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Summary: Excellent Pictures
Review: I just got the printer from Amazon.com and have printed text and photos. My test Photograph of a butterfly with yellow, bloack, bule and red/brown colors. It came out perfect. I used Kodak Photo Paper and the colors matched reality on an 8 x 10 picture that came from a Toshiba M70 3.3 megapixel cameral. In previous tries on my old Canon 620 the colors never matched. That is one reason I upgraded to the HP 7550. The test picture came out good enough to frame. I did quite a bit of research on other printers and my decision came down to the HP 7550 or the Canon i950. I checked...to compare reviews with those at Amazon.com. Most reviewers put this printer in their higher categories but not necessarily at the top. Their reasons for limiting the appeal of the printer had to do with speed and price. Both the Canon and the HP were rated excellent for picture quality, however, another reviers mentioned that Canon pictures did not stand the test of time, while the HP is supposed to last many...many years. In my opinion, the printer speed is adequate for home use, and although not the fastest, it is not excessively slow either. The price compared with the Canon was close when considering rebates at Amazon.com and in comparison with others..., had one of the best prices. On the downside, the printer has a moderate noice level and it is also larger than many other printers. But for me, this did not matter, so I decided to stick with 5 stars.
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Summary: Wow
Review: I dont often say wow!
I build systems and have a somewhat jaded view of some claims as a result.
I paired this printer with an Olympus 4megpixel and also a Sony 4 megapixel camera.
It showed up and I inserted a memory card without firing up the pc, two presses later out popped a 4x6 that could have come from the Lab.
8x10 also no problem.
If its not photographic quality then I dont know what is!
Amazing quality on HP paper.
I read some of the other reviews that were not as flattering and I am glad I ignored them.
I truly fail to see how the quality of the prints could be any better.
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Summary: I'm not quite sure yet...
Review: I got this for my girl friend's father for an early Father's Day gift. The set-up instructions were really easy and I was able to load and print a terrific picture from a smart media card within 10 minutes. He was very happy to use it for about a week. And then it broke. HP tech support - after several days of phone calls - said that they would send him a replacement. So - at first glance this printer seems really good, but I don't know about how well it is going to perform in the long run.
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Summary: * NOT Memory Stick Pro compatible *
Review: All of the other reviews raving about the ease of use, the convenience of the photo tray, and side loading ink cartridges, as well as the ability to hold all three types of ink cartridge, are true. The print quality is fantastic. We networked a color laserjet at home for heavy duty printing, and gave away our then year old all in one inkjet printer, and BW laser to students/family almost 3 years ago. First of all, let me say that HP printer quality is fantastic. Two Canon printers I'd owned prior to switching to HP were both trashed within a year. I know the HP printers I own and I passed on are still going strong after 4 yrs of daily use. And while those prior inkjets HP/Canon were superior to our color laser in color print quality, none of them approached photo quality. So I still sent away for prints at shutterfly and ofoto with digital pix, and still bothered with getting CDs from our trusty 35mm point and shoot.
AFter 2 days of owning this printer(and probably other photo printers of this generation) I am ready to give away all my film cameras. You can't tell the difference from a real store print especially on the premium paper. and my online photo accounts will probably get archived from disuse... My visiting aunt was so happy to get some instant photo prints with my mom. You don't need to take down email addresses to mail album links etc later. Cons:
The included software to print and handle photos is not the greatest but its adequate if you took good pix in the first place.
My biggest disappointment is that it won't read my 512 MB memory stick pro card. anyway, I was planning on using that big one more for MPEG movies at VGA res, and have a couple of 128 MB sticks which it does read, that I can use for photos. and given that my camera hooks up via USB to the computer, not much is lost.
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Summary: Greatly exceeded my expectations
Review: I bought this printer after owning a Canon i850- which turned out to be a total disappointment. I ended up selling it. The HP 7550 exceeds all my expecations. It prints photo quality. You cannot tell the difference if the picture is in a frame, using photo glossy paper. This is an outstanding printer.
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Summary: Awesome Printer
Review: We bought the 7550 to print photos from our 4 megapixel camera. The printer has more functions than we're likely to use but the bottom line is output quality of this printer is STUNNING. It's better than any other printer I've seen. * That alone gets it 5 stars. * Pluses:
+ Bundled software is actually very useful and easy to install.
+ Setup and driver installation was easy and went flawlessly.
+ 4x6 photo card feeder and auto paper sensor takes the guessworok out of printing photos. + Photo printing is better than I've seen on any other printer.
+ Employs 7 ink colors for excellent quality photos. Minuses:
- I was quite put off by the fact that no USB cable was included. I actually had to run to the store to buy one in order to hook it up.
- This thing guzzles ink. Because of the cost of consumables, we are going to use the 7550 exclusively for photo printing. We have a Canon S630 that is no comparison when printing photos but has great quality for all around printing. We're keeping it since it is much more economical to operate than the HP. The Canon allows you to replenish ink tanks individually. With HP, when one color is exhausted in a 3-color cartridge, you throw it away. I wish HP would change this...
- The price was little difficult to swallow until I saw the output.
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Summary: LAB LIKE PHOTOS!!!!
Review: After I printed the first picture I could not believe printers had such capabilities. The photos have the same quality as a photo developted in a lab. The memory card slots are extremely usefull since you don't have to wait for your computer to boot up before printing. Your friends come home, you take their pic, print it and give them the pic. They love it. Picture life spam is 70 years!
Only cons are the cost of cartriges and 4x6 photo paper.
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Summary: The best printer ever
Review: I got the Hewlett Packard 7550 printer for Christmas, and I loved it ever since. The pictures that you print come out with no jaggedy lines or misprints. This is a great printer inside and out.
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Summary: A Big Improvement
Review: I've owned quite a few HP color printers and keep "trading up" hoping to find the perfect one. Well, with the 7550, HP has really done it. After the dismal failure of the 1315 (nice LED screen on front but nothing more), the 7550 puts HP back in the running for the industry standard in printing position. All things considered, it is not quite as wide as the pictures make it look but it is a lot bigger than their 895 series so it is not going to fit on anybody's desk with room to spare. But it does have a lot going for it. HP listened to the public and this unit is built a lot more solid than the last one - particularly the paper trays. Also, putting in the ink cartridges is a breeze as the door is to the right of the LED screen and you don't need to have half the top of the unit come up. They've now given us a third cartridge but I don't think this is an unnecessary expense. Rather, it is exclusively for photographs and, using the software they generously give you with the system, it only takes one test run to realize that this is better than any photo developers shop output. Professional quality doesn't really tell the whole story; that's how good your photos will look! And the reason for only 4 stars? The unit still shakes and rattles somewhat violently when printing. Make sure it is securely placed on a table before you go to print. And, like all the rest, HP is generous enough to give you a starter set of ink (thank you!) but why on earth would they sell a printer without a USB cable? So, if they're still listening to the public, fix those two minor "quirks" and this baby won't be getting four stars next time around - we'll give it SIX!
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Summary: Blue-ribbon Printer
Review: This is the nicest printer I've ever owned. I have a Sony DSC-P9 digital camera and use the printer's memory stick slot to download my photos. This process is a bit slower than downloading from my camera, but the convenience outweighs the slight increase in download time. Print quality is excellent.
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