HP PhotoSmart 7550 Inkjet Printer

Average customer rating: 4.0

Was a good printer in its day, but a $300 tag by sellers NOW?? WHY?
Crucial pieces broke off
Best Printer I ever owned
Great printer
Quality Unsurpassed!!!

Listmania:

Home Entertainment for Cool People

HP PhotoSmart 7550 Inkjet Printer

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000069LI8
2002-09-07

Related Categories:

Inkjet

| Printers | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics

Camera Memory-Card Slot

Fast Photo Printing

Fade-Resistant Prints

With Preview Monitor

All Photo Printers

Photo Printers

| Printers & Scanners | Camera & Photo | Categories | Electronics

Inkjet Printers

Test Printer Node

| Custom Stores | Specialty Stores | Electronics Features | Electronics

Printers

Office Electronics

| Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics

Inkjet

Photo Printers

Inkjet

Camera Memory-Card Slot

Fast Photo Printing

Fade-Resistant Prints

With Preview Monitor

All Photo Printers

DeskJet Printers

| Hewlett-Packard | Camera & Photo Brands | Camera & Photo Features | Electronics

PhotoSmart Printers

| Hewlett-Packard | Camera & Photo Brands | Camera & Photo Features | Electronics

Printers & Scanners

| Used Photo & Camera | Specialty Stores | Camera & Photo Features | Electronics

All Hewlett-Packard

| Hewlett-Packard | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics

DeskJet Printers

PhotoSmart Printers

Photo Printers

| Printers & All-in-Ones | Technology | Categories | Office Depot

Product Description

Get high performance from the HP PhotoSmart 7550 printer - HP's best photo-quality printer! Preview and edit photos before you print with the color LCD for easy photo previews. Crisp detail and color with up to 4800 optimized dpi (on premium photo papers and 1200 x 1200 input dpi when printing from a computer) or up to seven-ink printing. Print directly from your digital camera memory card using convenient card slots - without using a computer.

Amazon.com Product Description

The HP PhotoSmart 7550 brings exceptional quality, speed, and precision photo printing to home desktops. Crisp detail and rich, vivid color arrive through an optimized maximum resolution of 4,800 dpi, while advanced paper sensors automatically adjust the print settings for best quality.

The HP PhotoSmart 7550's most remarkable feature is a front-panel color LCD screen that lets you preview and edit photos before printing. With the 7550, you can print directly from your digital camera memory card without using a computer. Compatible with CompactFlash Types I and II, SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, and Sony Memory Stick memory media, the printer can produce borderless photos using the 4-by-6-inch photo paper tray and HP Premium Plus photo paper.

The paper tray holds up to 100 sheets of varying sizes, and is built to accommodate heavyweight glossy pages without frustrating jams. Specially designed HP inks and papers resist fading twice as long as traditionally processed photos--up to 65 years in some cases. The included software bundle lets you organize and file images in a variety of ways--even create custom slide shows viewable on a PC or TV via a DVD player. Plus, Windows users can organize and store digital photos on CD-ROM and print favorites.

The USB-equipped HP PhotoSmart 7550 is compatible with either PC or Macintosh and has all drivers, power cords, and ink cartridges included right in the box. Hewlett-Packard provides a one-year warranty that covers parts and service.

Customer Reviews:

Was a good printer in its day, but a $300 tag by sellers NOW?? WHY?.......2006-12-10

This was one of my faves but coincidentally, just after the warranty expired, all three printer cartridge holders (plastic holders where one snapped the cartridge in) broke off completely rendering the printer useless. But boy, it was a great printer while it lasted -- which, in my case seemed all too short and highly disappointing! Equally disappointing are the current ads for sale of this printer... Shame on the people/business today, STILL selling (or trying to sell) this printer for $299.00 and over $300! HP discontinued this model LONG AGO and by today's comparisons, does not print anywhere near as fast nor uses the Vivera inks that the newer models of today do -- although the prints would be very nice looking, nonetheless. Unfortunately, this printer does not have the photo gray option either.

I am only writing this b/c I happened to see this model printer here and was surprised to see it still for sale. Being as attached to this printer that I was, I had a fleeting thought to purchase another, though I was more curious in the current sales. I don't need another printer now... Then I saw the steep pricing and felt that is just way out of line and is my feeling this printer should not sell for over $65!! Man! The three-hundred dollar range is what it sold for originally and has by far been surpassed with better quality, making these prices now - unjustified! This printer cannot possibly command a same value this late in time and is ludicrous to ask for that. Additionally, I gave only 3 stars b/c of the cartridge holders, given that all three broke at once! How odd, but now I see that others had that happen as well, and was possibly a defect/weakness of the design.

I'd like to add a note about the ink cartridges when using a refillable and/or un-brand... None that I ever tried were good enough for photo's, but documents, yes. Re-filling a cartridge yourself proved difficult and messy. Places like CartridgeWorld just could not get it right, saying that HP ink was their most challenging ink to replicate and that certainly showed true in the printed photo's, being as none came out anywhere near keepers (green and odd colors) and Office Depot HP refill brand is considerably better, but not vibrant and with somewhat of a dull appearance lacking depth and detail... So why bother using these inks for photo prints when you'll spend more for mistakes!

My experience with this printer is that it was indeed among the best of its day. Too bad for me that the cartridge holders didn't stay in place!

Crucial pieces broke off.......2006-09-03

I have had my 7550 printer for 3 years. After the 2 year point the black cartridge stopped working. Replacing it didn't work so I used it in "reserve mode" for a year (only using the other more expensive color cartridges). Today one of the color cartridges stopped working. I found a tiny black piece of plastic at the site, so I checked all three. Lo and behold, the little black pieces that hold the cartridges in place are missing from the two cartridge doors that are not working. I checked the third one and it is hanging by a thread. Three times a charm... sounds like a major design flaw.

Best Printer I ever owned.......2005-04-19

I love HP printers, but this one takes the top award. It prints photos, word documents, and whatever else you want it to with ULTRA high quality. The LCD just adds to the design. Ink can be expensive as this model holds ALL 3 (black and white, color and photo) all at once, unlike lower models. Its easier though, and well worth it! This is some printer.

Great printer.......2005-03-29

I am not a technophobe, yet I found this printer easy to use and operate. I have printed all the way to 8 X 10 photos with no problems and great clarity. I really like it, and have owned it since they first came out over a year ago with no problems.

Quality Unsurpassed!!!.......2005-03-03

This is a fabulous printer. I had an hp see-through flatbed 4600 scanner that just wasn't working with my ASUS motherboard so I decided to opt for a photo quality all-in-one (Print, Scan & Copy) that I bought today. I'll be reviewing that HP model after I've tried it too. The print quality on the 7550 is every bit as clear as laser. The blacks are nice and solid. the 7 ink technology brings brilliant color results. There are 3 separate ink cartridges, but the yield is greater for this reason. Keep in mind that even though the machine tells you the ink is running low, wait until the print/copy quality is actually fading before you change the cartridges. Just keep an extra handy for when it's needed. I loved this printer and will miss it! The only con is that it's a bit noisy, but oh well, color quality and ease of use is way more important, don't you think?

Electronics:

Electronics

Electronics