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Summary: Review of HP Photosmart 100
Review: I own a 2.1 mega pixel digital camera and this printer makes a great companion. Forget about buying/developing film anymore, the HP Photosmart 100 prints excellent quality pictures that can easily be mistaken for photographs to the casual eye.One noticeable feature is the compact size of this printer. It fits nicely on my already crowded desk. Keep in mind that you'll need at least 6 to 8" of clearence behind the printer for the photopaper to feed properly. Too bad the maximum size paper it will accept is 4x6. Mac users are out of luck since this printer is only compatible with PCs, but another cool feature is that you don't neccessarily need a computer to use this printer since you can print directly from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, or a Sony Memory Stick memory card. PC users still have the option of using USB, but you'll need to purchase a USB cable if you don't have a spare. If you own a digital camera and are looking for an alternative to film, consider this printer. You won't be able to print out any Word documents with it, but you can start displaying and sharing those digital images that are starting to fill your hard drive. :)
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Summary: This is a "must buy" for amateur digital photographers
Review: I purchased a digital camera last year because my children are very young and my wife insisted. Yet, we still take most of our pictures from film because our regular color printer only takes "so-so" photos and it takes too long to print 4x6 pictures (assuming you figure out the software). Accordingly, our digital camera is often left at home. I wanted to change this by purchasing a better photo printer. I was looking at the HP 1315, but was waiting for the price to come down from $400. The other day, however, I saw the HP 100 on display at COMP USA (price--$180)and fell in love with it for nothing more that it's small size and dedicated use for printing 4x6 pictures. This is one of the few computer gadgets I have purchased on impulse. Boy, did I luck out. I was printing professional quality photos from my compact flash media card less than five minutes after removing the printer from the box. My inlaws were impressed with the photo quality and soon began making orders for my digital photos. My digital camera has now moved up to be the number 1 camera. When photo paper and print cartridges go down, we will probably abandon all of our film cameras. Finally, the HP photo printing software is superior to many similar software program in terms of ease of use, including Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition.
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Summary: "Superb" results from such a small printer
Review: I purchased this printer because I own two digital cameras and no computer to down load the pictures. After reading a mazagine I came across the ad for the Hp 100 but I was skeptical on purchasing it until I got some more info or reviews on the product. After researching Amazon.com and Cnet I decided to take a chance and purchase one. It took about five minutes to set it up. I printed a test page on the plain card included and then a thumb nail print from one of my compact flash cards and I wasn't Impressed with them. I Closed my eyes and proceeded to print my first picture, once the printer stopped I opened My eyes. I was shocked at the results they were very impressive, I kept looking at the picture trying to find flaws. I then printed a few more. I couldn't put the pictures down, it was like having your very own photo shop. None of my friends could tell that I printed the photos from a printer until I told them, it was that good! I highly recommend this printer for anyone that has a digital camera. It's light an compact excepts three different types of cards with multi voltage so you can take it anywhere and it also connects to your computer. I'm glad I did my home work and took that chance on purchasing this superb little printer.
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Summary: Forget printing envelopes
Review: I purchased this printer in Aug. 2001. From the start it would not print envelopes.Jammed every one or printed crooked. After numerous non toll free phone calls to HP, who put me thru the wringer on the phone,trying various things to get it to print an envelope, I got a replacement printer.Guess what? It won't print envelopes either ! Same issue ! I have spent over [price]in long distance trying to get HP to send me another printer.I have given up & am turning it all over to my state's consumer affairs office for action. Maybe they can get HP to stand by their product !Prints pictures great....just NOT envelopes !!
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Summary: Easy to use, great color and convenient
Review: I recently purchased this printer because I have a digital camera. Until recently I didn't use the camera much because I wasn't sure what to do with the photos. Once they are on the PC you need a good quality photo printer to print them out. I can now do that with this printer. Also, the convenience of printing from the SmartMedia card is great for me because my family lives 1500 miles away and I can now take pictures and print copies for each of us without the hassle of buying film, having it developed, requesting multiple reprints, mailing, etc. It's also small enough that I can pack it in a catalog case that holds my laptop, printer, digital camera, and 4x6 photo scanner. If you're into photography and/or mobility and need a high-quality, quick and easy photo printer, then this is the one to buy. I absolutely love it!!
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Summary: I am not happy with this photo printer at all
Review: I was very excited about this printer at first until I used it.For me it works properly maybe 1 our of 3 times, the photo paper jams frequently and the quality of the printed photos is not great.When I use mine I always find myself getting very frustrated and wishing that I had bought a higher quality photo printer so I am not pulling my hair out every time I try to print out pictures from my digital camera.The price is good but I would recommend buying a better quality printer.
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Summary: Very Impressive Product
Review: I've had this printer for four days and am now prepared to come to some conclusions: This is an extremely well-made product and appears to be far better made than the other PhotoSmart printers, namely the 1000,1115,1215 & 1315. The output is nothing less than stellar given that it only produces 4x6 prints. It is obviously made for a very specific purpose which includes taking it with you when you travel. (HP offers a travel case on its website.) The print mechanism of the PS 1000, 1215 etc. seems to be very poorly made with lots of plastic parts which ultimately will result in a premature death of some type. It doesn't surprise me that their have been numerous reports of paper jams in the reivews of the other PhotoSmart printers. I've considered owning one of the other printers but this latent flaw prohibits me from buying any other printer. The HP 100 has a very solid feel and efficiently takes the paper in and processes it. It appears that a paper jam is highly unlikely with this product.
The only reason I don't give this a five star review is because of the need for a smaller ink cartridge, having less than half the ink of the #78, yet costing the same. The convience of this printer doesn't come without this added cost. To my knowledge there isn't a larger, more economical cartridge or a two pack offering some savings. However, the high quality of the product ultimately prevails in my mind and leaves me with an optimistic, confident feeling that I have a very good product and that it will remain so for some time to come.
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Summary: Great Printer
Review: I've this printer for about 4 months now. I love it. I also have an HP880c for our regular everyday printing. We also use that printer for pictures, but the clarity and ease of use is nothing compared to the HP PhotoSmart 100. At my cousins baptism we printed pictures from 3 different digital camera's (Canon, Sony, and Fuji). Everyone was impressed with the ease of use, how quick it printed and how good the pictures look. It only prints wallet, 3x5 and 4x6 pictures, however, we really don't print many 5x7's or larger. If we do I just use our other printer. If you have a digital camera this is a great printer to go along with it. Shop around and you can find a great price too.
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Summary: HP100 Photo Printer is great!!
Review: If you have a digital camera and want to print out your favorite photo (either off your flash card or off your hard drive) you'll love this little machine. Prints on 4x6 paper (reasonably priced). Will print all thumbnails off your flash card and number your photos so you can choose which enlarged photo you want. You can print sizes smaller and the photo quality is excellent for the price. Rather quick print and VERY quiet during printing, VERY easy set up with useful software tools. Out of the box and hook up quick, VERY NICE.
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Summary: Does what it says, but....
Review: it does no more. I am an evolving HP enthusiast (or is that Compaq now?), and I enjoyed playing with the HP-100, but I cannot understand the value of this single-purpose photo printer. For about the same money, you can buy the HP-1000, which will not only take your photo data (directly from your camera or its memory card) and print it on the same 4" x 6" photo paper at about the same speed, but will also allow you to print your photos on 5" x 7" or 8" x 10" photo paper. Moreover, the P-1000 line also function as printers. You can hook them up via parallel or USB cables and have a very serviceable day-to-day printer to boot. Lastly, while I do sometimes print my photos at home, it may be cheaper and it is certainly more durable (fading issues are as real with inkjet photo printing as they were on 1st generation, thermal fax machines!) to send them off to an online photo lab.
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