HP Photosmart wireless all in one printer.

Pros:
It's wireless so no messing around with cables!
Good print quality
You can email a document to the printer's own email address

Cons:
Takes a long time to start up
A bit on the noisy side
'Touchscreen' really isn't a touchscreen
Supplied scanning software not the best.


This is my first wireless printer and I've got to say it's a really big plus not having to mess around with cables. Another big advantage of wireless is that you can have as many PC's etc mapped to it. We have three laptops and a home PC and now we can all print if we want to!

Another great feature is the email facility. The printer has it's own email address so you can print from any computer, without having to install printer drivers etc. If a document is mailed to the printer as an attachment, it will even print that. It's such a useful feature!

I don't print photographs so can't vouch for the photo printing quality, but for documents and diagrams/flyers etc that I do print, the quality is great. The printer doesn't gobble up ink cartridges either - it's pretty efficient with ink and cartridges aren't badly priced either - even OEM ones are reasonable if you shop around.

The printer does seem to take a long time to boot up, and it's not a quiet process either, clunking and chugging through the start up process.

I do a bit of scanning and although the scanning quality is good, the software that comes with it isn't great. I had a Lexmark all in one previously and the software for that was easy & logical - not terms I would apply to the HP scanning software.

The 'touchscreen ' as it's promoted, isn't actually a proper touchscreen. You don't touch the icons you want, you navigate round the menu by touching on the left/right arrows at the side, and use the OK or cross icons. The touch is also a bit fiddly and you have to learn the knack or the items don't respond. iPhone users will find the touch process a joke!