriage stops moving after a few moments.
3. Unplug the HP Photosmart 5520 printer’s power cable from the rear Power port.
4. Take out all the HP ink cartridges and set them aside.
5. Dip a paper towel in water, fold it such that it is a thin horizontal strip.
6. Place it towards the left side of the printhead. Slide the printhead over it such that the paper towel lies directly below the printhead nozzles.
7. Dip another paper towel in isopropyl alcohol and dab the nozzles in the printhead with the paper towel.
8. Dab the ink nozzles in the printhead with a dry paper towel.
9. Move the print cartridge carriage to the right side of the printer.
10. Install all the HP ink cartridges.
11. Lower the scanner assembly.
12. Attach the HP power cable to the 5520 printer and the wall outlet.
13. Load paper in the HP Photosmart machine’s input tray.
14. Adjust the paper width guides to secure the paper.
15. On the HP 5520 printer’s control panel, select Settings --> Tools --> Clean Printhead.
16. Check the test page to find out whether another cleaning cycle is required.

HP Photosmart 5520 won't Scan to Email

If the HP Photosmart 5520 printer’s scan to email feature no longer works, read the textual guide given below to resolve it.

You need to disable Web Services and re-enable it. After doing so, it is recommended that you configure Scan to Email once again.

1. Power on the HP Photosmart 5520 setup and let it initialize.
2. Tap the Web Services icon on the 5520 printer’s control panel.
3. It is located on the left side.
4. Select Disable/Remove Web Services.
5. Return to the 5520 machine control panel home screen.
6. Tap Web Services --> Accept --> Yes.
7. This resets the Web Services feature on the HP Photosmart 5520 printer.
8. Restart the HP 5520 printer and router.
9. Go back to the HP 5520 printer’s control panel.
10. Tap Web Services.
11. Select Enable.
12. Follow the on-screen prompts to enable Web Services.

HP Photosmart 5520 Factory Reset Guide

1. Power on the HP Photosmart 5520 printer.
2. Make a note of the Back, Home, and X button positions.
3. Tap the Home button. (You need to press a sequence of buttons in quick succession from the home screen.)
4. Tap Back.
5. Tap Home.
6. Tap Back again.
7. Tap X.
8. Tap Back.
9. Select the Support Menus option.
10. Tap the right-arrow button repeatedly until the Resets Menu button appears.
11. Tap OK when the Resets Menu option is displayed.
12. Tap the right-arrow button repeatedly until the ‘Semi-Full Reset’ option appears. Tap OK.
13. This restores the HP Photosmart 5520 setup to its factory default settings.