Pros
- Inexpensive
- Prints high-quality text and graphics
Cons
- Grainy glossy photo prints
At A Glance
Printed very sharp text and attractive graphics on plain paper, but glossy photos looked grainy and lacked detail.
Manufacturer’s Description
Versatile, professional-quality printer for true-to-life photos up to 4800-optimized dpi, plus laser-quality black text. Enjoy fast document printing speeds up to 22 ppm black, up to 21 ppm color, plus 4x6 photos in as fast as 27 seconds. Print documents in laser-quality black that retains clarity for decades and longest-lasting color photos with the look and feel of traditional photos using HP photo ink cartridge. Print custom-size photos 4x6 to 8.5x11 to 8.5x24 panorama size directly from PictBridge enabled cameras - no computer needed.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | C9045AB1H |
| Inventory Number | 24597 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 32.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.032 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 44 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 7 watts |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 18.1 inches |
| Depth | 8.7 inches |
| Height | 6.7 inches |
| Weight | 7.6 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 100 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 1100.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | No |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 4800 x 1200 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PCL 3 |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Fair |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 5.1 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Very Good |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Good |
| Color Photo (secs) | 30.65 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Fair |
| 5 x 7 Photo (secs) | 43.88 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 31.84 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 67.8 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 127.05 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 30.65 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 116.58 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.4 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Very Good |
| Color Photo, Best Quality Settings | 43.88 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 1.4 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 67.94 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Very Good |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 1.6 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Very Good |
