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HP Photosmart D7160

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Pros
Superior photo quality
Very easy to use
Cons
Photos falter on plain paper
Flimsy output tray

$42.10 - $210.00
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Pricing: Inexpensive: $120 (4/18/2008)
Performance: Good: 72
Features: Good: 77
Design: Very Good: 88

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Inexpensive: $120

Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $32.99

Standard-Capacity Color Cartridge - $29.97

Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 9.99

Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 9.99

Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 9.99

Performance

Good: 72

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	7.5
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	44.55
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	104.37
Text Output Quality	Good

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.9
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	42.48
One-Page Webpage (secs)	24.56
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	16.88
Color Output Quality	Fair

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	1
Sports Action Shot (secs)	61.63
Color Photo Quality	Superior

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	3.4
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	17.49
Grayscale Output Quality	Good

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	2.9
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	20.75
Line Art Output Quality	Good

Features

Good: 77

Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed	64
Maximum Amount of RAM	64

Dimensions
Dimensions	18.2-by-15.25-by-6.81
Weight (pounds)	17

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:32
Color Pages per Min.	Color PPM:31

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	1200-by-1200
Max. Color dpi	4800-by-1200

Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type	Host Based
PCL Emulation	PCL3

Interfaces
Parallel Port	No
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	Yes
Media Card Readers	CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SD Card, xD-Picture Card
PictBridge	Yes
Other Interfaces	with optional HP bt450 Bluetooth Wireless Printer and PC Adapter

Drivers
Macintosh	Yes
Windows 98	No
Windows NT	No
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	No

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	5.1
Standby Power Draw (watts)	0.3

Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages)	0

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	2
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	2
Tray Capacity, pages	100
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	100
Manual Feed Slot	No
Maximum Paper Size	Banner
Output Tray Capacity	50

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	8
Sunday Support Hours	8
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black	0.05
Cost per Page, Color	0.12

Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle	3000
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields	660
Color Ink/Toner Yields	420
Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	400
Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	370
Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	500

Bundled Items
Included Hardware	Power supply, power cord
Included Software	HP Photosmart Premier software

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: 88

HP Photosmart D7160 Review

by Melissa Riofrio

- HP packs the Photosmart D7160 with everything you need to print photos, including the ability to print directly from a variety of media cards. HP also bundles its useful Photosmart Premier editing software and its Creative Templates for designing albums and other pieces.

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User Reviews for HP Photosmart D7160

Reviewed by: clowdy4

Duration of ownership: 10 Months

Strengths: It provides very good photo quality, at printing speed worth waiting for. Very user friendly.

Weaknesses: Registration glitch with the software, though since been resolved with an update.

Overall Evaluation: A very good buy. HP has proven and provided a quality printer at a low price. WAY TO GO HP.
Reviewed by: Usrn

Duration of ownership: 5 Days

Strengths: Fast, economical

Weaknesses: Photo prints

Overall Evaluation: I've been mesmerized by the number of HP printers - so much that I didn't even want to consider them. Finally, because I saw decent inital reviews of the D7160 (some reviews of which are confused in this review section with another printer), I got it. I however read some other reviews besides the vague one here at PC World which went into more depth. One lengthy review mentioned at the very end that the photo quality was disappointing and oversaturated. This is a major point to bring out in a *photo* printer; the writer treated it like a minor detail.