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Review: Hewlett-Packard Photosmart D7260 Printer
IÂ bought the wrong printer. We spent some time a few months ago checking out photo printers. We finally decided on one and now found out there was something even better - the HP Photosmart D7260. This printer is Mac (10.3.9 and higher) and Windows (2000, XP, and Vista) compatible. I have a Mac, so that is what it was tested on. I first connected the printer directly to my computer with the USB cord and had no problems. It was very easy to do. Later, I tried connecting the printer to our home network via ethernet and it was also easy. The Photosmart printer came with 6 inks, which is great because you only have to replace the ink cartridge that is empty instead of wasting ink. I have printed out a lot of pictures on high quality, and the ink levels are still very high. The printer has 2 paper trays - the main tray can hold up to 100 sheets of paper depending on what you are printing. It can handle paper from 3" x 4" up to 8.5" x 24" and transparencies. The dedicated photo tray has a capacity of up to 20 sheets. There is no need to swap paper between photo and regular printing. When you print a photo it will take the paper from the photo tray. When you print another size paper, it will automatically take the paper from the main tray. With this printer you are able to print from your computer, directly from a memory card or from the PictBridge port if you have a PictBridge compatible camera. I had no problems printing pictures from the computer with the "Photosmart Studio" software that was included, and it was also easy to print directly from a memory card. It accepts many different kinds - xD, CompactFlash, Memory Stick variations, and SD variations. It has a large 3.5" touchscreen for editing photos when using a memory card. You can crop your photo. Most pictures taken on a digital camera are not true 4x6 photos and part of the picture will be cut. You can choose where that will be. It has a red-eye remover button directly on the printer if you are printing from a memory card. It is also included in their photo-editing softwware. I had a picture of 3 people that all had red eyes. It removed it from 2 of them, but not the one with glasses. I have problems removing red eyes where there are glasses with my photo editing software sometimes too (iPhoto), so I can't fault the printer for that. You can also choose the brightness, paper style, size, print quality and more. I printed photos on HP Premium Plus Photo Paper and another brand of Premium photo paper. The pictures are definitely clearer when printed on the HP paper. Also, if you are looking for prints that last a long time, HP claims that photos printed using the Vivera Ink on HP Premium Plus Photo Paper will last for 105+ years, which is certified by Wilhelm Imaging Research, an independent laboratory. The print speeds are fast, even when printing a high quality photo. Printing in black and white in the lowest print quality looked great and is a great way to save on ink. I also printed an 8.5" x 11" photo on regular paper at the lowest quality setting, and while it's not something I'd frame and hang on the wall, it still looks really nice. This printer has the ability to add frames to your pictures. There are 11 different frames that you can automatically add to your photo on the touch screen. Other neat features that come on this printer are the ability to print out notebook paper in narrow or wide, children's penmanship paper, graph (square) and music paper, and to-do list paper. I printed some notebook paper and it looks just like a sheet of notebook paper minus the holes and raggedy edge you get when you tear it out of a notebook. The Photosmart software allows you to create and has templates for album pages, cards, posters, banners, and iron-ons. Another great feature of this printer is the ability to print out a still frame from video. There have been times when my camera batteries died but I had the camcorder which can take digital stills if you have it set up a certain way, but if I'm already recording, I can't change my set-up. This feature makes it easy to take my video footage that's on my computer or memory card and print out a still frame for a photo. This is a great printer for families. It prints out great photos and regular papers for school reports, plus has many extra features. 
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Review: HP Photosmart D7460
We bought the D7460 for home and home office use. The only difference, as far as we can tell, is that the D7460 has built-in Wi-Fi. Now, we actually have it sitting next to a wireless router (Apple Airport Express) and could plug it in, but it was only about $25 more for the built-in, and that router is our portable extra that we move around as needed, so no matter what we do with that router, the printer is always ready to go.
I have to say I'm impressed with the print speed and the quality of the prints, both photos and standard printouts. I highly recommend either model.
Hi i am kenneth. The D7460
Hi i am kenneth. The D7460 is having a nice system that has a HP® Photosmart D7260 Color Inkjet Printer Powerful professional printing and versatility in a single compact device. Delivers 34 b/w and 33 color pages/min using exceptional HP® Vivera inks. Standard ethernet connectivity makes printer sharing and work group or you need a nice print easy to print.
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You can imagine the frustration when you are running a brochure printing business, your printers are never good enough because there are always other technological innovations to come and you just can't buy them all.
Photosmart D7260
I bought the D7260 to have a dedicated photo printer. I chose it over the new A626 primarily because the 626 uses a single tri-color cartridge while the D7260 uses individual inks, which allows for more economical ink replacement in the long run. Also, I felt the individual inks will produce a better treatment of colors that will result in more balanced-looking prints. I was right.
I compared pictures I took of the neighbor's cat sitting on my front porch printed off of this printer versus my HP PSC1210 all-in-one using the same paper. The 1210 uses 1 black and 1 color cartridge. The print from the 1210 had a glossier look to it, which the average person would say looked nicer at first glance, but when you tilted it in the light you could see the "pattern" of how the ink was sprayed, it looked like columns. The D7260 print had a nice sheen to it, the contrast wasn't as stark so it allowed for more natural gradations in tone, and with the HP Advanced photo paper there was no smudging and it did not pick up fingerprints. The color rendition had a more natural look to it- on the 1210 print the green of the grass was more intense, on the 7260 print it was truer to the grasses' actual color. The 7260 print had an even, well-proportioned border around it while the 1210 print was all the way to one side, with a blurry edge that actually left off a slice of the original image.
I also printed an image of an auto-body shop in Far Rockaway that had graffiti on it. The colors are outstanding. I cannot tell the difference between this and a lab print, whereas you can easily tell that the print from the 1210 came from a home printer. I'm sure the A626 is a fantastic printer and does a much better job than my 1210 as well. Like the 7260 it also prints at several sizes, prints off a variety of memory cards, has PictBridge connectivity, and a nice touch screen with many in-printer editing features. The small size and probably almost-identical print quality also almost swayed me. But when I walked into OfficeMax last week, and they had these things on clearance for HALF OFF, I didn't hesitate. $85 for the D7260 vs. $150 for the A626 made the decision for me. I hope all my prints come out looking as good as these first ones did.
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