HP Brings Touchscreen and App Power to the Printer

The Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web.

Touchscreen with app power.

Connects to photos stored on your Snapfish account.

I don't want to go too far out on a limb here, but I think this touchscreen thing is here to stay. All kidding aside, I love watching how quickly my toddler picks up the touch UI of iPhone apps as well as how disappointed he gets when something with a screen doesn't swish back and forth with the swipe of his finger. Which makes me think that HP designed the top-of-the-line model in its new crop of touchscreen-enabled all-in-one printers more for this new computing generation than for the parents.

The centerpiece Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web scans, copies and faxes as well as prints and includes both Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) and Ethernet networking. But where other network-connected printers are happy just to connect with other PCs on the network, the Photosmart Premium Web can also access the Internet (albeit a gated community) via apps created by HPs partners. Using the integrated 4.33-inch touchscreen display, you can access the Snapfish photo sharing web site to view, edit and print photos stored online without having to boot up a PC. Other partner apps include Fandango (enabling you to buy movie tickets through the app and then print them out), Google maps (though without the ability to print directions), Dreamworks and Nickolodeon (the latter two geared specifically for kids with activity books and coloring pages). The touchscreen panel can also be used make basic edits to photos before printing (such as rotate, crop, and adjust brightness).

Stepping down a bit, the Photosmart Premium features a 3.45-inch touchscreen, but one that doesn't do apps--it just connects to your online Snapfish and provides basic on-screen photo editing. But aside from that (and the faxing capabilities of the Photosmart Premium Web), the Photosmart Premium offers much of the same features including networking (802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Ethernert), Bluetooth capabilities, 33 ppm black and 32 ppm color printing, and automatic two-sided printing. Lastly, the affordable PhotoSmart Plus all-in-one offers a touchscreen panel that controls the printer, but does not include access to Snapfish or HP's web apps. It also does just Wi-Fi networking (no Ethernet or Bluetooth). And because all three do Wi-Fi, they're all compatible with HP's iPrint Photo iPhone/iPod touch app (link opens in iTunes), which allows you to print 4 x 6-inch photos directly from your Apple device.

All three are HP Photosmart TouchSmart printers are currently available from Amazon.

--Agen G.N. Schmitz

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