Customer Reviews

HP PhotoSmart 7660 Inkjet Printer

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

When I fist installed the printer, I couldn`t get it to work. Then I disconnected my USB devices, then I downloaded the driver update, and reinstalled it. After reinstalling, I re-connected my USB devices to the computer and I`ve had no problems since then. It prints out fantastic photos and with great detail. I`ve got my scanner, monitor and printer all calibrated together. I print what I see on my screen. I`ve used the photo cartridge and can`t believe the print. I`ve had Epson and Canon`s and this printer exceeds them. This is my 2nd HP printer. I work in the Printing industry and have compared this with our commercial printers and the results are much better. It shows greater detail in the highlights and the shadows. Other than the USB snafu at installation, I`d recommend this printer over all the printers I`ve seen and used. And the price can`t be beat. I slide the ink saturation tab all the way over to the left and I think it helps conserve ink with no loss of quality. Don`t let `picoliter` and `ink nozzle` talk from the others sway you into making an expensive mistake. If all you want is the best picture quality and a great price, go with the HP 7660.

I'm a stickler for research. I extensively researched six of the top photo printers on the market. I eventually narrowed my search to the HP 7660 based on these attributes:

A- Picture Quality- It can't be beat! I went to the trouble of printing three pictures from the HP 7660 and compared them to the same prints I received from a well know photo lab from Bentonville, Arkansas (started by a guy named Sam). The clarity and realism are identical; perfect pictures.

B- Versatility- I wanted a photo printer that would serve as a document printer as well. It does both. And unlike the SONY X5 that doesn't print documents nor any other photo size other that a 4X6, this printer does it all. And for those that whine about having to interchange ink cartridges to print photos versus documents; so what! It takes (not an exaggeration) less than 5 seconds. HP even gives you secure cradle to rest the dormant ink cartridge in until it's ready to be used.

C- Price-- Compared to other photo printers, the price is exceptional. It will pay for itself in memories, gifts, entertainment, and convenience in no time. $150.00 is VERY reasonable.

I wanted professional picture results. I wanted to print documents. I wanted a fair price. The HP 7660 gave me everything I wanted. I am OVERLY satisfied. No hang-up on installation. No problems whatsoever. I'm very satisfied with my purchase.

We've had the printer for about a year and have been very pleased with the quality of the prints. The borderless 4x6 prints are very nice. I was somewhat concerned with the flimsy lever mechanism for switching between the two print trays. Well sure enough, the lever broke. Now I can't switch between the two trays. Initially this was not a huge problem because we could still manually pull the 4x6 tray in and out. However, now after I've replaced an ink cartridge, it requires printing to 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper for callibration and won't recognize that I've pulled the 4x6 tray out. So now I'm out a printer (unless anyone has any suggestions).

This is the photo printer to get! I bought mine last week from Sam's Club for under $100 (and it came with a USB cable). I researched printers for quite some time...and the HP Photsmart 7660 had just the features I was looking for. GREAT print quality, VERY quiet operation, easy to use, and it worked right out of the box. Follow the simple steps on the setup guide and you're in business. There are other HP's I looked at but most had bells & whistles I didn't need or was never going to use.

I printed color photo's, back & white photo's, and documents and I'm pleased with every print so far. I purchased the black & white print cartridge and the photo's look clean, crisp and equal to the quality from a photo lab. If you do any black & white work get the catridge, you'll be happy you did. I bought both HP photo paper and Kodak premium photo paper and I'm happy with both although the HP photo paper seemed to have a higher luster and is a bit heavier. I like the seperate 4x6 paper tray on the printer - easy to use. As a photographer I like the convenience of this printer. I can view and edit my photo's in Adobe Photoshop 7 and have great quality prints up to 8.5x11 in almost an instant.

Not sure how long the printer cartidges last yet. I bought several just in case they run out fast. I'm keeping close track of my usage so I can figure out the cost per print. I'll try to post some info on that subject at a later date. In the mean time I know I made a wise choice selecting an HP Photosmart printer.

This printer prints wonderful photos IF you can keep it printing! I constantly had error messages and cartridge incompatibility issues. Oh, and then there is the "failed cartridge" message. HP replaced the cartridge once, but I still got the error messages! I can't make them understand.. it's the PRINTER, not the cartridges! Whatever reads the cartridges is defective and HP won't own up to it! I decided to refill the cartridges and now HP won't even talk to me. Who can afford to buy their ink? Their ink is over 60 dollars! Unless you have a spare job just to keep buying cartridges for this printer forget it! Buying a HP printer just allows the company to keep their hands deep in your pockets!

I bought this printer to replace an older hp printer that was no longer performing well. This hp 7660 is awful. I've had it since 3/04 and it hasn't worked since day one. Everything printed that isn't text is covered in blue lines. I have repeatedly done what hp techs have suggested and it hasn't worked. No wonder this printer is selling so cheaply now. If you look on hp's website it even says "Pictures printed on photo paper on the HP Photosmart 7660, 7760, and 7960 printers may exhibit track markings. These markings appear as dots in a straight line. These printers use special wheels, called "star wheels," to pull the paper through the printer while printing to the edge of the page. These star wheels may cause marks noticeable under some conditions." Even happens using the premium paper like is suggested. Save your money - don't buy this product!!

update - in fairness to hp, they are sending me a new printer in exchange for the old one and it wasn't very difficult. my only guess is that a lot of people are having the same problem and they recognize that.

Confusing on what cartridges to use--two slots, 3 choices. Also cannot determine how to print photos in black and white--have to remove the color cartridge to print in grayscale or b/w, no matter the settings. Tech help is not very knowledgeable. Have had good luck in past with HP, but very disappointed in 7660 (and cartridges are extremely expensive!)

I was very happy with the 7550 for one of my computers and after reading the discriptions for the 7660, I thought "great - uses the same cartridges as the 7550". What I didn't read in the discription was costly: it only holds two cartidges at a time
-57 & 58- for color photos (the two cartridges in the box) or
-57 & 56- for standard black & color printing which I will use most of the time, while the 58 sits in its caddy where it can dry out or get lost. Anyone wanna buy an almost new 7660 real cheap?

Like other reviewers, I wasted dozens of pages trying to get printer to work initially. Printouts would give up randomly (usually with 3/4 of a page printed) with a CRC error. HP support desk blamed corrupt files on my hard disk (Windows ME)which seemed dubious as I had had no other problems suggesting corruption of files. Was about to take the printer back to the retailer, when I happened to take delivery of a new PC (XP) and decided to try it on that. It all worked perfectly on the new PC first time. I have heard of other users having perfectly working HP PCs on ME/W98, finding CRC errors on upgrading to XP. Obviously something is amiss, but for me a happy ending.

The printer is first class at highest quality settings using best glossy paper, printing flawless borderless photos to A4 with ease. It gets through a lot of coloured ink though, maybe only producing 8-12 A4 photo sheets per cartridge which is about a 1/3 of the volume my old Epsom colour printer used to produce on a similarly priced cartridge (with similar quality results). It is very slow at producing plain text, unlike my HP1512 which breezes through producing documents. It, like most HP photo/inkjet printers, is a noisy beast and there is always the concern that the grinding and banging noises emanating from its innards are fatal, but it makes them over and over again, without apparent harm. It doesn't take much paper in the in-tray so not suitable for volume use. I occasionally get 'paper not big enough' errors using some Neato CD inserts which are perhaps 1/4mm narrower than A4 - which seems a bit fussy.

The printer has multi-format card readers, so printing straight from the printer without a PC is possible by using a digital camera's memory card, but there is no preview of the photo on the small LCD monitor, so you'd have to note down the picture numbers from the camera first.

Overall I am very happy with the printer, due to the quality of the output which is its main selling point.

This was the least expensive of the HP printers that I was considering. When I brought it home and started using it I definitely made the right decision. The boderless prints are great and the quality is fantastic. I also like that this printer is not as loud as my deskjet HP, a big plus. Some things to consider though it doesen't come with a usb cord, so purchase one also if you plan on buying this printer (note: be sure to get the right one) I have a usb cord but the one I have didn't fit into the slot, so I had to borrow the usb cord from my scanner instead. Also, I wanted to point out that the print cartridges, seem to run out fairly quick (they are pretty small though, so it makes sense), have a supply on hand if you plan on printing an album out like I am. Overall I like this printer for it's cost and the quality prints.