HP PhotoSmart 325 Compact Photo Printer

I received the order quicker than I thought I would. It came with everything that it said it would and it prints beautifully! Im very happy.

I was strongly considering buying this printer - until I saw my friends prints she made with it. Im usually a fan of HP but I really feel they took a step backwards with the photosmart series. The only real drawback to this printer is the fact that it only uses a tri-color cartridge. Yup, there is only cyan, magenta, and yellow. No black! The way this printer makes black (or shades of grey for that matter) is by combining all 3 colors to form a composite black. This causes the prints to seem washed out and lacking dark contrast (not to mention using a large amount of ink). If you have any sort of darkness, shading, or greys in there, they will be represented poorly. Dont believe me? Go to a local store, ask to see the examples, and compare it to other printers.

Came with no power supply which was not advised in product description, instead rated as like new when it isnt. So have no idea if it works. Not happy [yet]

I am so disappointed in my 325. It prints beautiful photos from my memory stick, however, I couldnt install it on my computer. I called cust. service and they couldnt help me either. I enlisted help from family and friends and no one can get this thing installed. I keep getting a message that says there is no software to install the hardware! So, try another brand. Im going to.

Great little printer that doesnt require a computer and does what its designed to do!!!

I had nothing but trouble getting this thing to keep working.

I have had this printer many years prior, and when my last bargain photo printer gave up the ghost I decided to return to what was best. Easy to use, excellent color and clarity, top quality for the money.

The bundled install disk was corrupted. There was not a single scratch on the disk but my computer, and a few friends, could not read the disk. HP said to just download and install the drivers off their website. This does not work either. After downloading and running the most up to date drivers I get an error every time saying at least one file could not be found. The software then rolls back and forces me to restart. There is no restart later or cancel buttons after or during the installation. I just have to wait till it screws up (or end the process in the task manager). Windows cannot install the printer either, its just error after error. Ive tried everything including manually installing the drivers that were unpacked by the drivers off the website and its still missing files. I cant even review the products actual use because I cant get the damn thing to work. Ive even paid someone to come over and try to install it but they run into the same problems. HPs software is horrible and their support hasnt helped me at all.

Printer would only print in monochrome colors; the whole print would be all magenta, cyan, yellow, etc. Put in a brand new cartridge with the same results. Seller needs to test the printers before shipping to verify they work as described.

I have had the 325 model for less than a year. Up until recently I was satisfied with its performance using it to print less than 5 pictures at a time. Recently, I needed to print a series of pictures (more than 10 in one sitting) and had an error message-print cartridge jam-I fixed the paper jam but continued to get the error message. I called HP and they stated this was a fatal error in the unit and encouraged me to purchase the updated model rather than fix my printer. I searched the internet for a solution only to find that others had encountered this and the solution was to purchase the newmodel- A not very cost effective solution as this was not supposted to be a disposable model.