Hewlett Packard Photosmart A616 InkJet Printer

Overview: My previous HP printer was a Photosmart 385, which was an awesome printer but died an unnatural death (somehow a dime got caught inside the printing mechanism and chewed up the works). So I purchased an a616 to replace it. Setup: There are two kinds of setup for this printer: USB (to a computer) and Bluetooth (to a PDA or cell phone). The Bluetooth setup was amazingly easy. After I purchased a $30 Bluetooth transmitter for the printer, all I had to do is invoke Discovery mode from my two cell phones and pair them to the printer. I was printing camera snapshots in under two minutes...

I wanted a small photo printer to use to make smaller pictures to stick in letters to the family and use in my scrapping crafts. The HP Photosmart A616 turned out to be perfect. It is very small, so it hardly takes any space on the desk. When you open the front panel (so the paper can come out), the top picture viewer screen pops up also. This is a nice convenience factor. When you are done, you can just push down the picture viewer and close the front. The pictures come out great from the computer or directly off the card. The only time I had a color balance issue was when I was running low..

I purchased this photo printer on sale from Staples last week and so far I have been very impressed with the color and clarity of the photos. The Photosmart A616 is a snap to use right out of the box. The menu is very intuitive and takes little effort to use effectively. Setup is quick and painless. I take most of my photos using a Nikon D50 camera which also produce color-rich and sharp photos. So when you pair these two digital devices together you get prints that are nothing short of amazing. Vibrant saturation and great detail. The Photosmart A616 works equally well for 4X6 or 5X7 color...