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I ordered this printer to go with my new digital camera and found it simple to install and get started. I was able to print a great photo immediately using the sample paper provided. It is terrific quality and rivals 35mm prints from the photo finisher. If you are looking for a reasonably priced photo printer with all the extras this is a good choice. Printing direct from camera cards with out turning on the computer is very handy.

I bought this printer (7760 with the 57 & 58 ink cartridges) so I could have good quality edge to edge photo printing, even though I swore that I would never buy HP again. The problem is, no matter how much HP sucks, they are still the best out there, at least for printers. After taking the printer out of the box, I almost sent it back within ten minutes. It does not come with a USB cable. I have an older computer notebook: Pentium II with Windows 2000, 8G harddrive and 96MB ram. The installation disk told me upon beginning of installation that my operating system and memory were inadequate for this product but would be OK. However I had IE 5.0 and the program requires IE 5.5 or better. And it had to be Internet Explorer; Netscape or any other browser was not acceptable. I had no intention of ever getting on the internet with this computer so this upset me greatly. So that was 15 minutes wasted. After digging out my modem and connecting to my telephone line it took another 100 minutes to install the latest version of IE (6.1 I think). Then back to the installation disk, and that took another 55minutes. At which point I'm really beginning to wonder about those HP goofball engineers and hope that the printer works faster than the installation. Then it asks me to reboot and it takes another 40 minutes before it asks me to plug in the USB cable. A few more minutes and I am printing. The printing is slow, but it is still faster than my HP 1220c with the 78 ink cartridge and the quality is notably better. It is still not "photo processed" quality, but it is still outstanding and satisfies my need for printing pictures from my new 3 megapixal camera. I also have a Canon BJC-5000 with a BC-22e cartridge which print quality was almost equal to the 1220 but with less contrast. HP uses IE for the help files and online registration.

Best photo printer I ever have owned. Easy set-up. Quick printing, great colors, love the little LCD screen that shows the picture as it prints. Reads directly from compact flash card; no computer needed. Ink and paper are expensive, but I'm worth it.

Downside: paper path a little convoluted but no problems. Perfect companion for my Nikon CoolPix 5400 digital camera.