The guy at Best Buy told me I needed a USB cable, which is true, but it is not necessary unless you are printing from your computer. He tried to sell me a $30 one; I went to Walmart the next day and got one on clearance for $12.

The printing is absolutely wonderful! The colors and hues are so rich, it looks like you are there in person. The blue sky is as blue on the picture as it was in person! Same with all the other colors! I have not run into any problems with little stars or black lines appearing on my pictures, and since I installed it about two hours ago, I have printed more than 50 4x6 prints using the HP Premium Photo Plus glossy paper. The prints are instantly smudge-proof, but take longer time to dry if you want to put them in an album (especially the ones with the dark colors). I feel the quality is equal to that os lab processed prints. I took a picture of the sunset one day and the oranges and reds just jump off the picture at you.

I also haven't had any problems with any paper jams or "ink failed error" as some other reviewers have complained. The tray can only hold 20 4x6 cards at a time, so don't overload it and you'll be fine.

I also liked that it came with two ink cartridges, one color and one photo. After 50-something pictures, the cartridges are still going strong. I also bought a black cartridge and color cartridge (a combo pack at Best Buy for its sale price of $39.74, regularly $53) and a gray photo ink cartridge along with a second photo cartridge. In addition I bought the HP plus glossy and matte paper (haven't used the matte yet)

One word of advice (and it tells you this in the manual): When you place the paper in the 4x6 tray, make sure the side you're printing on is down and the perforated edge is toward you. I made the mistake of putting the paper in backward and had a couple prints come out with a white stripe on the end where the perforated edge should have been.

This printer is great for the price and ease of use! No complaints whatsoever!

Excellent printer - paid $129 at Costco (Rating: 5.00)
Review : Best photo printer I ever have owned. Easy set-up. Quick printing, great colors, love the little LCD screen that shows the picture as it prints. Reads directly from compact flash card; no computer needed. Ink and paper are expensive, but I'm worth it.

Downside: paper path a little convoluted but no problems. Perfect companion for my Nikon CoolPix 5400 digital camera.

Great choice for a novice (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I ordered this printer to go with my new digital camera and found it simple to install and get started. I was able to print a great photo immediately using the sample paper provided. It is terrific quality and rivals 35mm prints from the photo finisher. If you are looking for a reasonably priced photo printer with all the extras this is a good choice. Printing direct from camera cards with out turning on the computer is very handy.

An impressive printer at a good price (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I have to say that I am quite impressed with the print quality of this printer. After my Lexmark PM100 took a dive, I was left with the problem of finding another. The lexmark was ok, but I wanted something with better print quality and speed. The photosmart 7760 deffinately meets those requirements and more. I printed a picture on just plain paper with the HP that blew away the quality of the Lexmark on photo paper. I was also happy with the price. I only paid $159.00 at BJ's. Everyone else was $179 to $250.

Awesome Printer (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I just received the 7760 in the mail today.
I had to run to Walmart because I forgot to order the USB printer cable. After I hooked the printer up to the computer which took about 10 minutes ( includes the unpacking of the printer ). I took out all the pictures that I had and WOW the quality is unheard off. I mean the pictures are just so clear and pure quality. The printer pretty much started on it's own.
Just plug everything and put the disk that came with it and It does everything on it's own. Ohhh and then I tried photo paper.
Ohhh man it just got better from there.

THIS IS THE PRINTER TO GET.!!!!!!!

HP 7760 (Rating: 5.00)
Review : Just bought the printer at Costco for $139.00. What a deal, I just built and setup a new system, and was looking for a decent photo printer. This one is fantastic. Took less then 10 minutes to unpack and install and get completely operational. If you buy at Costco it even comes with the USB cable. I could not believe the quality of the photo I printed on the sample 4x6 photo paper included with the printer. Looks just like it came from the photo processing center. All functions I checked out so far appear to work great, just the fact you can plug a mem card into the printer and do most if not all your editing right there is great. So far, it looks like this one is a keeper..

7760 vs 7960 vs i900d (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I started off with a Canon i900D but returned it because of the quality of photos. The prints were not real sharp and the color was off.

I originally was going to buy the 7960 but since I do not do a lot of B + W and the larger LCD was not a big issue for me I decided to try out the 7760. I just brought it home and set up was a breeze, basically you just plug it in. I did have a question though and call HP technical help, got threw in a matter of minutes, the tech was nice and helpful. I printed a few prints and am impressed by the quality of the photos. It's a nice looking printer and I like the fact it's a little smaller then the 7960. Still too new to tell for the long hull but so far it's a keeper!