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Printer features for a successful school year

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  » Wireless: A benefit for the entire family
  » Two-sided printing: Save paper and space
  » Quick forms: Print useful papers—PC-free
  » Scanning: Create and share
  » High resolution: Capture the details
  » Extra features: Have post-homework fun
  » Find the best printer for school-age families
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Little girl in classroom looking at a paper near a printer.

Introduction

From basic printing capabilities for reports and essays to high-resolution scans and prints of maps and diagrams, HP Printers and All-in-Ones offer a range of useful functions for families with students. See features that can help promote a fun and successful school year.

Wireless: A benefit for the entire family

The HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One.
Some HP printers, such as the HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One, offer a simple, one-touch wireless setup.
Wireless printing offers the mobility and convenience that a busy family needs to juggle schoolwork, extra-curricular activities, and everyday printing needs.
  • Share a single printer among a multi-computer household, saving equipment costs and energy.
  • Keep your desk free from the clutter of cables, leaving more room for notes and books.
  • Take advantage of easy one-touch wireless setup, available on select HP Printers such as the HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One.
  • Find how to graduate to wireless printing.
  • Visit the HP Wireless printer buying guide to compare the features and prices of more wireless-enabled HP Photosmart printers and All-in-Ones.
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Two-sided printing: Save paper and space

A woman printing double-sided on the HP Photosmart Premium Fax.
Automatic double-sided printing, shown here on the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One, not only helps you save paper, but also money, space, and environmental resources.
Help cut your paper use in half, saving money, space, and environmental resources, by taking advantage of double-sided printing capabilities offered by many HP printers and All-in-Ones.
  • Save time and effort with automatic two-sided printing, offered on many HP Printers and All-in-Ones, so that you don’t have to wait and manually reload your paper to print on the other side.
  • Use double-sided printing to make flash cards for studying.
  • Save ink too, by combining duplex printing with using draft mode when printing drafts of papers for proofing and editing.
  • Watch a demo: Print two-sided automatically, and learn more about this helpful feature.
  • If your printer doesn’t offer automatic double-sided printing, you can still save money and resources by printing two-sided manually.
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Quick forms: Print useful papers—PC-free

An assortment of printable papers.
With just one touch you can print a variety of useful papers, including graph and wide-rule notebook paper, plus games and calendars.
Use the easy, one-touch Quick Forms button, featured on several HP Photosmart All-in-Ones, to print a variety of fun and useful papers straight from your printer—no PC required:
  • Graph paper for math class
  • Wide-rule notebook paper for practicing penmanship
  • Sudoku puzzles (when the homework is finished, of course)
  • Print blank weekly and monthly calendars to create schedules of games and extra-curricular activities
  • Once you’ve filled out the printed calendars, make copies of them to give to each family member (no more missed recitals or after-practice pickups)
  • This feature is available on select HP Printers and All-in-Ones, such as the HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One.
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Scanning: Create and share

A woman loading a paper into the ADF of an HP All-in-One.
Use the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One to make high-quality scans of schedules, old assignments, and medical records.
From saving resources to making last-minute copies, an HP Scanner or All-in-One provides a number of helpful scanning functions for students and their families alike.
  • Scan completed assignments and past study guides to create a digital archive that you can use to prepare for future exams.
  • Scan copies of your child’s medical records to e-mail to physicians and for a backup. You can even scan directly to memory card or flash drive with the HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One.
  • Scan schedules for carpools, school, and extra-curricular activities, and e-mail them to other parents, babysitters, daycare, etc.
  • Scan and e-mail permission slips for school field trips and doctors’ notes to excuse absences.
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High resolution: Capture the details

Close-up of cells under a microscope.
Even a slight variance in color can make a difference when you’re studying a subject like biology. Use an HP All-in-One with high resolution for precise prints and scans and accurate color.
For students with an interest in more visual topics, such as art or science, consider a printer or scanner with a higher resolution to capture scans and prints with greater precision. Here are some examples of details making a huge difference:
  • Images of cells for science class or diagrams for anatomy class
  • Artwork for drawing and painting classes (also great for archiving a portfolio for college applications)
  • Scanning photos and 3-D objects for a collage
If your household has a need for visually complex scans, try an All-in-One with a higher resolution, such as the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Fax, Copier, which has an optical scan resolution of 4800 dpi (dots per inch), 19,200 dpi optimized.
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Extra features: Have post-homework fun 1

The HP Photosmart Premium Web All-in-One.
The HP Photosmart Premium Web All-in-One offers direct, PC-free access to Snapfish, plus a host of other sites from which you can print recipes, coupons, movie tickets, and more.
The HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One.
Use the large touchscreen featured on the HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One to carry out a range of PC-free functions, including editing your photos before printing.
No one likes all work and no play! Take advantage of these features, available on select HP Printers and All-in-Ones, to have some fun when the homework is done.

Internet access

Memory card slots
  • Print photos directly from your camera’s memory card for a simple, PC-free printing experience.
  • Some printers, such as the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One, offer in-printer photo editing, album page templates, and passport photo prints.


Touchscreens
  • Use an intuitive touchscreen, available on select HP Printers and All-in-Ones like the HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One Printer, to get things done without a PC, including viewing and editing your photos.
  • From your HP Photosmart printer’s touchscreen you can crop, sharpen, and remove red-eye from your photos before printing, so you get quality results the first time you print.
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Find the best printer for school-age families

Compare the features and capabilities of two versatile, workhorse HP All-in-Ones and find the one that can best help your school year run smoothly.

To see additional options loaded with even more features, visit the Buying guides for HP Printers, and explore the entire selection of HP Printers and All-in-Ones.
Key features HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One HP Photosmart Premium Web All-in-One

HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One Printer

HP Photosmart Plus AiO
HP Photosmart Premium Web All-in-One

HP Photosmart Premium Web AiO
Wireless
Built-in

Built-in

Memory card slots
X

X

Touchscreen
2.39"

4.33"

Print speed
(ppm=pages per minute)
30 ppm black
28 ppm color*

33 ppm black
32 ppm color*

Color print resolution
Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi

Up to 9600 x 2400 optimized dpi

Scan resolution
Optical: Up to 1200 dpi
Enhanced: Up to 19200 dpi

Optical: Up to 4800 dpi
Enhanced: Up to 19200 dpi

Scanning
X

X

Faxing
N/A

X

Quick forms
X

X

Automatic 2-sided printing
Manual

X

Bluetooth
N/A

X

Edit photos in printer
X

X

* After first page; see www.hp.com/go/inkjetprinter for details
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