Hewlett Packard PhotoSmart 7550 InkJet Printer

Pros: Print your photos without a computer and view them on the LCD on the printer.
Cons: None, well maybe the cost!

The HP Photosmart 7550 is the top of the class for the new PhotoSmart series with a color LCD for viewing your photos and seven color printing. The 7550 gives you seven colors in three ink cartridges, one black, one tri-color and a three color photo...

Pros: Excellent detail quality, excellent overall printer, color LCD, accepts many card types
Cons: Price, colors not as vibrant as other high end photo inkjets like Canon S900.

After a failed attempt to buy a PhotoSmart 7550 at $300, I just bought the unit at my local CostCo for $399 that included 200 pages of photo paper on an American Express Gold Card (so I can use the Best Value Guarantee to get back another $40-50!). The...

Pros: Print from your digital memory card without using a computer, most memory card formats supported.
Cons: Printing speeds are industry average. May consume ink fast, depending on how you customarily print.

SOME GENERALIZATIONS The HP Photosmart 7550 dispenses photos with both crisp color and invigorating detail. This high performance printer is ideal for the ...

Pros: Quiet, attractive, rugged, dependable, quality ink, separate 4x6 tray, superb printouts after software adjustment
Cons: Flimsy paper tray lid, expensive ink, colors need software adjustment, duplexer for plain paper only

The software installs easily and runs glitch-free. Canceling a job doesn’t send the printer and software into a tizzy like with my previous printer.

HP gives each of its printers a “recommended monthly volume, maximum” rating,...

Pros: Great photo and general printer
Cons: Eats up ink fast

When I first bought this printer, I was having a hard time deciding if I even needed a new printer at all. I've been using a basic Canon BJ-250 printer for 3 years now, for basic text printing. I knew it was getting time to upgrade, even though the old ...

Pros: great print quality. holds extra 3-color cartridge. media card slots. holds 4x6 paper.
Cons: expensive ink cartridges. slow access time of the media slots. bad install program

I bought this model over the 7350 model because it can hold the extra cartridge giving you "7 colo ...

Pros: Highly versatile input capabilities, fast text print speed, great print output, intuitive, hp historical reliability.
Cons: Wee bit pricey for slightly less than perfect color output, doesn't include USB cable.

If you are reading this review, chances are you are also considering purchasing a Canon S900, 830D or an Epson of some sort. As I played around with these printers extensively prior to choosing the HP, I will try to provide relevant comparisons of these...

Pros: Image Quality, Ease of Installation, Reduced Price ($299)! Must Buy!
Cons: Must Use HP's 4x6 Photo Paper to get Full 4x6 Print! Print Cartridges Not Cheap!

I purchased this printer 11/4/2002 from Circuit City for $239.99, and bought HP's 4x6 Photo Paper ($20.00), and I am one happy camper. I am using this HP Printer on an AMD Athlon XP 1600 with 512 mb RAM, and an 80 GB HDD. You don't need to have a...

Pros: LCD, nice quality prints, and it's easy to use
Cons: Small ink tank, cheaply made paper tray (I use legal paper), and poor software package

I picked this printer up at Walmart the other day. It was marked down from $299 to $160! I took the ...

Pros: Lightweight, easy to install
Cons: none

After receiving this product, I had it installed and hooked up to my existing computer system in no time. The installation instructions were extremely basic and easy to follow. The quality of photos printed with this printer is just downright amazing! No...

Pros: Great picture quality, easy to use, prints directly from memory card
Cons: None at this time.

Overall I'm extremely happy with that choice.

I have purchased this printer after trying for couple days Sony photo printer and I'm glad I've switched. The printer is very easy to use, it can print directly from any memory card that includes...

Pros: Great photo prints, even at low quality! Easy installation of software
Cons: Slow.

I looked at this printer for a long time before I got a great deal on a refurbished one - $150 at Fry's Electronics. The pictures are perfect! Even at everyday/draft print quality you get a nice looking pictures. The cost of ink is comparable to any other printer I've seen. You get a black cartridge, a Red/Blue/Yellow cartridge, and you can switch out the black for a photo gray, to get even better pictures! (I haven't done that yet) The Printer Setup has many, many features, including printing on both sides of the paper, poster format, where you can print one page onto 4, 6, or 9 pages, and put them together like a puzzle. The only thing ever bothers me is that it prints slowly. About a minute or two for each 4x5 inch picture at high quality. So, if you're looking for great quality and a good price, look no further. You've found it! 6-4-05 Walt D in LV

Pros: Quality, price of cartridges, LCD Screen options/
Cons: Could print a little more faster than it does, paper tray sometimes jams.

I have owned this printer for the last 5 years and must say that I haven't seen any other inkjet printer print at the quality that the HP Photosmart 7550 prints at. I love the DPI that it produces at, especially when printing 4x6 photos. I've never had a problem with it and it's still going strong after 5 years.

Pros: Excellent print quality, speed (black), easy setup.
Cons: Costs of photo cartridge 58, otherwise none.

After reading reviews for HP7550, Canon i850 as well as the i950, I'd decided to buy the hp for £240.

That was 2 months ago and I believe I'd made the right choice. What the other reviewers said about the printers are spot on. Its print quality is excellent, black printing is fast as well as crisp. Photo printing, especially printing A4, is very slow but acceptable for 4 x 6.

The only down side is the cost of cartridges. After approx 20 A4 and 50 6 x 4, the photo cartridge (58) is dead, whereas the colour cartridge (57), which was a left over from my HP photosmart 100 is still going. At £18 a go, the cartridge itself isn't cheap.