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The Hewlett Packard Photosmart Premium (C310) All-In-One (Print,Scan,Copy,ePrint access) is a great deal.
At a Retail Price of $199.95 (Currently at $149.95 from STAPLES) it is a very fast printer with great features.
The Photo printing capability and quality is as good, if not better then anything you'd get from a print-shop.
Printing a 12 Megapixel photo takes about 30 seconds from windows and looks amazing.
Great color saturation and no pixelation or artifacts/noise on the photos.
Normal (Non Photo)Full-page prints are rated at 33 pages per minute in Black and White and
32 pages per minute in color which is above average for an Inkjet printer.
It has a large 4.3" LCD Touchscreen display on the front that can be tilted to different viewing angles.
The Printer supports standard USB connection as well as Wireless 802.11b/g/n connectivity.
Connecting this to my network with WPA/WPA2 Security was a snap with the touchscreen display,
unlike a lot of other printers which are more difficult.
One of the coolest features I think is the eprint feature. You can E-MAIL a document or picture to the
printers' own address (after registered at HP.COM) and it will print out wirelessly at your house or office.
It uses 5 color cartridges for ink. A Replacement on all cartridges is about $54 currently, slightly
more for high-capacity cartidges. It has a separate cartridge for black printing so if you print
photos it will not use the cartridge for normal printing. Supposedly the printer uses less ink than prior models.
The final feature is the wireless apps feature, the printer ships with both work and fun apps installed.
You can print templates such as music scores and calendars, google maps, lots of kids oriented
apps like the one by Dreamworks, that let you output black-and-white cartoon characters for
kids to color on. There are Facebook and Picasa apps that allow you to print photos you've
uploaded online. HP assumed that the company is looking to increase the number of programs for users to download. Note that most of the apps require a Wireless connection in order to work.
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