Ok…maybe not literally, but for sure it has saved my sanity. My old, newer printer…we’ll call it E…hasn’t worked right since a few months after purchase. As many of you already know I am the secretary of our school’s PTSO. I am also the family photographer at all holidays & get-togethers, the resident coupon printer for the entire family, and our little family is generally in charge of all direction printing when traveling comes around (even when we’re not goin). So one would assume I have or at the very least need an excellent printer. Alas, I did not.
Trusty ol’E had been replaced once by the company and the new one was in need of retirement. You see E has convinced it’s self it lives in a zoo (sometimes I feel the same way:) )…it started turning all of my flyers, directions, recipes and coupons into zebras and all of my pictures into angry zebras (everything has a red tone.) I had done all I could do…I’ve replaced the cartridges (all of them), cleaned the head and whatever else Jon thought might help.
I had begun to think it was all in my head…maybe I was finally losing it.
Thankfully I have been saved! HP recently sent me their brand new, very 
awesome HP Photosmart Premium with Touchsmart Web AiO to test drive. (Insert collective sigh as we think about it’s awesomeness) No longer does it appear I am testing our PTSO member’s vision with the meeting minutes or attempting to turn all of my loved ones red.
Photo quality
In fact, I have family members who think it prints too clearly..there are a few would would prefer the pixelated, red versions of themselves as it take the focus away from wrinkles and blemishes captured perfectly by my camera and printer with crystal clear quality on the printer.
There are so many reasons to love the new web printer from the lab quality photos complete with vibrant cohesive color to the ability to print from right here in my bed while KJ naps beside me. The HP web printer goes a long way to making my life a little smoother and a lot easier.
Favorite feature
My favorite feature above all else is the touchscreen technology with “web direct printing”! My kids color a lot, in fact, KJ is sitting beside me right now coloring a picture of Dora I was able to access and direct print straight from the printer. There was no need for me to boot up the PC, surf over to Nick Jr., choose Dora, and print from the website…all I had to do was touch the Nickelodeon icon on the printer and choose the picture to color, the quantity, and-poof-it was printed.
I can also direct print picture I have already uploaded to Snapfish (ps. if you don’t have an account sign up now for 20 free 4×6 prints) . Not to mention how awesome it is to search for and print recipes and coupons straight from the printer right before I head out to the grocery.
The amount of sanity saved here is easy to calculate. You take two screaming kids + one desperate mommy – the time it would normally take to search for and print a coloring page = silence and split second for Mommy to take a break. Thanks for that HP.
HP Apps
There’s also HP Games and Crafts, which my daughters love for their airplanes. I love it too…it has them convinced I know how to make a paper airplane(psst: it prints with instructions).
And that’s just using just a couple of the awesome Apps available in the HP App Studio. There’s also Google Maps for when you’re traveling, Fandango for when you’re headed to the movies to catch the latest DreamWorks movie, Web Soduko to keep your brain sharp, USA Today to keep up on the news, and so many more.
Great All-in-One Printer
Lest you be afraid I am sacrificing any of the mundane tasks we have come to expect from a great all-in-one printer, the web printer still copies, prints, scans, and faxes faster and clearer than anything I’ve ever used.
I’ve tried every function and every feature available for use on this printer, 
we have given it rigorous printing tests and we are still on our first round of ink cartridges, though we are running low on regular black ink. I know this because thanks to their handy software , I get reminders on all of my computers.
As a Energy-Star rated printer, the web printer uses 10% less energy than my old printer…which meets my eco-friendly needs too.
All in all, the new HP Photosmart Premium with Touchsmart Web AiO has become a valuable member of our family blending my love of the convenience of the internet and my love for my family. My children have welcomed the addition with open arms and look forward to quiet time with “Webby” (the web printer).
The silence used to create this review and post is brought to you by HP.
Full Disclosure: HP has provided me the HP Photosmart Premium with Touchsmart Web AiO and Original HP supplies for a real-world test-drive by me and my family. Although HP provided the product to me, the opinions and impressions are all my own.
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