Suffering at the hands of below average performance and value for money scores, this printer's saving grace was its feature set. The PhotoSmart 8150 boasts Compact Flash Type I and II, SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MultiMedia Card, Memory Stick, xD, USB flash drive support as well as PictBridge and an optional Bluetooth adaptor. Such a wide range of supported formats should leave you hassle free when it comes to plugging in and printing off those precious moments you've stored on your camera or other device. Kodak is the only other company here offering a wireless alternative with their IrDA port for easy prints from mobile phones that feature a camera.

Although printing a fairly solid first image with some contrast and brightness issues, our second print out using the HP image enhance mode on the printer produced a much crisper image with noticeably better sharpness even in at the furthermost focal point of the photo. Unlike the small format 4x6 and 5x7 inch only printers, this unit will scale all the way from A6 up to A4 giving you the flexibility to print word documents as well as your happy snaps. More practical for home or SOHO users, it gives you the option to do larger format printing at the same cost as the smaller crippled units.