How is this printer for printing pictures?
81906
I have printed photos up to 8x10 on glossy photo paper and I am happy with all my results. This printer does a fine job printing normal photos. It is not a professional printer, and unless your a professional photographer doing print work for money, you should be more than happy with this printer.
2193737
This has been a great printer for us. Oldest has had it in college for 3.5 years and prints a ton. Has been trouble free and didn't cost a lot.
1294244
It's a regular printer and will print anything you'd use an ordinary printer for- documents on plain paper, photos on photo quality paper, etc. Work greats and prints perfectly.
711854
Thanks for responding! In spite of the lack of reviews, I've decided to give this printer a try ... I'll let you know how that choice turns out!
2204438
Tough question to answer. Photo quality is such a subjective thing. What one person thinks looks great, another does not. Can this printer print photos...yes, absolutely it can. Do they look better than the best photo printers out there...well, no they don't. Do they look good? The quality of the print using the manufactures ink looks good to me using generic glossy photo paper. Good enough to print snapshots, make promotional items for school fund raisers, etc. Would I use this printer to create photos to enter a photo contest...probably not. Keep in mind this as well, the software allows for many different settings of how the printer will print a photo and I have not spent hours tweaking it to my tastes. I just use the default settings and was happy enough with the results to use it again for that purpose. The speed is OK. Not super slow, and not super fast either. I deal with a lot of large format (11x17) drawings...that was my purpose in buying this printer.
1039354
Using the HP OEM inks and photo paper, photo's are excellent. So far we have had ours a little over a year, printed many, many photos (mostly 4x6) and had no problems what-so-ever. We also use it as our everyday printer.
1039351
I haven't used this for photo printer very often. However, on the occasion that I have, the prints were very good.
1694297
Yes, the quality of prints is good but the printer itself can be cranky at times. Be prepared to fuss with settings, drivers, and the paper feeder.
1241398
Depending on what resolution you want will depend on print time. But in all, this printer doesn't take long to print a photo. When it is done... IT is a true photo not some cheap knock off. the quicker you can get the file to the printer the faster it can que them up. standard print package is 200 photo's per cartridge.
1225834
My new printer has not printed even one decent photo. They have all been very low quality and I am starting to think my printer is defective in that respect as HP usually does such a good job with photos. Regular printing is very good.
1445684
I don't think anyone can answer this for you. What do you intend to do with the printer. Do you want multifunction? Will you be printing a few sheets or a great many? Will you be printing a lot of photos?, etc. Decide what you want the printer to do, read the reviews of the many printers on Amazon. If you narrow your choices to a few, maybe someone can help you decide which of them is the best value.
230940
I am able to print beautiful 13 x 19 prints with this printer. I only use Epson paper and inks. They frame well and are archival. I love this printer except for smaller sized paper which does not feed reliably. I thinbk you should be satisfied with the quality of the work it produces.
2721
I have this printer and the photo quality depends a lot on the paper you use. Use one of the recommended HP papers and the photos will look surprisingly good. I also have a big, expensive Canon Pixma Pro 9500 Photo printer that drives me insane. It goes through the 10 color cartridges so quickly (they dry out) I'm constantly replacing them at great expense, so I actually prefer to use my HP printer for most photos.
1488929
This printer will print "acceptable" photos on good quality photo paper. Color rendition is good for snapshots, but never for archival or media production photos. You are getting what you pay for. If it is high quality you need, you will need a much more expensive printer.
1882293
I have not had a single problem with this printer in any way. It also prints directly on CDs. I have scanned photos and documents all have turned out great. Best printer I have ever had.
1020080
This printer can handle just about anything. The best thing to do is create a profile for the programs that you want to print from, calibrate the monitor that you are using and then you should be fine. It will take a few test prints to figure out exactly how you want your prints to look like. Once your profile is set you will be completely satisfied with your prints. Keep in mind that it is also recommended to redo the profile and calibration of your monitor after a few months of hard use, this will ensure that your prints are exactly how you want them. This printer has been the best investment that I have made. I use Adobe InDesign and Photoshop with my printer and this printer has produced some of the best prints that I have ever produced. You will not be disappointed with this printer.
598315
If you are looking to print pictures then Yes. If you are looking to only print black and white there are cheaper options. This does print beautiful pictures though.