HP Photosmart A636 Expert Reviews

The $150 HP Photosmart A636 is a slight upgrade to last year's A626, with a few minor software differences. The A636 retains the same body shape and design but adds additional photo customization and editing capabilities. We didn't notice any ...

HP has packed a lot of features into this little printer. It's small enough to be out of the way at home and easy to take along with you to a wedding, party or even on vacation. The 4.8" touchscreen allows you to do more with your photos before ...

4.8-inch screen, Fold-down LCD and carrying handle, optional battery, Fast – 71 seconds for 4, Can perform a number of operations directly on photos, Acceptable quality at 4800 x 1200 optimized

The HP Photosmart A636 Printer features the largest touchscreen on a...

Other snapshot printers, beware: HP's new Photosmart A636 Compact Photo Printer sets a high standard. This medium-priced, inkjet-based model is fast and very easy to use. Its print quality is nearly as good as that of the Epson PictureMate Dash, which ...

Fast ; easy to use ; many printing options ; Prints on 5-by-7-inch media

Documentation skimps on some key details

The Photosmart A636 may miss on a few minor points, but it's a fast, capable printer--and its ability to accept an unusually extensive range of paper sizes is a definite plus

Most small-format dedicated photo printers are notably easy to set up and use. Almost all of them are suitable for technophobes who just want to print snapshots with as little effort as possible. So when I say that the HP Photosmart A636 Compact Photo ...

Touch screen. Prints 5-by-7s, 4-by-6s, and up to 4-by-12-inch panoramas. Installs driver from printer itself

Speed is acceptable but slower than that of some other dedicated photo printers

The HP Photosmart A636 Compact Photo Printer is strong on convenience, with a kiosk-like touch screen and effortless installation.

The HP Photosmart A636 is a great compact inkjet photo printer. Its print speed isn't anything special, but it produces good-quality prints, is extremely easy to use, boasts a 122mm colour touchscreen and offers tonnes of editing options. It all comes ...

Good-quality photo prints ; incredibly easy software installation ; tonnes of editing features ; large touchscreen ; small footprint

Slower-than-average print speed

The HP Photosmart A636 is an excellent inkjet photo printer that's both versatile and easy to use. We highly recommend the A636, both for its attractive design, and for the significant improvements in photo quality compared to its predecessor

HP's innovative Photosmart A636 is designed to be used either on its own or with your PC. Instead of coming with a driver disc, the printer appears as a virtual CD-ROM drive when you connect it to a PC's USB port, and a wizard installs the drivers for ...

A little prince of little prints. Easy setup and great looking photos.

A few shortcomings can't stop this speedy snapshot printer from being lots of fun.

The Photosmart A636 rewards the impatient. The 4-by-6-inch photos we printed for our tests each came out in less than a minute. Many images looked dark but were still reasonably good compared with its competition. Flesh tones appeared slightly orangey ...

Dedicated photo printers have been surprisingly successful. Although they can't print on plain paper or A4 sheets, they're easy to use, portable and quick for printing photos. HP has a good range of small, toaster-style dedicated photo printers, but ...

This is an excellent little photo printer and HP has integrated the touchscreen into its design so that it's much more than a gimmick. It's a genuinely easier way to select and edit images and the no-CD installation is something else that adds ...

If you open up the packaging of HP's new Photosmart A636 compact printer you'll be forgiven for suffering an instant sense of déjà vu, as this is an upgrade of the virtually identical Photosmart A626. There ...

If you haven't yet purchased a compact photo printer to keep with you on the move where PCs might be hard to come by, then the Photosmart A636 produces good quality images with a host of editing and fun creative features.