HP Photosmart D110A Wireless Printer (CN731AB1H)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Count on the HP Photosmart e-All-in-one for everything you print, including photos, documents and Web content. Make your own photo books, calendars, collages and greeting cards using HP Photo Creations software. Use the HP TouchSmart Frame to print Web content like coupons, recipes and more without using a PC. Plus, print wirelessly from any room in your home and share your photo printer with multiple people. Simply touch one button for easy wireless setup. Print from anywhere, anytime to the HP Photosmart e-All-in-One. Send emails, photos and everyday documents from a smartphone, notebook PC or other mobile device directly to your photo printer. Save power with this ENERGY STAR qualified product, plus save paper by printing multiple pages on a single sheet. Edit and print lab-quality photos without a PC using the memory card slots and 2.36-Inch LCD with TouchSmart Frame. With this HP photo printer, original HP inks and HP Advanced Photo Paper, your prints will last for generations.

WHY BUY?

• Easy photo and everyday printing

• Quickly print from the web without using a PC¹

• Send print jobs from any mobile device with e-mail capability using HP ePrint²

• Use AirPrint^™ to print from iPad^®, iPhone^® or iPod touch^®3

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FUNCTIONS

WEB CONNECTEDAccess and print from the Web using the color display and apps

HP ePRINTIf you can e-mail it, you can print it using HP ePrint²

AIRPRINT^™Simply print wirelessly from your iPad^®, iPhone^®, and iPod touch^®.³

FEATURES

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Built-in Wireless PrintingPrint from any room without using cables

Built-in Wired NetworkingShare your printer with multiple people

Two-sided PrintingSave paper by printing on both sides automatically

Memory Card SlotsPrint photos without using a PC

Color LCD ScreenEdit photos and/or manage your printer easily

4 x 6 Color Photo PrintingPrint brilliant photos for albums or to enhance business documents

Auto Document FeederFax, scan and copy multiple pages automatically

INCLUDED

NOT INCLUDED

SPECIFICATIONS

Print Speed

Up to 29 pages per minute black, up to 23 ppm color⁴; 4" x 6" photo as fast as 70 seconds

Scan

Resolution up to 1200-dpi optical; maximum scan size 8.5" x 11"

Copy

Maximum number of copies, up to 30

Paper Handling

3" x 5" to 8.5" x 14"; up to 1,000 pages per month

Wireless

Wireless 802.11b/g/n

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REMEMBER ORIGINAL HP INK AND PAPER

SAVE MONEY when you choose high-capacity cartridges over standard ones

RECOMMENDED HP INK⁵

60

200 pages

60XL

600 pages

60

165 pages

60XL

440 pages

RECOMMENDED HP PAPER

HP Advanced Photo Paper

HP Premium Plus Photo Paper

HP Bright White Inkjet Paper

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1. Requires a wireless access point and an Internet connection to the printer. Services may require registration. Apps availability varies by country and language. For details, http://www.hp.com/go/ePrinterCenter.
2. Requires an internet connection to the printer. Feature works with any internet- and email-capable device. Print times may vary. For a list of supported documents and image types, see www.hp.com/go/ePrintCenter.
3. Supports iOS 4.2 devices (iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 3rd and 4th generation iPod touch) that support multitasking. Works with HP ePrint-enabled printers and All-in-Ones. AirPrint and iOS 4.2 devices require an 802.11 wireless network connection to the printer. Wireless performance is dependent upon physical environment and distance from the access point. AirPrint and the AirPrint logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. iPad, iPhone and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
4. After first page; see www.hp.com/go/inkjetprinter for details.
5. Average based on ISO/IEC 24711 or HP testing methodology and continuous printing. Actual yield varies considerably based on content of printed pages and other factors. Some ink from included cartridge is used to start up the printer. For details see www.hp.com/go/learnaboutsupplies.

Count on the HP Photosmart e-All-in-one for everything you print, including photos, documents and Web content. Make your own photo books, calendars, collages and greeting cards using HP Photo Creations software. Use the HP TouchSmart Frame to print Web content like coupons, recipes and more without using a PC. Plus, print wirelessly from any room in your home and share your photo printer with multiple people. Simply touch one button for easy wireless setup. Print from anywhere, anytime to the HP Photosmart e-All-in-One. Send emails, photos and everyday documents from a smartphone, notebook PC or other mobile device directly to your photo printer. Save power with this ENERGY STAR qualified product, plus save paper by printing multiple pages on a single sheet. Edit and print lab-quality photos without a PC using the memory card slots and 2.36-Inch LCD with TouchSmart Frame. With this HP photo printer, original HP inks and HP Advanced Photo Paper, your prints will last for generations.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.8 x 17.4 x 7.1 inches ; 13.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003JME93K
• Item model number: CN731AB1H
  

Price : $66.64
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Technical Details

• Now AirPrint compatible. Simply print from iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
• Print, copy, scan with a 2.36-Inch LCD (with TouchSmart frame)
• Quickly print from the Web without using a PC
• Print anywhere, anytime, with any device
• Save energy and conserve resources (Energy Star qualified)

Costumer Reviews

This is a decent low-end printer with a few very cool features, and satisfactory but not stellar performance. It would be the ideal printer for a small family, especially with children who like to print things (and what kids don't like to print things). I'm going to quickly go through the features and mention what I've experienced after playing with it for a few days; where relevant, I'll compare its features to my slightly more expensive Canon printer.

SETUP:

The printer's nicely packed, and easy to put together. The only trick I had was installing the printer cartridges. Like another reviewer said, the printer cartridges don't go in exactly the way the diagram or the illustrated video on the printer's screen suggests. If you make a mistake, it will say that they're not installed, and then you can't just go fix the mistake because it doesn't recognize you've fixed it unless you power off and power on again. One other thing I like is that the whole thing comes with a handy canvas carrying tote. That'll be nice because I may occasionally bring it home.

WIRELESS:

Setting up this printer as a wireless printer was extremely easy. I've setup about 5 different wireless printers over the past year and this was by far the easiest. What made it simple was that the instructions on the printer's screen show you exactly how to connect it to a local wireless point, and then when you install the software on the screen it automatically recognizes the printer as there to be used. Easy stuff.

PHOTOS:

It's advertised as a photo printer, and it does okay with photos but not great. I printed an 8.5 x 11 glossy of my family on quality photo paper and from far away it looks fine, but if you get close you'll see evidence of print lines. It's especially evident on skin, where you can see the little lines that make it almost look like your subjects had been sleeping on corduroy pants and had little fading line indentations left behind.

PRINTING:

For other kinds of print jobs, where fine details are less important, the printer does a good job and things look nice. It's pretty slow, though. It's not nearly fast enough for most professional office use, so the speed alone pretty much qualifies this as a home use printer. My Canon PIXMA MX860, for example, is quite a bit faster, and prints better photos. Of course, that one is bulkier than this one, and costs a bit more.

SCANNING:

The Photosmart scans just fine, though if you want any kind of control you have to scan from the software that installs on your computer with the driver. I tried scanning a page of text to send to my computer using just the controls on the printer and it ended up scanning only half of the page, and inverting the layout from the way it was actually placed on the scan bed. You can only scan one page at a time - there's no feeding.

Additionally, it only scans things as images, that it can send either as .jpg or .pdf files. That means you can't produce an editable text document from a scan unless you have additional software that can convert the images into such. My Canon Pixma MX860 does give me the option to create .txt files.

COPY:

Works fine, exactly as you'd expect.

FAX:

Doesn't exist. This is not a fax machine, so the "All-in-One" might be a bit of a misnomer - then again, who uses fax machines anymore? I have fax capability on all my other printers and I've never had the need to use it. When I absolutely need to fax, I use my office's dedicated machine. One more reason, though, that this wouldn't work as an all-in-one office printer even for a small office, since sometimes business use requires faxing.

WEB:

There are two web features this comes with. One, apparently, doesn't work yet (as of June 30, 2010) but is (allegedly) coming soon. That's the "ePrint" function, that allows a registered user to print to this printer from anywhere on the web, even if they aren't anywhere close to the printer. I'd love to be able to print out stuff I'll need the next day from home, so it'll be ready for me when I arrive at my office, so this is a feature I'm looking forward to.

The other feature is what's called "Print Apps" - basically, you register for print apps online at HPs site (several will be already set up for you if you accept the Web features during setup ... in fact, right now as far as I can tell every one of the available apps is already set up for you, though it looks like they are planning to have a lot more apps.) Anyhow, the webapps allow you to print directly from the web. I kind of like the Sudoku app, that allows me to print Sudoku puzzles directly from the printer. There's also a Coupon app - so far I haven't found any useful coupons, but this could be nice. My son loves the PBS KIds and Disney apps. Again, this would be cool for families.

OVERALL:

This is a decent, low-end printer, with some novel features that would make it great for some personal and home uses. It doesn't print the best photos and it's not as fast as some. At this price, though, it would be a good deal for many users.

I've owned tons of HP Deskjets/Inkjets over the years as well as a Photosmart, so I feel right at home with this printer. Printers are difficult to review because opinions of them vary so greatly from person to person with regards to print quality and desirable features/functions. I will try to keep my impressions short and only comment on the ones that need more explanation.

The good:

-The printer is small and the design is very stylish

-Photo print quality on photo paper is excellent/exceptional on 4x6 HP Advanced Photo paper.

-Printing on regular paper, text, is fine/ok/typical

-The software install on PC was simple/straightforward/easy

-The printer works reliably on wireless and is pretty seamless doing so

-ePrint will be available soon, which opens a whole world of printing possibilities

-Scanning/printing/menu use on the printer is simple after initial setup

-It shipped with a big box of photo paper and nice carrying cases/covers instead of plastic in the packaging

-Being a wireless printer allows everyone in the home to print to it without any complications!

-Registering the printer online was very easy because it automatically filled in the serial number! Awesome!

-It fits a scanner in the same size package that the average printer takes up, saving you desk space

The bad:

-The printer is a little loud and makes some plastic clanking sounds at times

-The initial setup required on the printer menu system was not intuitive. The touch buttons didn't line up how I thought they should with the options on the screen.

-Registering the printer in the ePrint center gave me problems. I finally was successful by using a new email address not registered with HP elsewhere.

-The "on printer screen" tutorial for inserting the ink cartridges is a little misleading. If you do it wrong, then fix, you'll have to power cycle the printer so it "realizes" you installed the ink properly.

Conclusion:

I could recommend this printer for any person who is the casual printer but also would like to print some really high quality photos at home. It fits in well where there are multiple computers on the same wireless network, and even will work with wired computers as long as they are on the same network as the wireless. It seems like HP tried to make things easy, but I'd call this printer more "feature rich" than "dead simple," but I do think all but the most tech averse will be able to work his/her way through any issues.

Compared to other printers out there in this price range, this printer has a lot more features for the money.