Hewlett Packard Photosmart A826 InkJet Printer

This was purchased as a Christmas gift as a companion present to a Canon camera I also purchased for my wife. With very easy out of the box setup and a highly intuitive user interface, you can get productive with this printer and start printing your digital images in minutes. If you're into quickly churning out prints for photo albums or scrapbooks, this printer deserves serious consideration. There are some limited editing functions built-in, so you can nearly bypass any computer requirements and go straight from capture to printing if you like. I found the red-eye correction to be somewhat hit-or-miss, as it could not always detect the red-eye in the subject unless they were directly facing the camera with eyes wide open. the red-eye correction was much less successful on sublects at an angle to the lens, or squinting slightly. Still, the majoriy of the prints it turned out were surprisingly good; about on par with what you'd get from a 60 min. lab. It's too soon to comment on how economical it is to use, though I can report that the color ink cartridge goes for about $18-20 online, and a package of 100 sheets of 4X6 glossy photo paper will set you back about $13. Whether the ink will last through an entire package of paper remains to be seen.