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HP Photosmart D5360

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Pros
Prints on coated CD/DVD media;
Economical inks; automatic duplexing
Cons
: LCD is small; lacks PictBridge;
Control-panel photo options are minimal

$25.99 - $124.24
From 13 Merchants

Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $90 (9/17/2008)
Performance: Fair: 69
Features: Good: 74
Design: Very Good: 88

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $90

Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $30

Standard-Capacity Color Cartridge - $35

Performance

Fair: 69

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	7.4
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	46.27
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	105.78
Text Output Quality	Good

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.4
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	51.48
One-Page Webpage (secs)	26.67
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	21.23
Color Output Quality	Good

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	1
Sports Action Shot (secs)	58.04
Color Photo Quality	Superior

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	2.8
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	21.56
Grayscale Output Quality	Very Good

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	2.4
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	24.99
Line Art Output Quality	Good

Features

Good: 74

Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed	32
Maximum Amount of RAM	32

Dimensions
Dimensions	18 by 15 by 7.2
Weight (pounds)	12.5

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:32
Color Pages per Min.	Color PPM:24

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	1200-by-1200
Max. Color dpi	4800-by-1200

Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type	PCL3
PCL Emulation	HP PCL 3

Interfaces
Parallel Port	No
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	Yes
Ethernet	No
Media Card Readers	CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SD Card, xD-Picture Card
PictBridge	No

Drivers
Macintosh	Yes
Windows 98	No
Windows NT	No
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	No

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	25
Standby Power Draw (watts)	3.1

Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages)	0

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	2
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	2
Tray Capacity, pages	125
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	125
Manual Feed Slot	No
Maximum Paper Size	Legal
Output Tray Capacity	50
Auto Duplexer	Yes

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	8
Sunday Support Hours	8
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black	0.05
Cost per Page, Color	0.11

Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle	3000
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields	750
Color Ink/Toner Yields	520

Bundled Items
Included Hardware	Power cable, two-sided printing accessory
Included Software	HP Photosmart Essential software CD

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	More bad news for HP: below-average grades for out-of-box problems and significant problems with its printers. Readers aren’t thrilled with HP’s phone support either.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems	Worse than Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Worse than Average
Reports of problems that render a product unusable	Average
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use	Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Worse than Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Average
Overall quality of service	Average

Design

Very Good: 88

HP Photosmart D5360 Inkjet Printer Review

by Melissa Riofrio

- HP's Photosmart D5360 inkjet printer offers several useful photo-printing features along with some advanced printing and paper-handling features. It's an attractive choice for home-office or school users who need a good, all-purpose printer.

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