Advantages: Small, Good Card Reader, Quality Prints Disadvantages: Cartridges!, bit slow
...wanted a cheap, good quality HP printer with a card reader that could print good photos and documents, and that's what I got, a good sturdy printer. I'll just go through a few of the points about it and hope you find them useful, especially if you're looking for a new printer yourself
* Design *
It's very small compared to most printers and another advantage is it completely folds up into a nice rectangle for travelling or storage (easily as well!) ... ...*
Well it's a HP printer so the cartridges are a bit more expensive than other printers and in this printer they can get quite confusing. The printer takes 2 cartridges, although 3 different cartridges fit the unit. It must have a colour cartridge installed and one other - either a black cartridge or a photo cartridge.
The Black cartridge is self explanatory whereas the photo cartridge contains 3 colours (black, pink, cyan), similar to the colour ...
dave2069 23.07.2006
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Advantages: Small, Card Readers, Nice prints, Good Value Disadvantages: Paper jams, Lack of borderless A4 printing, costly cartridges
...function is only intended for HP cameras. And like many printers, it does not come with a USB cable.
The main drawback compared to some models is the inability to produce borderless A4 prints. Even 15x10cm photos require special paper with a 'tab'. And then there are the running costs...
It is based on the same ink cartridges as the popular HP5150, so printing costs should be similar, although I haven't calculated mine yet. I have seen figures ... ...nearly as expensive as original HP ones. And I've not tried refilling the cartridges yet. But you've got to try to deprive the printer manufacturers' of this income to discourage them from using this ridiculous marketing model. And then there's the paper costs... For borderless 6x4" photos, you'll need paper with a special tab. HP charge 30p/photo just for this.
Overall, I'm quite pleased with the HP Photosmart 7260 and would recommend it for light-moderate ...
Igloo_Vindaloo 30.01.2005 (31.01.2005)
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Advantages: Excellent quick printing, photos just add icing on the cake Disadvantages: Paper jams for drafts
...relatively quick speed (depending on settings). But beware of using draft prints as this for some reason causes the printer to jam or crumple through the process. Ink catridges suprisingly outlast any other inkjet I have owned. HP 56, 57, 58 are used in this machine. ...
makro74 19.07.2008
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Advantages: Fantastic photo prints Disadvantages: Flimsy build quality
...is good value however the hp paper and ink is not cheap,a HP photo ink cartridge is over £20 and 20 sheets of HP 6x4 inch photo paper cost me £8 but the results speak for themselves.It may be posible to reduce these running costs by using third party consumables but i havent tried any yet so cant coment on these
The printer retails for £89 in the high st but you can get it cheaper online or by shopping around try Dabs or Amazon.
I got my printer ... ...from Comet online for £200 i reckon i saved about £30-40 of the seperate selling price,online prices always seem to be better value as the instore price was £20 more.
Finally a BIG thank you to all the Ciao members who E Mailed me with coments & suggestions after my first review very helpfull thank you feels like a big family ...
wavyframe 01.06.2004
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Advantages: Good photo printer Disadvantages: Cost of ink catridges
...directly into the printer control panel to print your photos as well as prininfg them from your computer..
With an added attachment, a photo cassette you can also print 6x4 inch photos(10x15cm) .
The only drawback with this printer is the price of the HP replacement ink cartridges. ...
bigblue 06.06.2004
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Advantages: Good quality, elegant, fast Disadvantages: expesive maintenance
This is a very good products with both pros and cons. The design structure of the printer is very aesthetic and eyecatching. The presence of a five in one card reader is of great assistance. Not only in the process of printing straight out of the memory chip but also in connecting such memory chips to the computer. As the name suggests this printer is primarily designed for the use as a photo printer and it does its job absolutely well. The print ... ...as well. A lot of ink is wasted during the printing process and the cost of the cartridges are very and refilling is equally expensive. The capacity of the basic cartridges that come with the printer is very limited. Another issue common to most inkjet printers is that the ink solidifies when the printer is not used commonly. But I'd clearly recommend this product to anyone who wishes for a worthy colour printer. ...
hnilesp 08.10.2008
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