HP Photosmart 385 Compact Photo Printer (Q6387A#ABA)

I find this printer to be versitile, extremely portable, and economical to use (as it doesn't require the manufacturer's cartridges as some other small photo printers do). I carry this printer with me on trips and on family visits. In combination with my Sony 7.2 megapixel digital camera, I can print clear, color bright prints on the spot. I have even printed my grandchildren's less than clear photos from their simple digital cameras and watched as the printer cleaned up unclear photos. I have not found the paper to print panoramic prints, but I look forward to using this option. The advantage to this printer over the earlier, cheaper models is that it gets rid of red eye, allows for some photo cropping, and has a fun 'framing' option.

This is a solid printer with problems typical to HP photo printers.

The dedicated paper path prints with only very limited image drift. This is something you can't get on a printer that prints other paper sizes. Talk to HP about image drift and they will deny it but it is very real. If you are trying to print composed images this is something that will be important to you.

Yield per cartridge using hp hi capacity ink is about 120 6x4 images per cartridge. You will need to clean the print head at about every 30 images then print a dummy image (to saturate the head) to avoid noticeable banding and a more subtle banding that occurs in wide strips about 4 across the page. I use medical alcohol wipes to clean the heads.

If you are printing a black or photo grey back you can use the hp photo grey cartridge for that, this printer will accept that ink cartridge as well. Also old cartridges that no longer print color accurate print black just fine for a...Read more

This printer prints great quality photos. I've gotten pictures printed through other companies (online and Walmart) and the HP photos print out as well, if not better than some of them. I compared my professionally printed photos with my HP-printed ones and my dad couldn't even tell the difference! He even commented on how vibrant the colors appear.

It was also very easy to install. Five minutes after taking everything out of the box, I was already printing photos. Very easy to use - I didn't even have to read the manual. Now I can print all the borderless 4x6 photos I want in no time.

The only downfall is that there is no USB cable included but a lot of printers don't come with that now... plus you can buy a cheap one on amazon. ;)