HP's PhotoSmart 7760 photo printer offers high-quality, convenient photo printing directly from your digital camera's memory card, or from your PC or Mac computer. With four built-in memory card slots, you can be guaranteed compatibility with virtually any camera--choose from CompactFlash (Type I and II) and Microdrive, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Secure Digital, Multi Media Card, and xD-Picture Card media.
You can preview, edit, and enhance images even without a computer connection, thanks to the 1.8-inch color LCD and top panel control buttons, or select images from thumbnails printed on photo proof sheets, which can also be generated without a computer.
The PhotoSmart 7760 offers two USB ports--one on the back for connection to your PC or Mac and one on the front for plug-and-play connection to compatible cameras or even your laptop. Print speeds are variable, depending on the speed/quality mode selected, and range from up to 13 ppm for black printing (Fast Draft mode) to approximately 116 seconds for a 4-by-6-inch photo print (Best mode). Print speeds can be increased with the addition of the optional HP no. 56 black print cartridge.
The PhotoSmart 7760 handles a wide range of media types and sizes, and comes with a dedicated 20-sheet 4-by-6-inch photo paper tray plus a 100-sheet standard media input tray to easily handle your everyday printing. An optional duplexing accessory and 250-sheet paper tray are available separately to enhance paper handling even further. The PhotoSmart 7760 comes with just about everything you'll need to get started (USB cable not included) and is backed by a one-year warranty.
What's in the Box
HP PhotoSmart 7760 photo printer, HP no. 57 (C6657A) tri-color inkjet print cartridge, HP no. 58 (C6658A) photo inkjet print cartridge, power supply, basics guide, software on CD-ROM (PC and Mac), setup poster, electronic documentation, media pack
The high-performance HP Photosmart 7760 photo printer will print from 4x6-inch to letter size. The Photosmart 7760 allows to print directly from your memory card so you do not need to have it connected to your computer. Of course you can also print from your PC. A 1.8-inch LCD preview screen lets you easily pick and print images without ever sitting down at your PC.
1 Great all-purpose printer!
This is an outstanding printer. Aside from doing an excellent job with photos, it also functions extremely well as an all-purpose printer, running the gamut from high-quality photo printing to everyday correspondence and web page printing.
Right after I bought this, my 5-year old laser died, so I started using the 7760 as a temporary all-purpose printer. I was so impressed, I decided against buying another laser printer. The "fast draft mode" provides nice quality for everyday document and web page printing; very sharp for black & white, but just a bit lighter than normal mode, and is far better than draft mode on Epsons. There is also a "Fast Normal" mode that looks near perfect, yet provides some ink savings. Both modes print text and graphics far more quickly than earlier models, narrowing the gap against laser printers dramatically. Like all good-quality photo printers, it runs through ink quickly at the highest photo settings. But for everyday use in "Fast Draft" and "Fast Normal" modes, I'm satisfied with the ink economy.
I have had this printer for 10 months, use nearly everyday, and have never experienced any of the problems noted by other reviewers. I use only with a Dell desktop PC and IBM Thinkpad, so cannot speak to its viability as a standalone photo printer. I love having only one printer, as I never thought that a single printer could run the gamut from high quality photos to economical everyday use---let alone at this price. I've recommended this printer to others time and again, and I'd buy it again in a minute.
2 Excellent printer and I bought it refurbished for $93!
I always buy refurbished simply because you know the refurbished ones will work!
I have no qualms about this printer, ok maybe a tiny one.
I would rather print a 4x6 picture on a 4x6 paper, I have no idea where to put it. There is a spot that looks like where the 4x6 paper would go into but when I put it in nothing happens, so I resort to putting the 8x10 paper in the tray (where it's supposed to go) and I waste my paper. I try sticking the 4x6 into the tray where the 8x10 goes, but I really have to stick my fingers all the way down so it can reach the mouth, and it still won't go.
I love this printer it's great,looks cool, and does a good job.
I just have to figure out this 4x6 slot that looks like a 4x6 paper would go.
3 I wouldn't have purchased if I would have had all the facts
I purchased this printer for my mother. She doesn't own a computer and would always have either myself or a sibling print her pictures for her. So I thought this was a great idea since it has 2 USB ports and takes 4 different memory cards. Well what you are not told is that the USB ports are only for HP products and they do not sell an adaptor or anything else so that this product can be used with another type of camera. We have a Sony camera where the pictures are burnt on to a cd, so that is why we were looking for a printer that you can use a USB cable for. I emailed HP support and they told me to hook it up to a computer and then print or they suggested several HP camera's we could purchase to use the USB ports. I GIVE THIS LESS THAN A STAR.
The product did print one nice picture off of a memory card but really isn't serving it's purpose for my mother.
4 It's an excellent photo printer for light-average use
First, this is not meant as anything other than a photo printer; it may or not be able to print text and graphics, but that's not it's main function. It's main function is to print high quality photos, which it does well.
The photo quality is certainly very good even at the default settings (the only ones I've used). Outlines are crisp, colors are clear, there's no blurring *unless your photography skills put it in there...*
It's a little slow doing full borderless prints, but so is any home use photo printer. It does 4X6 reasonably fast, although not blindingly so. However, the slightly slow speed is more than offset by the high quality of the prints, particularly in this price range.
It'll let you do basic photo editing, but it really is no match for Photoshop Elements, or any other decent photo suite. It's still a nice touch though, to be able to do at least basic photo maniupulation (zoom in or out, rotate etc.) on the printer.
The ink economy is so-so. There's better out there, but they cost significantly more (add at least another 50-100 dollars) so it's a question of how much you print. Since most people wind up doing predominintly 4X6, it's not really a big deal; thier cartridges last for a good number of those. However, if you print out more than maybe 20-30 4X6 photos and/or 10-15 8X10's a month, I'd reccomend a heavier duty printer. That's a lot more than most people actually print though.
It's also easy to use; I still haven't bothered with the instruction manual and get everything done I want to with it. The navigation menu on the LCD screen is very self explanitory and takes just a couple of minutes to get to know. Also, I've yet to have a malfunction with this machine, which is nice; no jams or anything.
It's a fine printer for a good price, and a great choice for the vast majority of home users looking for a dedicated photo printer. Quality is excellent, speed is acceptable, and ink cost aren't bad; while there are better photo printers out there, they cost a good deal more.
5 Lousy for anything but pictures
Without fail, everytime I use this printer for anything other than pictures (i.e. just to print out a simple word document), the paper route jams, pulls in multiple sheets at a time, and/or says to add paper even though there is already paper in the tray, and a word document that should take a couple minutes to print out becomes a twenty minute ordeal.
6 Excellent printer - paid $129 at Costco
Best photo printer I ever have owned. Easy set-up. Quick printing, great colors, love the little LCD screen that shows the picture as it prints. Reads directly from compact flash card; no computer needed. Ink and paper are expensive, but I'm worth it.
Downside: paper path a little convoluted but no problems. Perfect companion for my Nikon CoolPix 5400 digital camera.
7 Awesome Printer
I just received the 7760 in the mail today.
I had to run to Walmart because I forgot to order the USB printer cable. After I hooked the printer up to the computer which took about 10 minutes ( includes the unpacking of the printer ). I took out all the pictures that I had and WOW the quality is unheard off. I mean the pictures are just so clear and pure quality. The printer pretty much started on it's own.
Just plug everything and put the disk that came with it and It does everything on it's own. Ohhh and then I tried photo paper.
Ohhh man it just got better from there.
THIS IS THE PRINTER TO GET.!!!!!!!
8 A perfect printer
My husband and I went to Aruba on our honeymoon with our new digital camera. After shopping around for approximately a month, we decided to buy the HP7760 mainly because of the 1.8" LCD screen - no computer necessary.
The guy at Best Buy told me I needed a USB cable, which is true, but it is not necessary unless you are printing from your computer. He tried to sell me a $30 one; I went to Walmart the next day and got one on clearance for $12.
The printing is absolutely wonderful! The colors and hues are so rich, it looks like you are there in person. The blue sky is as blue on the picture as it was in person! Same with all the other colors! I have not run into any problems with little stars or black lines appearing on my pictures, and since I installed it about two hours ago, I have printed more than 50 4x6 prints using the HP Premium Photo Plus glossy paper. The prints are instantly smudge-proof, but take longer time to dry if you want to put them in an album (especially the ones with the dark colors). I feel the quality is equal to that os lab processed prints. I took a picture of the sunset one day and the oranges and reds just jump off the picture at you.
I also haven't had any problems with any paper jams or "ink failed error" as some other reviewers have complained. The tray can only hold 20 4x6 cards at a time, so don't overload it and you'll be fine.
I also liked that it came with two ink cartridges, one color and one photo. After 50-something pictures, the cartridges are still going strong. I also bought a black cartridge and color cartridge (a combo pack at Best Buy for its sale price of $39.74, regularly $53) and a gray photo ink cartridge along with a second photo cartridge. In addition I bought the HP plus glossy and matte paper (haven't used the matte yet)
One word of advice (and it tells you this in the manual): When you place the paper in the 4x6 tray, make sure the side you're printing on is down and the perforated edge is toward you. I made the mistake of putting the paper in backward and had a couple prints come out with a white stripe on the end where the perforated edge should have been.
This printer is great for the price and ease of use! No complaints whatsoever!
9 Love this Printer!
Received the printer and had it up and running in less than 20 minutes with no problems. Makes beautiful prints that are as good as any professional printing I've had done. The ability to edit at the printer without having to download to the PC first is great! It's very easy to use and I've had no paper jam problems of any sort. Since I am not really technical and don't like to read pages and pages of instructions to use new equipment, I believe this speaks highly of this printers ease of use.
10 Stay away from this one...
...unless you only intend to print color photos in very standard sizes on very standard paper. Limited print features set....weak software interface. HP chat and email help is really worthless. AI "I understand how you feel. I understand you want to print pictures?" etc. etc. Manuals are very weak. No help on the website.
11 HP 7760
Just bought the printer at Costco for $139.00. What a deal, I just built and setup a new system, and was looking for a decent photo printer. This one is fantastic. Took less then 10 minutes to unpack and install and get completely operational. If you buy at Costco it even comes with the USB cable. I could not believe the quality of the photo I printed on the sample 4x6 photo paper included with the printer. Looks just like it came from the photo processing center. All functions I checked out so far appear to work great, just the fact you can plug a mem card into the printer and do most if not all your editing right there is great. So far, it looks like this one is a keeper..
12 Broken after printing 16 pictures, stay away from this one.
Bought a 7760 printer to use for photo printing. After printing 16 pictures it had an error that the cartridges were bad. Bought new cartridges ($68), this did not help. Called HP customer service, I do not speak whatever language the call center personnell do. I tried several times until I finally got someone to send me a replacement. The first replacement never arrived, there was some sort of error in the HP system sending the replacement. they would not re-send for four weeks and several calls to the tech center. 5 weeks later when replacement did arrived it too has the same error, it does not accept the cartridges either. Tested the cartridges on a friends 6110 and they work fine. Yea I just cant wait until the third unit shows.
Third and fourth unit arrived, neither of these worked either. The first one started to print a test page, half way through it the same error with the print cartridges occured. the fourth one never accepted either the new cartridges or the cartridges that came with it. It is beginning to look like I have 16 really expensive pictures, and a rather nice paper weight.
13 7760 vs 7960 vs i900d
I started off with a Canon i900D but returned it because of the quality of photos. The prints were not real sharp and the color was off.
I originally was going to buy the 7960 but since I do not do a lot of B + W and the larger LCD was not a big issue for me I decided to try out the 7760. I just brought it home and set up was a breeze, basically you just plug it in. I did have a question though and call HP technical help, got threw in a matter of minutes, the tech was nice and helpful. I printed a few prints and am impressed by the quality of the photos. It's a nice looking printer and I like the fact it's a little smaller then the 7960. Still too new to tell for the long hull but so far it's a keeper!
14 paper jams
I returned an epson 325 photo for having constant paper jams. All kinds of paper jams. I was told the 7760 was the way to go. Well, after 4 days, with calls to HP, It wouldn't print any envelopes. HP told us to give the envelope stock a little push. After that all we experienced were more jams, and ink all over everything.. We returned this unit. While in the store we noticed another customer complaining about photo paper jams with the 7760. We came home with the Canon i900D. So far so good.
15 Great choice for a novice
I ordered this printer to go with my new digital camera and found it simple to install and get started. I was able to print a great photo immediately using the sample paper provided. It is terrific quality and rivals 35mm prints from the photo finisher. If you are looking for a reasonably priced photo printer with all the extras this is a good choice. Printing direct from camera cards with out turning on the computer is very handy.
16 Great printer that's easy to use!
I'm no expert with computers so if I'm able to get started easily anyone can. The easy start instructions got me up and running in no time without any assistance from my more computer literate sons. The HP7760 accepts a variety of memory cards which is helpful in a family that boasts three digital cameras with three different memory cards. The small screen that is on the printer allows the user to view the images without a computer. The printer can view, crop, rotate, enlarge, and select the size and quantity of prints without computer assistance. The printing time was a tad slow but the quality was as good as any professional digital prints I've purchased. It's 'almost' as good as 35mm.
The paper tray has a slot for 4x6 paper making it easy to print copies of photos without wasting expensive larger size photo paper. One minor annoyance is the requirement for changing print cartridges to print black and white, photos or typed material, so if this is your only printer you'll be changing cartridges frequently. A convenient little device for protecting and storing removed cartridges mitigates this problem slightly but one extra cartridge slot would have been far superior.
If you want to go beyond the basic editing available through the printer itself it is simple to install the software that is included and to attach to your computer using an usb cable that is not included.
All in all I'm very happy with this new printer.
17 An impressive printer at a good price
I have to say that I am quite impressed with the print quality of this printer. After my Lexmark PM100 took a dive, I was left with the problem of finding another. The lexmark was ok, but I wanted something with better print quality and speed. The photosmart 7760 deffinately meets those requirements and more. I printed a picture on just plain paper with the HP that blew away the quality of the Lexmark on photo paper. I was also happy with the price. I only paid $159.00 at BJ's. Everyone else was $179 to $250.
18 Great photo printer!
I just bought this printer & LOVE it! I am very pleased with the quality of pictures it produces. I printed out some family pictures & framed them - my family was in awe that I printed them from my home printer! I love the LCD display & the simplicity of the operation. Highly recommended by me!
19 HP once again
I bought this printer (7760 with the 57 & 58 ink cartridges) so I could have good quality edge to edge photo printing, even though I swore that I would never buy HP again. The problem is, no matter how much HP sucks, they are still the best out there, at least for printers. After taking the printer out of the box, I almost sent it back within ten minutes. It does not come with a USB cable. I have an older computer notebook: Pentium II with Windows 2000, 8G harddrive and 96MB ram. The installation disk told me upon beginning of installation that my operating system and memory were inadequate for this product but would be OK. However I had IE 5.0 and the program requires IE 5.5 or better. And it had to be Internet Explorer; Netscape or any other browser was not acceptable. I had no intention of ever getting on the internet with this computer so this upset me greatly. So that was 15 minutes wasted. After digging out my modem and connecting to my telephone line it took another 100 minutes to install the latest version of IE (6.1 I think). Then back to the installation disk, and that took another 55minutes. At which point I'm really beginning to wonder about those HP goofball engineers and hope that the printer works faster than the installation. Then it asks me to reboot and it takes another 40 minutes before it asks me to plug in the USB cable. A few more minutes and I am printing. The printing is slow, but it is still faster than my HP 1220c with the 78 ink cartridge and the quality is notably better. It is still not "photo processed" quality, but it is still outstanding and satisfies my need for printing pictures from my new 3 megapixal camera. I also have a Canon BJC-5000 with a BC-22e cartridge which print quality was almost equal to the 1220 but with less contrast. HP uses IE for the help files and online registration.
