Perfect printing tools for homes, home offices

Personal printers might be seen as the bottom of the totem pole in terms of printing power, with efficiency lagging behind compared to their industrial counterparts.

For years, the personal printer’s strongest selling point is its cheaper price and the fact that it is, in every sense of the word, personal, with its capabilities at its owner’s disposal.

But HP’s home and home office printers might soon change all that. "The personal printer market is enormous, and we would like to position HP as one of the leading players with quality devices that would rival the capabilities of industrial printers," said Jerry Dy, consumer market development manager.

HP Philippines’ top-of-the-line All-in-One devices, namely the PSC Photosmart 2610, 2410 and 1315 pack a punch with exceptional functionality and outstanding digital printing.

Get awesome results with the stylish Photosmart 2610, a perfect tool for the home and home office setting. The compact device stays true to its All-in-One tag with its ability to print, scan, copy and fax.

The HP Photosmart 2610 does away with the hassles of setting up through the use of integrated home networking. With faster connectivity, it also enables the user to print, scan and share photos quickly.

Even without a PC, you can preview, select, edit and print family photos directly from a memory card using its proof sheet feature and a PictBridge-enabled digital camera.

People on the go who have their snapshots captured with their latest PDAs or camera phones can print photos directly via Bluetooth.

The Photosmart 2610 nifty add-on feature is its ability to choose images from thumbnails shown on the LCD screen. Even short video clips can be printed into frames for a vibrant storyboard during presentations.

The HP PSC 2410 Photosmart, on the other hand, has so many features it can hardly be called just a printer.

The PSC 2410 lets the user’s imagination fly with just a click of a button. Print memorable photos in 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10, wallet size variants. With cure-for-the-itch creativity, craft your personalized mugs, t-shirts, notebooks and fillers with wacky photos at great ease.

Share favorite images with friends and family members using the HP Instant Share technology, and enjoy additional features such as borderless printing, built-in memory slots compatible to a wide variety of memory cards, easy proof prints and a video screen.

With all these features, users can print, scan, color copy, fax and e-mail without any hassle. The HP PSC 2410 Photosmart is definitely a one-button, one-solution photo printer.

The PSC 1315, meanwhile, has the multitasking capability that makes it a handy tool for the home and home office. Enjoy lifelike color printing, scanning and copying with the six-ink color for richer tone and detail.

Just like other special features on All-in-Ones, print photos directly to the PSC 1315 by connecting a PictBridge-enabled digital camera, and with a flatbed scanner, documents can be reduced by 50 percent and enlarged by 400 percent with outstanding resolution.

This compact and lightweight printer is ideal for small offices where space is at a premium. Home offices would definitely be well-served with the acquisition of what could be the ultimate in multi-function printers.