Hewlett-Packard`s PhotoSmart P1100 printer bagged the runners-up award for best printer in the Technical Innovation Awards of the United Kingdom edition of PC Magazine. "This machine has a number of unique features that sinlgled it out as a winner to the judges of the competition," declares Traci Maynard, product manager for Hewlett-Packard at Tarsus Technologies. According to her, the qualities that set the PhotoSmart P1100 apart from the competition include its best print quality and its ability to print and save images directly from a wide range of digital cameras.
Key features: HP PhotoSmart P1100 Printer
JetSend wireless printing from HP digital cameras
One button fast download of digital photos to PC
High speed printing - up to 12ppm black and 8.5ppm mixed colour (P1100)
4Mb RAM built-in
High resolution - up to 2400x1200 dpi colour print quality
PhotoRetIII precision technology for excellent picture quality
Dual-medium printing - photo and regular paper
Win 95/98/NT4.0 optimised
"The fact that this is also the first consumer printer to market to feature full duplexing capabilities, and in their words 'produces fantastic colour prints on regular and dedicated paper`, also scored highly with the judges," continues Maynard. The PhotoSmart P1100 is fully networkable and is compatible with HP`s JetDirect external print servers for maximum versatility and performance.

