It’s all handled pretty transparently, though we did have problems with installation on one Windows XP PC, where the software repeatedly pulled the machine over. Installation is quite a long-winded procedure, as there’s scanning and fax software to set-up, as well as the printer driver. Using the latter, the Photosmart 2610 can be set up as a network printer, available directly to any machine on a cabled network. At the rear, as well as a USB 2.0 socket for connecting to an individual PC, there are twin connectors for the built-in fax-modem and a phone handset, as well as a 10/100 Ethernet connection. The cancel button is a good emergency measure here, as it stops a job immediately, even part-way through a print, potentially saving expensive photo media if you set things up incorrectly.įollowing down the front right of the device you come to a set of memory card readers, which can handle 11 formats, including the MicroDrive and xD cards. The display is positioned at the rear right of the top panel and in front of it is an array of buttons which control its four main functions, including a number pad for dialling fax numbers manually. To help with this, it includes a 64mm colour LCD display, rather larger than on the back of a typical digital camera, to show individual shots and display menu options. It’s also a dab hand at dealing with memory cards from cameras and printing out in up to six colours. This machine combines the four key functions of an all-in-one: printing, scanning, copying and fax. The Photosmart 2610 is the latest iteration and is designed for the enthusiastic home user or perhaps for a small/home office. Through a process of continued refinement, hp’s devices have reduced in size, improved in performance and developed more sophisticated feature sets. Hp pretty much invented the all-in-one category of scanning and printing machines, but it hasn’t sat back on its laurels.
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