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Reviews: Snapshot Printers
HP Photosmart A616
Color Pages per Min.: 1.5 • Max. B&W dpi: 1200-by-1200 • Max. Color dpi: 4800-by-1200 • Tray Capacity, pages: 1 • Price When Reviewed: $130
HP Photosmart A616 (Front)
HP Photosmart A616 (Front)
78.4 Good
Last updated
October 26, 2007
Test Center Reviewed by
Paul Jasper
Pros
  • Also produces 5-by-7-inch shots
  • Easily portable
Cons
  • Slow printing
  • Inconsistent quality
Pricing: Inexpensive: $130 (9/11/2007)
Performance: Poor: 57
Features: Superior: 93
Design: Very Good: 86
Pricing
Inexpensive: $130  
Performance
Poor: 57  
Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) 0.5 
Skin Tones/Portrait (secs) 104.64 
Sports Action Shot (secs) 110.34 
Landscape (secs) 112.54 
Color Photo Quality Fair 
Grayscale Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Grayscale Photo Speed (ppm) 0.6 
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) 106.29 
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality Good 
Features
Superior: 93  
Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed 32 
Dimensions
Dimensions 9.9 by 4.6 by 5.0 
Weight (pounds) 3.44 
Vendor Rated Speeds
Color Pages per Min. 1.5 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 1200-by-1200 
Max. Color dpi 4800-by-1200 
Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type PCL 
PCL Emulation PCL3 
PostScript Type None 
Interfaces
Parallel Port No 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 Yes 
USB 2.0 Yes 
Ethernet No 
Media Card Readers CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SD Card, xD-Picture Card 
PictBridge Yes 
Other Interfaces Optional Bluetooth 
Drivers
Macintosh Yes 
Windows 98 No 
Windows NT No 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Linux No 
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 12 
Multifunction Printer Specs
LCD Type Color 
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard
Number of Input Trays, Maximum
Tray Capacity, pages
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays
Manual Feed Slot No 
Maximum Paper Size 4 by 6 inches 
Output Tray Capacity 20 
Auto Duplexer No 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 24 
Saturday Support Hours
Sunday Support Hours
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Color 0.36 
Bundled Items
Included Software HP Photosmart Premier and Essentials for Windows, Macintosh 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category More bad news for HP: below-average grades for out-of-box problems and significant problems with its printers. Readers aren’t thrilled with HP’s phone support either. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Worse than Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Worse than Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Average 
Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support Average 
Overall quality of vendor's phone support Worse than Average 
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service Average 
Overall quality of service Average 
Design
Very Good: 86  

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