Pros
- Good quality text output
Cons
- Dissapointing glossy photo prints
- Lacks media card slots
At A Glance
Printed very attractive color graphics on plain paper, but glossy photos suffered from obvious banding.
Manufacturer’s Description
Print everything from documents to creative photo projects and more right from your home or office. Enjoy exceptional fade resistance for all of your printed photos and documents. Print photos without a computer from PictBridge-enabled cameras using front USB port. Remove red eye and enhance photo detail with built-in HP Real Life technologies.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | C9017A |
| Inventory Number | 24607 |
| 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 | 8.0 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 | Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Fair |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Very Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 5.8 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Very Good |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Very Good |
| Color Photo (secs) | 23.98 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Fair |
| 5 x 7 Photo (secs) | 45.03 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Good |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 25.49 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 51.27 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 90.47 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 23.98 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 103.76 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.3 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Good |
| Color Photo, Best Quality Settings | 45.03 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 1.3 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 49.62 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Very Good |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 2.2 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Good |
