There are a lot of laser
printers in the market, but it's very difficult to find a laser photo printer.
For one, most laser printers are used for professional use, but if you want to
use it for printing pictures and photographs, you might not get the exact
quality that you want. But there's one model that's not a laser printer but can
produce laser-quality photos that you will definitely admire - the HP Photosmart A826 Compact Photo Printer. Here is a review that will cover everything
you need to know about this model.
This compact photo printer
from HP is equipped with a 7-inch full-color touch screen with dedicated
buttons on the side. Using the small stylus, you can crop, remove red-eye, add
text and doodles, and play with the different frames and album formats. It
produces high quality prints in 5x7 and 4x6 sizes, and it is really easy to
use.
Viewing and printing photos
is easier than ever, using 7.0 inch color touchscreen which you can use to
easily navigate and operate the device without a computer. Print photos with
ease simply insert a memory card, select photos without a computer. Use your
finger or the stylus to hand write on photos before printing. You can add
captions and descriptions, create fun, custom photos and personalized greeting
cards with more than 200 borders, graphics and more. Print photos in multiple
sizes 5 x 7, 4 x 6 inches, wallet size, panorama and more. It has the
dimensions of 10.4'' x 9.6'' x 10.8'' and a weight of 5.8 pounds, very easy to
travel with and bring around. The device has a USB port, a PictBridge camera
connectivity, and four memory card slots for several options of storage media
devices.
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Printing and Feature
The Photosmart A826 is geared
toward standalone, PC-free use, so most of its features are packed right into
the touch screen. You don't want set up the A826 to print from a PC, the four
memory card slots and PictBridge port make it easy to print from a memory card
or PictBridge device like a camera or camera phone. It can print to a speed of
39 seconds per page and it produces photos with a resolution of 4800x1200 dpi.
Alternatively, you can view your photos as a slide show for more options. Edit
lets you crop, reduce red-eye, and adjust the brightness. The crop feature lets
you zoom in and out, rotate the cropped area between portrait and landscape
modes, and use the stylus to drag the crop box around the image, so you get
just the part you want. The edits that you make to the image aren't saved to
the original file on the memory card, which is good in that you can't
accidentally change the file, but having the option to would be nice. It also
has optional wireless connectivity which you can use to access the device
through several computers within a single network. The only drawback of this
model is that it's not Energy Star qualified, so you consume more energy by
using it. But if you only use it for printing photos alone, it wouldn't really
matter much because you only use it occasionally.
What We Liked…
- Easy for non-technical users
- Fun "creative" modes for editing photos
- Excellent screen and interface
- Good print quality
What We Didn’t…
- Stingy starter ink cartridge
- No way to save edits and tweaks to memory cards
Customers Review
