![]() Photosmart Essentials transfers and manages images from camera and memory card. OCR software is provided and integrated into HP Solution Center, which handles scanning photos and documents. There’s also 802.11g WiFi, so you can connect via wireless as well as through a ubiquitous USB 2.0 link. There’s built-in fax functionality, with software support and a number pad on the control panel, but no fast-dial numbers. ![]() Installation is simple, though it can be longwinded if you need all the Photosmart C7280’s facilities. Paper is loaded into a 100-sheet paper tray and there’s a 20-sheet photo tray integrated with this that automatically slides photo blanks forward when you select to print photos. There’s a full set of memory card readers and a PictBridge socket, set at the bottom right of the front panel. There’s a 61mm, colour LCD monitor which is well used by HP’s Photosmart Express software for control of the all-in-one and to display photos. Its layout is fairly conventional, with a flatbed scanner sitting on top of a six-colour, inkjet print engine. The grey and ice-white livery with silver highlights should fit the device in with most modern PC or Mac installations. Or it can be through the work done to reduce the height of the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), which in turn reduces the overall height of the machine, though not by a lot. This can be done through small details, like the light blue LEDs on the buttons – dark blue is so last year. HP tries hard to make its printers and all-in-ones look good and to innovate with the design of each new range. ![]() The Photosmart C7380 fits in the second category, though it would be fine for simple SOHO tasks, too. HP still holds the lion’s share of the inkjet all-in-one market and produces both business-oriented machines and those intended for the photo-enthusiast at home.
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