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HP PhotoSmart 7150 Inkjet Printer
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Features: Photo-quality inkjet printer with easy digital camera connection
Up to 4,800 dpi color resolution on photo paper
2 USB ports, 1 in front and 1 in back
Supports optional duplex accessory for 2-sided printing
PC and Mac compatible
Editorial Reviews:
The HP PhotoSmart 7150 color inkjet printer offers true-to-life photo-quality results with up to 4800 x 1200 optimized color dpi (on premium photo papers and 1200 x 1200 input dpi when printing from a computer) or up to six-ink color printing. You can easily connect select HP Digital Camera (812 Digital Camera) with direct-printing capability to the front USB port, and then print your photos - without using a computer. In addition, HP PhotoSmart 7150 prints borderless 4" x 6" photos using convenient 4" x 6" paper tray and HP Premium Plus photo paper.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent printer, unless you're running VISTA
Comment: I have used this printer with a Presario XP computer. It has been flawless in photo printing, graphic output, and is a draft mode workhorse. I give it five stars for: durability, performance, and quality.
Now you should know: HP will NOT provide a VISTA printer driver. That means you CANNOT use this printer in VISTA. I have spent over one week attempting to use various HP print drivers to no avail. I have contacted HP. Their response: HP will not support this printer in VISTA - buy a new printer.
I'm taking their advice. I'm buying an EPSON.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I used to love this printer...
Comment: ...until I discovered it doesn't work with Vista.
Since every other printer I have (Samsung, Sony, Epson, Kodak) works fine in Vista (I'm in the photo biz and have a lot of printers!), I can only conclude that HP is doing something "nonstandard" in its driver and if it followed the rules for writing a printer driver it would have worked.
If you think you may run Vista, do NOT buy this printer.
HP's support web site gave me the run-around....it referred me to a page that did not include information for this device.
Customer Rating:
Summary: When it's dead, it's dead for good.
Comment: It is an OK printer while it is working. But when all three control lights start blinking (without any reasonable introduction), you should pretty much give up all your trouble shooting efforts. The "Help" section is worthless, just as the "Basics Guide" booklet. The bubble from the utility bar keeps referring to a craddle blockage that is simply not there...Would you wanna waste hours on the phone to get to technical assistance? The only reason I even remotely consider buying another HP printer, because now I am stuck with all the refill cartridges...
Customer Rating:
Summary: HP 7150
Comment: My HP 7150 prints nice photographs. The quality is very good, but I have had a lot of difficulty getting 4x6 sizes of paper to feed properly.
Also, business letters are important to me and I can't get envelopes to feed properly.
It has been frustrating not having availability of free customer service.
I will probably replace this unit with an Epson in the near future.
Customer Rating:
Summary: See my earlier review
Comment:
I reviewed this product on October 19th, last year. It has been six months now, and the printer is still operating flawlessly. It feeds well, prints great color pictures, and I am completely pleased with it.
If only HP would make one a little faster, with the same quality.
Joseph (Joe) Pierre
author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books
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Technical Details
Binding: ElectronicsBrand: Hewlett-Packard
Feature: Photo-quality inkjet printer with easy digital camera connection
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: HEWQ1604A
Modem Description: None
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Studio: Hewlett Packard
Warranty: 1 year warranty
