For the second year in a row, I found myself awake at 4:30 a.m. on the day after Thanksgiving and on my way to Circuit City to join the crowds of Black Friday shoppers. I must admit that despite the early hour and the masses of gadget-hungry people, there is a certain appeal to the whole thing. People watching is pretty entertaining, especially when the doors first open and you get to watch people go literally running down the aisles.
We were at Circuit City to pick up a TomTom GPS navigator for Jose’s mom, but as we stood in line to pay I was tempted by a stack of HP portable photo printers on sale for $50. I have always been interested in getting one, but it seemed like too much of a non-essential item. I mean, I already have a printer capable of doing photos once I download them to the computer, edit them, etc, etc. But I couldn’t resist, so I grabbed one.
We finally opened it tonight after a lazy day of post-shopping napping and movie-watching, and it is such a fun little gadget! To start, the printer itself is so small and cute — which I love as a fan of good product design. But it’s also amazingly easy to print with, even moreso than I expected. (I know I’m way behind the curve on this particular piece of technology, but oh well.) I plugged my compact flash card in and wham! Printed a photo of Jose and me atop the Space Needle two weeks ago. I plugged Jose’s camera in and boom! Printed a photo of him flying his long cross country a few months ago. I even plugged my iPhone into the USB port and voila! Printed the photo of Lady the puppy that I took when we got here on Wednesday night.
This thing is gonna be fun. After all, photos are so much better when you can hold them and pass them around.
I just got a new digital camera and it came with a free photo printer. But they were out so my mom has to go pick it up later. Still glad to know its such a groovy new toy.
Our printer is starting to streak black across photos. I’m wondering if I should get a new all-in-one or something like this. Does it do 8×10? Have you printed out anything that big, yet?
The one I got only does 5×7 or smaller. If you need a new printer period, there are plenty out there that do the same as this little one, just not in as compact a container. Pretty much all new printers take direct input from flash cards and such now.
Hey chicky…could you post the model number of the printer you got, please?
I was looking at them today and they looked really good. I need something that’s fast and VERY easy if I’m going to print out pictures for scrapbooking… these machines sound like they’ll fit the bill!