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What do you want a printer to do for you?

A young man at home using an HP notebook to print quality color documents to an HP inkjet printerDo you need a home printer to print your favorite photos? Or one to print text-only documents in laser quality for a home business? Whatever your needs are, here are some typical printing categories to make the process of choosing the perfect printer a little easier.

Choose the category that best describes your printing needs

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Home printing

Home printing
For your basic home printing tasks, you need an easy-to-use, compact printer for everyday color and black text documents, home projects and photos. Sound right for your busy household?  
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Home office printing

Home-office printing

When you need a printer to do double-duty between business and the business of running your home, HP’s line of Officejet Pro printers fits the bill. They offer laser-quality prints with professional color at up to 50% lower cost per page* than laser printers.  All-in-One models add the versatility of fax, copy and scanning capabilities. Explore your options.

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Digital photography printing

Digital photography printing

Are you a beginning or occasional digital photographer that enjoys printing true-to-life color snapshots with or without a PC? If you print homework, school projects and digital photos at home or on the go, then this is you.

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Advanced digital photography printing

Advanced digital photography printing
Perhaps you’re a more experienced digital photographer who likes to take, edit, enhance and print a much wider variety of photo sizes and effects for display, exhibition or sale. Sound like you?
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Printing documents on the go

Prinitng documents on the go
Many busy people, especially frequent travelers, need a lightweight, portable printer that produces high-quality documents, sales materials and more, almost anywhere. A mobile printer gives you fast, dependable results on a network or wirelessly from hotspots. Is this for you?
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Printing photos on the go 

Printing photos on the go

Perfect for someone who has to do it all, quickly, HP PSC and HP Photosmart All-in-Ones let you easily print beautiful color photos in a variety of sizes. HP All-in-Ones combine up to four individual HP products—printer, fax, scanner and copier—in one compact, very easy-to-use, time-saving device.

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* Majority of laser AiOs <$750, printers <$300, OJ Pro products with XL cartridges. For details hp.com/go/officejet
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