Travel Printer Review

HP is one of the leading brands in printers. It is more popular brand among users because of lower costs as compared to Epson and other brands. Most of the HP printers are of good quality. However HP Photosmart A626 Compact travel printer is something worth mentioning. Launched in August 2007 it is a very good travel printer according to me. I cannot make false claims that it is ‘the best’ but surely a good one.

There are many notable features of HP Photosmart A626 compact travel printer. Here are a few which you will find interesting. One of them is a 4.8” touch screen with LCD display. You can print pictures of different sizes like 4 x 6, 5 x 7 and even 4 x 12 even when you are on the roads.

There are 4 memory card slots which do accept compact flash, memory stick, SD cards, MMC cards and even picture card. There is even a PictBridge USB port. Besides, it is even Bluetooth compatible but needs an additional Bluetooth adapter.

Another notable thing is the wireless technology. There are no more wires hanging. Then there are some other technical details which users might be interested. It has 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution and 4,800 x 1,200 optimized dpi. With in built memory of 64 GB.

It is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac. It is even capable of removing the red eye from the pictures, adjust the brightness, crop, add frame or even clip art to the images. In short you can modify and personalize your photo to make it your perfect picture.

There are a few drawbacks of HP Photosmart A626 Compact travel printer. First is that although it is compact but will not be able to fit in the bags. To compensate it they have made a handle and it weighs 3.4 pounds. The rechargeable battery is not included and should be bought separately. It cannot carry the papers internally. It has only 3 color ink without the black color. This affects the shadowing quality. Then the speed is another issue. When most printers try to increase their speed this one lags a little behind. It takes more than a minute to print a sheet. Disapproved by many users!

Another thing which has turned many buyers is the cost of the accessories. The only things that come with this travel printer are the tri color ink cartridge which will not last more than 20 pictures, a software CD, Set up guide, user guide and power adapter. The rest must be bought separately. When you sum up the cost of the remaining accessories they add up to as much as the cost of the printer itself. This travel printer is sure a good one but how much are you willing to spend!!