HP Photosmart A826 Compact Photo Printer

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 15.1 x 10.4 inches ; 5.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VE4CFY
• Item model number: A826
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

HP A826 Photosmart Compact Photo Printer. Viewing and printing photos is easier than ever, using 7.0 inch color touchscreen with friendly menus. Select photos with the touch of a fingerprint directly from slide shows or display multiple thumbnails. Display a slide show of your photos anytime, using the printer as a digital picture frame. Share photos with ease simply insert a memory card, select photos and print no PC required. Create unique, personalized photos in a variety of sizes. Make unique memories, use your finger or the stylus to hand write on photos before printing. Tell stories with your photos, add captions and descriptions, using a touchscreen keyboard. Create fun, custom photos and personalized greeting cards with more than 200 borders, graphics and more. Print photos in multiple sizes 5 x 7, 4 x 6 inches, wallet size, panorama and more. Present photos with no need to trim edges or cut away borders. Print when you want a 100 sheet internal paper tray keeps paper always ready to print. Keep paper clean and out of the way store a whole package of paper inside the printer. Share photos with ease simply insert a memory card, select photos and print no PC required. Print photos in a snap with a printer that has no print settings to adjust and requires less paper swapping.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great photo printer, July 13, 2008

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Rich D. "Rich D." (Sonoma, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Photosmart A826 Compact Photo Printer (Office Product)

I liked this printer so much I bought two. The capabilities of this device are remarkable. I use it daily in my dental practice for many purposes. I just slide in an SD card from my camera and within seconds my photos are on the screen ready to print.
I gave one to our daughter who loves to take pictures. She places postcard labels on the back and sends them as postcards with her family photos on them.
The A826 appears as a small computer, like an old Mac, and you can do onscreen editing such as crop, brightness control, remove redeye, place printing or hand writing in many colors on the photo and place multiple photos on one page. It prints on 4x6 and 5x7 paper. I recommend the 110 photopack at $35 and 30 cents per photo.
I found a need to turn off a function I think was called Brightness Enhance because the skin tones were turning out too dark. Also, don't let the photos stack up since the ink is still wet when they drop out of the printer. I love purchasing from Amazon but if you are in a hurry to see and buy this printer Office Depot has them on display but I've never found an employee that knows anything about them.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the money!, December 1, 2008

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leigha83 - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Photosmart A826 Compact Photo Printer (Office Product)

I received this as a birthday gift and absolutely love it. It is a little expensive but I think it is well worth the money. The pictures have excellent quality and it is extremely user-friendly, even for someone like me who can barely put paper in a printer. I turned it on without reading the directions and it told me to insert the ink cartridge and the paper. I didn't even know where to start so I pushed the button on the screen that said "show me how" and it did and made it so easy. I have already printed so many pictures and love it!

*UPDATE*
I have now owned this printer for a while and I still think it is by far the best photo printer I have ever used. I actually just used it to print out all my Christmas cards and was able to use the printer to crop the photo i wanted, add a caption, and put a frame on the photo...all on the printer. I will say there is one con and that is that the clip art selection is very limited, but I don't see myself wanting to add clip art to my photos that often so it's really not a big deal.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Home photo printer, June 1, 2009

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Roxanne Wright (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Photosmart A826 Compact Photo Printer (Office Product)

I love this printer, it's fun to print pictures for scrapbooks, giving grandparents etc. I wouldn't use it to print all pictures, just special ones that you might want to put into scrapbooks or give away in a timely manner. I haven't hooked mine up to a computer yet, but I am not sure I will. It's just fun to play with. The only trouble I am having is that it wants to feed a bunch of paper at one time, jamming it up. At times, I just put one sheet in at a time.