That's timely.
I did look at the HP models you've mentioned. Funny, as the D7560 is
available here in town for 150.00 and it is listed as a printer that the
Acoustica software would work with. So, that makes the printer 172.00
(cost of software 22.00). I was seriously considering it. Then I went
online and found this site and these reviews, and it didn't seem like
such a great deal after all.
http://www.consumersearch.com/inkjet-printers/hp-photosmart-d7560
I don't know why I didn't mention this in my initial post, but aside
from the annoying cd print software that HP insists on using, the HP
printer that I returned earlier this year (a "c" model) took an
unbelievably long time to install. It took over 70 minutes, and then it
hung, and I couldn't do a thing without calling HP, and that phone call
took over an hour at which time they tried to up-sell me to a model that
was roughly $500.00. After all of that, the very first thing I did was
try to make a CD label. I wasn't very happy. Because we all have over 2
hours to waste trying to put a piece of equipment on our desk, only to
find out it won't do well the one thing you purchased it for.
All of my other printers have had about a 20-30 minutes setup time. I
timed the Artisan 700 just to see and it was 22 minutes from the time I
began peeling tape off the box until the time I printed my first test page.
Candace
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Here we are talking about printers when what should appear in the mail
> today but the Consumer Reports Christmas issue with coverage of ink jet,
> laser and all-in-one printers. I know some folks don't cotton much to
> CR's ratings but I believe they can judge print quality as well as
> anyone and the one piece of good info they have that you can't seem to
> get elsewhere is cost per print.
>
> Much to my surprise I note that the only inkjets to even get mentioned
> in this report are three HPs... the PhotoSmart D7560 ($150), the
> OfficeJet Pro 8000 Wireless ($180) and the PhotoSmart D5460 ($100). All
> are rated a "Best Buy". The PhotoSmarts have the best photo quality
> printing while the OfficeJet is "above average" in photo work but is
> best in text. A little digging on line showed that this report was done
> earlier in the year and included more printers then from Canon, Epson
> and Lexmark. The Canon Pixma iP4600 ($100) equaled the HP's photo print
> quality and was also about 1/3 faster. But it appears not to have made
> the final cut based on print cost. The Canon's cost for a 4x6 print was
> $0.45. The HP PhotoSmarts were both at $0.35 while the OfficeJet was
> $0.30. Some of the other printers were as high as $0.70 for a 4x6 print.
>
> Anyhow, I don't know anything about the detailed specs of these HP
> printers but you've got the model numbers now and can go search. Aw,
> heck. There's really only two of interest.
> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=photosmart+D7560&N=0&InitialSearch=yes>
> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=photosmart+d5460&N=0&InitialSearch=yes>
> But the reviews on B&H for the D5460 (only two) say not to go there and
> reiterate Candace's complaint about rudimentary CD print capability.
> On the other hand the five B&H reviewers give the more expensive D7560
> high marks and one says the CD printing is good.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
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