HP Photosmart D7360 Printer
What makes the HP Photosmart D7360 Photo Printer a standout? Its innovative touch-screen display and large 3.4" size, which make viewing, editing, and printing photos a cinch. Plus you'll get your lab-quality photos super fast - in as little time as 12 seconds!
HP Photosmart D7360 Printer Accessories
 HP Q7854A Advanced Glossy Paper/100-Sheet 8.5in x 11in
HP Premium Photo Paper, Glossy (Q1990A, 4x6, 100 Sheets)
HP 02 Inkjet Print Cartridge Color Combo Pack (CC604FN#140)
HP Yellow Printer Cartridge (C8773WN)
HP 02 Black Printer Cartridge (C8721WN)
HP 02 Black Twin Pack Ink Cartridge with Vivera Ink
HP Cyan Printer Cartridge (C8771WN)
HP Magenta Printer Cartridge (C8772WN)
HP 02 Light Cyan Ink Cartridge (C8774WN)
HP Photo Value Pack
HP Photosmart D7360 Printer Reviews
For some this will be no big deal. Watch out for "auto sensing". Setting the paper source to "transparency" does no good. If you have preprinted checks or invoices or any other paper with printing on both sides, this printer will flat out refuse to print on the form. Even with the assurances from the brochures and manuals that you can bypass this auto-sensing, you cannot. This is a good photo printer, but it has one major problem: it comes with "auto sensing", and so if you want to print a pre-printed form that has text on both sides, the printer will eject the form and tell you it is upside down. For small business owners, it is probably a major issue.
Any particular fine editing jobs, while applicable on the printer, should be done on the computer first, via Photoshop, and then transferred on say a SD card. I encountered variable boot up times up to a minute due to my mild use of the printer. But what I love is the easy menus make printing photos a snap. While set up to finish does take a little time to do, ultimately, the final product - the photos - are wonderful. I've used Epson printers before, and considered going that route again. I would recommend NOT using the printer for anything more than just printing photos since the primary function is strictly limited; in fact, use your regular printer for everyday needs - it'll definitely might save you the hassle.
But since I'm a bit tight with my dollar, I ended up leaning toward the favorable reviews I read from people who used the printer for photographs ONLY. People looking for an economical way to produce gorgeous photos ought to take a gander at this machine, the HP Photosmart D7260 - it is definitely worth it. I avoided the hassle of installing any of the software bundles or purchasing a USB cord, and use the printer mainly as a stand alone device to print the photos. All in all, it has taken my hobby further, because for me, it's instant gratification to see my photos displayed as artwork that I can hang on my wall. I was quite impressed with the overall ease. However, if you're a photographer on a limited budget, or you simply want good photos with photo processing results, I would highly vouch for the HP Photosmart D7260.
I was not so happy with it anyway, and when I went to buy ink I thought, "Am I crazy." I returned it and got a black and white multi-function laser printer. It's cheep to run (after the initial investment), fast, better quality, and the text can be highlighted without smearing. This is true love.
When I finally get the paper right, the color and sharpness of the print is great. The most frustrating thing about this printer has been trying to get it to print on the right paper.
Note that I am using this with an Apple MacBook Pro. I always have to print over, or trim the large paper. It's far more expensive in paper than I had any idea it would be, however.
I'm not sure where the bug is, in Apple's software or HP's. Even after going through all the print settings to set the paper feed tray to the photo tray which holds the 4 X 6 paper, it will feed paper from the 8.5 X 11 tray on the first print.
I can't verify if this is true or not, but only that my personal experiences tend to support this claim. No question about the quAlity of photos: they are excellent.
I bought the HP 7360 16 months ago.
When I checked with a couple of ink cartridge stores, I was told that this was a common complaint of users of the 7360, and was also told that the problem was that the colored inks got drawn into the printing head even if only the black cartridge was being used to produce documents. Not only do they hold very little ink, their inks "seem to disappear" even if you use the printer mostly for documents in black print.
However, the five color cartridges are a joke.
If anyone wondered why such complex devices as computers printers are being sold at giveaway prices, you need only to keep buying replacement ink cartridges and add up their costs to find the answer. Over the past year, I have had to replace the cartidges three times, resulting in an ink relacement cost exceeding the cost of the printer.
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