Compare Prices : HP PhotoSmart D7160

Review summary: The Macworld team take a look at a selection of colour inkjet printers offering the best for photographers and businesses alike.

Pros: Card reader, will print from picture cards without computer, includes PhotoSmart studio software, six ink colours

Cons: Won't print direct to CDs, No PictBridge support

Verdict: The Photosmart series printers come with HP's Photosmart Studio software, a fairly basic but effective asset management program. This model comes with a USB cable and a standard memory of 64MB.

Review summary: This is one of the better photo printers available, but other models have an edge in speed or price.

Verdict: The control panel that manages all of these features is easy to use. Though the symbolic labels are harder to understand than words, the buttons are arranged logically. A helpful touch: Basic tasks are covered in the Quick Start Guide. The design ...

Review summary: A very easy to use printer complete with straight-from-your-iPod compatibility, but does its output make the grade?

Pros: Cheap. iPod support. Easy to use

Cons: Big and slow. Photo quality not the highest

Review summary: Inside the smart grey and white casing of the HP Photosmart D7160 there are six inkjet cartridges. In addition to the usual CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black), there are light cyan and light magenta to add to the palette of available colours

Pros: Good print quality, Versatile

Cons: Over-complicated software, Slow mono printing

Verdict: Good in theory, but bloated software makes most things difficult