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HP Photosmart D7160

B&W Pages per Min.: 32 • Color Pages per Min.: 31 • Max. B&W dpi: 1200-by-1200 • Max. Color dpi: 4800-by-1200 • Tray Capacity, pages: 100 • Price When Reviewed: $120
Last updated
April 11, 2008
Test Center Reviewed by
Melissa Riofrio
Pros
Cons
  • Pricing:Inexpensive: $120 (4/18/2008)
  • Performance:Good: 72
  • Features:Good: 77
  • Design:Very Good: 88

Pricing Inexpensive: $120

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

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)
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

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. 32 
Color Pages per Min. 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)
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard
Number of Input Trays, Maximum
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
Sunday Support Hours
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

Very Good: 88
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