HP PhotoSmart 145 4" x 6" Photo Printer

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• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000ACOW1
• Item model number: Q3025A#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 10, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

HP's remarkably compact and lightweight PhotoSmart 145 photo printer delivers high 4,800 dpi resolutions images, in crisp detail and vibrant color, right to the palm of your hand. Producing 4-by-6-inch borderless prints in approximately 90 seconds, the 2.9 pound PhotoSmart 145 is able to print directly from your digital camera's memory card, so you can literally print at any time, anywhere.

With four built-in memory card slots, you'll have no worries about compatibility either. The PhotoSmart 145 accepts CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Secure Digital/Multi Media Card and xD-Picture Card media, so it's compatible with virtually any digital camera. And, a built-in two-line LCD enhances navigation and easily guides you through each task.

The HP PhotoSmart 145 offers USB connectivity for easy connection to your PC or Mac and comes with a complete bundle of photo and imaging software to let you edit images and even create custom photo slide shows, which can be saved to a CD. If you're a black-and-white buff, consider adding the optional HP 59 (C9359A) gray photo ink cartridge for high-quality prints. The PhotoSmart 145 comes with just about everything you'll need to get started except a USB cable. It is backed by a one-year warranty.

What's in the Box
HP PhotoSmart 145 compact printer, HP 57 tri-color cartridge, power supply, manual, set-up poster, CD-ROM with photo and imaging software (PC and Mac), HP media sample pack; USB cable not included

Product Description

The HP Photosmart 145 compact photo printer provides a fast and easy way to print and share photos on the go! Print professional-looking borderless 4 x 6-inch photos without a computer. Simply slip a digital camera memory card into a compatible card slot, choose the images, quantities and sizes you want to print using the convenient buttons and text LCD, and print. The compact size and speed (prints in as little as 90 seconds!) make it perfect for easy photo printing on the go. Your photos will look true-to-life - with crisp detail and vibrant color in up to 4800-optimized dpi.

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Customer Reviews

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes it simple!!, November 5, 2003

By	row_01 (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

HP did a great job on this printer. It was less than $200 and it makes printing small pics to pass around so simple and easy. I take pics with my Kodak camera, insert the memory card into the printer, press print, and away it goes. No need to use a computer - that's the best part. Kodak software or the free HP software both work with this printer. Both are fine.

Photo quality is almost on par with regular grocery store prints from film. The printing itself takes a while and you have to wait for the ink to dry; however, compared to dropping film off and waiting to pick it up, this picture making system is far faster and more convenient.

Bottom line, if you have time & want the best picture quality possible, use film or print digitally with an online service. This device gives 90% of grocery store quality, but much faster and more convenient. It makes taking digital pictures and sharing pictures more fun.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A dandy little workhorse that I don't leave home without!, July 2, 2004

By	Roger J. Buffington (Huntington Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

As Robert Redford said in the film "Out of Africa" (speaking of a phonograph) "they've finally come up with something useful!" That is my opinion of the HP Photosmart 145. This is a dandy little workhourse that will generate countless 4 x 6 photographs from your digital camera with no hassle or fuss. The HP 145 is a small, tight little package that you can easily pack away and take along on trips.

The HP 145 really helps make the "digital darkroom" a reality, even during trips. I take mine on my boat together with a small laptop computer, and can generate high-quality 4 x 6 photos right on the spot, after taking shots with various digital cameras. The HP 145 has a built-in CF card reader and also reads various other popular media and you can easily print directly from the CF card or other media even without the laptop too--the printer will print out a nice little thumbnail "index" showing little minatures of the photos each bearing an index number. You can then select and print the full photo. This also means that you don't need to bring a card reader along if you have your HP 145 since it functions as a digital media reader. Typically I will download my digital photos to my notebook computer's hard disk using my HP 145, view the photos on the notebook screen for printing, and then print selected photos with the HP 145. Great fun!

My HP 145 installed effortlessly on my IBM Thinkpad notebook computer (IBM TP 600E) running Windows XP, and is now my main printer for 4 x 6 photos and of course is the only printer I take along on trips. It is great fun to go on trips, take photos, and then give friends nicely framed photos the next day, or later the same day. Frankly, I never realized how much fun it was to have a printer along on trips. Most printers nowadays are big and bulky. This one is not.

I went with the 145 rather than the 245, the latter being the same printer but with an LCD color display. I decided that I wouldn't get 50 bucks worth of value out of the LCD display since a) I always bring my laptop along anyway since that is where I always download my CF card pictures to for storage on trips (that way you can re-use the CF card the next day); and b) the 145 has that neat index printing feature anyway, if you want to print without a computer. You decide. Either way, these are dandy little printers and I will likely never take another trip without bringing my HP 145 along. That is the hallmark of a truly useful product!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I Imagined, November 3, 2003

By A Customer

I can't believe how easy it is to print a photo now. I used to dread printing my photos from the PC. This little thing makes it so easy....no PC needed -- that's the best part. It only takes seconds to get a photo out. I love it. I love having printed copies again; I now have them hanging on the refrig. Also, my Mom is happy again...I can give her pictures of the kids.