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HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer (Q7021A#ABA)x$89.99
  (18 reviews)
Best Price: $89.99
The cool little Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer prints 4x6 and 5x7 togethers and while you're away from home in times as fast as 53 seconds. Automatically remove red eye, sharpen photos, and improve color using the exclusive HP Photo Fix button. Get great photo quality with the up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi. Print from most memory cards and flash drives, plus from PictBridge-enabled cameras. Print photos in a variety of sizes, from wallet to 4 x 12 inch panorama. Crop shots on the display no PC needed. Print directly from selected camera phones notebook PCs and other devices with an optional wireless adapter. Get instantly dry photos for easy handling right from the printer no smudging. Stay on top of ink replacement with HP SureSupply to receive alerts when a cartridge is low and monitor its remaining life. Choose the best HP products for you, then let them work seamlessly together, helping you do everything from snap photos to print enlargements. 1 Standard Paper Tray Standard memory - 32 MB Optional HP BT450 Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter and optional HP BT300 Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter Power consumption - 12 watts maximum System requirements - Pentium II (or equivalent) or higher, 64 MB RAM (256 MB recommended), 200 MB available hard disk space (450 MB recommended), SVGA 800 x 600 monitor with 16-bit color, Windows 98 SE, 2000, Me, XP Home, XP Professional, XP Professional x64 Edition, Internet Explorer 5.01 with (SP2 or higher), 4x CD-ROM drive, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or higher recommended, Internet access recommended Unit Dimensions - Width 220 x Depth 116 x Height 116 mm Unit Weight - 1.17 kg Introducing the HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer Experience the convenience of portable printing with the HP Photosmart A516. Print snapshots from digital cameras and memory cards easily without a PC, using the built-in 1.5 inch image display and HP Photosmart Express interface. Under-exposed photos or red-eye effects are easily corrected by pressing the HP Photo Fix button. What’s more, with HP Advanced Photo Paper and HP 110 Tri-colour Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge, a water-resistant 4 x 6-inch snapshot is yours in just 45 seconds! Now you can share life’s best moment everywhere you go. 
Print true-to-life 4 x 6-inch, passport and panoramic photos almost anywhere imaginable–-parties, reunions, sporting events, family gatherings or on vacation. View larger. | 
Get the low down on the HP Photosmart A516. View example. | 
Print directly from most memory cards, iPods, flash drives (including thumb drives), and PictBridge enabled cameras. View larger. | Worry-free photos, portable printing without a PC1 Need a new photo printer that is compact, portable, and produces great prints? Well, look no further. With the HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer you can print beautiful 4 x 6-inch photos on the spot wherever you go, without a PC. You can also easily pack or carry this lightweight, compact printer--its tray folds up and snaps shut for travel--making it the perfect travel companion. Easily print a 4 x 6-inch photo at home, parties or almost anywhere—in anywhere—in as fast as 53 seconds. Get truly portable printing, if you purcahse an optional rechargeable battery, for up to 75 prints per charge. 1 Print directly from select camera phones, notebook PCs and more, with an optional bluetooth wireless adapter.2 You'll be on you're on your way to seamless, wireless, mobile printing in no time. The easy way to print your perfect HP photos
The HP Photosmart A516 is easy to use. You can print photos directly from PictBridge-enabled cameras or memory cards3—-no PC required. The 1.5-inch image display lets you preview photos and then print only the ones you want. Crop your photos on the image display to make a 4 x 12-inch panorama prints—-again you can bypass your PC needed. The unique HP Photo Fix button automatically removes red eye, sharpens photos, and improves the color of your photos--it's like having your own personal photo lab on your kitchen table. Consider using optional HP accessories, accessories, including carrying cases to make it easier to take your printer with you on your next vacation or family trip.4 Lab-quality, water5-and fade-resistant6 photos
Make memories last—-print lab-quality photos that resist fading for generations to come.6 Your photos will dry instantly, so you can handle them right from the printer—without having to worry about smudging or smearing.5 Remember, you can rely on HP, PC Magazine Reader's Choice winner for service and reliability for 14 straight years. 1. HP Photosmart Internal Battery for Compact Photo Printers not included. Please purchase separately. separately. Number of prints per charge may vary.
2. Bluetooth wireless adapter not included. Supports camera phones with Bluetooth wireless technology. technology. Visit http://www.hp.com/support/bluetooth for a list of compatible devices.
3. Supports CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Secure Digital/MultiMediaCard and xD-Picture xD-Picture Card. Also supports Memory Stick Duo (with adapter) and Mini SD (with adapter). adapter). Memory cards not included, please purchase separately.
4. Printer accessories not included. Please purchase separately.
5. Smudge- and water-resistant only when printed using HP Advanced Photo Paper and HP 110 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge with HP Vivera Inks, not available in 4 x 12-inch panorama size.
6. Up to 50 years based on Wilhelm-Research.com light fade testing under glass using the HP HP 110 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge with HP Vivera Inks on HP Advanced Photo Paper.
7. Supports Memory Stick Duo (with adapter) and Mini SD (with adapter). Memory cards and and adapters not included, please purchase separately.
What's in the box
HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer, HP 110 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge (5 ml), power module with cord, user's Guide, setup poster, HP Photosmart Premier software
MPN: A516 - UPC: 882780515604
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Customer Reviews
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Incredible value on a quality printer.
By A1BACHSZZRX5LO on 2006-12-07
Although there are nice features when you move up a level to the A616, there is a premium attached to that little adjustable screen that just isn't worth it to me. At the price this little printer is being offered, you can't go wrong. Lightweight and compact, with Bluetooth and PictBridge, this is a bargain hunters dream. High quality prints? absolutely. I honestly can't think of a downside unless you consider a print time of approximately one minute to be too long. Other than that, this little unit performs perfectly.
Amazing photos!
By AJZLFD2AP8XBC on 2007-01-28
I've used the HP A516 Compact Photo Printer for about a month now. I got it on sale at Christmas for $50. What a great deal! A few things to note:
1. The best photo paper to use with this is the HP Advanced Photo Paper. I bought some HP Premium Plus photo paper thinking that since it was more expensive, the print quality ought to be better. However, this was not so! Apparently, the Vivera ink is specially formulated to print on the HP Advanced Paper, which produces even-quality laydown of the ink, with no defined edges between different colors in the photo. The HP Premium Plus photo paper showed a defined edge in the blank ink, giving it a "home-printed" look to the photo. The HP Advanced paper produced photo-lab quality prints that looked awesome!
2. If you edit or crop any photos in Photoshop before you print it out, you should save the file in the "Baseline (Standard)" format, otherwise the printer will not recognize the "optimized" file type.
3. Buy the ink cartridges and paper directly from the HP site to save money. They often have great deals on the ink -- Buy-One-Get-One Free or some other gimick. I managed to buy paper and ink at a price so that it costs me about $0.29 per print (ink+paper costs).
Pros:
- The 4x6 photos are truly borderless! You can't tell that the prints come off of an inkjet-type printer.
- The photos can be printed off with 1 photo per page, or the more fun features -- 2 or 4 photos per page! You can choose the same pictures for all 4 wallet-sized photos, or choose 4 different photos to print at that size.
- You can also print any frame of a mpeg (video) on the printer with ease. Just play the video file and stop it at the frame you want printed. It's easy! The only thing is that the resolution quality is lower, but it looks pretty good for a video shot. (This could be improved with other cameras, but this is what I noticed from my Canon SD630)
- Instant photos! This little printer prints rather quickly and with the HP Advanced quick-drying paper, the photos are ready for handling in a jiffy!
- The printer is truly compact. It is really cute, and can be placed anywhere without taking up much space.
Good, lightweight, portable printer.
By AUA3XYXCFZT0R on 2006-12-28
I bought this printer for my mom to use with the digital camera that I also bought her for Christmas. I wanted to get an inexpensive printer that was small, lightweight, easy to use, didn't require the use of a computer, and produced good 4 x 6" pictures. The HP Photosmart A516 met all of the aforementioned criteria.
Setup was simple...just plug it in, turn it on, select your preferred language, install the ink cartridge, print an alignment page, and away you go. It has a built-in card reader that accepts the following formats - CompactFlash, Memory Sticks, Microdrive, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, SmartMedia, xD-Picture Card.
I printed several pictures directly from a CF card and each picture takes about a minute or so to print. I used the included HP photo paper and Costco's Kirkland brand and the results were identical. The pictures were sharp and the colors were accurate. When I compared the pictures to identical ones that I printed with a Canon iP5000, and an Epson PictureMate (not the newer deluxe or express versions), all using the same Kirkland paper, I noticed that those from the A516 exhibited just a tad bit less contrast. It's only noticeable when you compare the pictures side-by-side.
All-in-all, I'd say that the HP Photosmart A516 is a pretty good deal. It's simple to use and extremely portable (you can also purchase the optional internal battery to make it even more portable). I don't know how long the ink cartridge will last so I can't comment on the per-print cost.
Small but good...
By A350NV4AYIYR09 on 2007-01-16
I purchased this printer on a sale -after reading some reviews of it- and now I am very happy with it. Output is great and the software that comes with it is even better.
Blessings to all...
Frank
Great Deal!
By A338GZ588NV00O on 2007-01-23
I was shopping at a local circuit city and saw this wonder thing on sale....unfortunately they were sold out....so i looked online and found it also on sale for less than ciruit city on amazon....This klinched it...it was a great deal! After receiving it, I printed pictures from my laptop and from my new fujitsu camera....It did a wonderful job on both and was very simple to setup...No more going to a digital kiosk for prints that were sometime questionable...
- Return policy
By A1K2LLRQ9424UZ on 2007-03-12
We wanted the zoom and missed the fact that this one does not have the zoom. The reason I give two stars is because of Beach Camera's return policy. They grudgingly allowed me to return it, as a one-time courtesy with a restocking fee. I wish Amazon would tag the vendors so we could easily see if we were buying from this type of company.
- great little printer
By A15X17MVCUKKAI on 2007-01-16
This printer is very portable and prints quality pictures on-the-go. I've taken it to work and can take a picture and print it out in a fairly short time using my camera's memory card. Just what I wanted!
- Photo Printer is the best !
By A1B6VYV1QMLBOL on 2007-01-19
Wonderful little machine - color quality great, easy to use - a real gem
- I was impressed.
By A28JRYAYA86UBR on 2007-01-19
I really like my little printer. For the price I paid I was very impressed with what I received. The photo screen doesn't raise but that didn't matter to me, if you just want a good 4x6 photo printer without all the bells and whistles, I recommend this one.
- amazing
By ADQPA4P7SFHPW on 2006-12-20
got this small lightweight printer as a stocking stuffer at circuit city for 29 dollars after free 20 dollar gift card, so didn't expect much. turned out better than my new 140 dollar kodak printer. pictures take about 60 seconds. come out great. keeping this one and sending kodak back. this little HP was best deal ever! use your camera's usb cable for direct printing from camera, or just insert memory card from camera into reader on printer (it takes all kinds). a cable to connect this printer to your computer is not included in box. at circuit city the cable will cost you more than the printer. if you want to connect printer to a computer buy usb printer cable onlne for under ten bucks.
- Great little photo printer
By A2YWCIW7RSTAOE on 2007-01-11
This was an inexpensive photo printer, and the picture quality was MUCH better that expected, do let them dry a few minutes! Was a great purchase
- Great Pictures
By A3QICTZWUYWAQ8 on 2007-01-15
Small and portable with great pictures to boot. LCD screen is a little small, but what can you expect for $50.
- HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer
By A2FJZA3K975HPD on 2007-01-16
I am very satisfied with the product- it is just as it is advertised
- HP Photo Printer
By A2LMSKUO058UVD on 2007-01-19
I bought the HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer for my mom. The USB cable and photo paper are sold separately. I connected it to my WIN XP SP2 laptop at home for testing before the holidays and it worked great. When I connected it a Dell also running WIN XP SP2, we had to reset the default printer. The LCD failed to work so I will have to send the unit back. Even without the LCD, we used the unit for testing. The quality of photos, for the unit price, was good. I'm looking forward to replacing it for her.
- Marvelous little invention
By A3PLG4C082OL9Y on 2007-08-09
My son got me this printer for Christmas, and I just ordered one for a baby gift for another son and daughter-in-law. It is simple, small, very efficient and produces wonderful results. When I got mine I was initially unimpressed...I have LOTS of computer toys and a very nice regular inkjet printer and thought it would just be mostly a contraption to set somewhere. But...the first picture that I printed was a real eye opener...not just an inkjet print......it was a very nicely finished photo...not like an inkjet print at all. I am very happy with mine for printing very nice 4/6 photos. Definitly a nice piece of equipment to have to work with my camera and computer.
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| Product Features |
- Compact Photo Printer/Up to 4800-optimized dpi/1.5-inch color image display
- Print 4 x 6-inch photos in as fast as 53 seconds for about 29 cents a print
- Print directly from most memory cards, iPods, flash drives and PictBridge enabled cameras
- Printing option allows users to print photos in passport, 4x6-inch, panorama sizes and more
- 2.60 Lbs (WxLxH) 7.60" x 8.70" x 4.60"
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