Some time last year (2007) Ryan and I purchased a printer. We spent quite a while in the store wondering which printer we should choose and what features we liked. Finally, we choose the HP Photosmart D5160. So far it has satisfied our printing needs, which has mainly been printing my Canadian permanent residency application and supporting documents (this was one seriously huge package, so much for saving paper!). One added bonus is it’s photo printing capabilities.

Today, I finally printed off some 4×6in photos to place into a four photo frame we received as a Christmas present. I used the HP Premium Plus photo paper that was included with the photo print cartridge. The results were quite pleasing for a home printer worth $70. The only feature that I will most likely never use again is the ‘white border’ option. I tried this on one of the photos and found that the white border was too small, width was different on all sides and you could tell that the photo paper wasn’t completely aligned.

Here are the photos I chose to print: