HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer (Q7021A#ABA)

At the time I ordered this printer, I did not realize I was purchasing an 8 year old edition of the printer. The latest Microsoft OS identified with its instructions is XP. Thanks goodness the HP website acknowledges this could happen and had a driver to download to make it operational with a PC. Functionally, it does a little better job than my HP 1300 series printer. All in all, its okay.

I bought the HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer for my mom. The USB cable and photo paper are sold separately. I connected it to my WIN XP SP2 laptop at home for testing before the holidays and it worked great. When I connected it a Dell also running WIN XP SP2, we had to reset the default printer. The LCD failed to work so I will have to send the unit back. Even without the LCD, we used the unit for testing. The quality of photos, for the unit price, was good. Im looking forward to replacing it for her.

I bought this item as a gift for my scrapbooking daughter, she loves it. I have personally seen the print quality and was impressed for such a reasonable price. The print cartridges seem to last a long time too. I also purchase the carrying case which makes it easy for her to tote it to scrapbooking parties because it is light weight and compact.

This small printer works great for 4 X 6 prints, I only use the H-P advanced photo paper, and have excellant results. Small size is a plus, and lcd display lets you eview photos before printing. My wife uses it for small photos (4 per page) for her illusrated journalling, and aslo to print out other journal material.

I had the same problems with the printer that I had with the one I was replacing. Photos were not clear.

The printer was fine, but the cartridge that was included was empty. It was supposed to be a new printer, but I think it was used or on the shelf a long time.

Nothing to dislike

very happy with the SHIPPING . Item ARRIVED ON TIME as stated. This is my second HP Photosmart A516 Compact Photo Printer. My first one gave out after 7 years of ALMOST daily use. I still cant believe how many photos I printed... Ive probably printed more 10 thousands pics on my previous little printer. I hope this 2nd little guy dont let me down. I would recommend this printer to anyone .

Ive had hp portable printers for a while now. I think theyre great. Pictures come out nice n clear. Mine wasnt working so i wanted to order another one. When i got the A516 the box looked old. I opened it and tried to print pictures. It didnt work. I was disappointed cause i had a hard time finding these printers. But Amazon took it back with no problems.

Love the size of the printer and it is very convenient when transporting to different events....I gave it 3 stars because i can only use my flash drive to print the card reader slots does not work...ugh...