quality is very good with pictures and the print time is quick
349896
it works well with my IMAC desktop! quality is very good with pictures and the print time is quick! really like it!
1786536
Purchased this for my daughter. I set it up for her in a few minutes and she is very happy with it. This printer offers quite a few printing options and it was a very good buy.
702073
I was disappointed with how long it takes to prepare to print especially from a mobile. However, I'm impressed with the print quality and color quality and the print speed once it starts printing.
1761822
I highly recommmend this printer to anyone who wants to print photos from thier digital camera,  especially if you are willing to spend the money to get quality paper.  The quality of the printing is exceptional, but is really something when combined with some heavier weight papers, and it wwill seemingly handle any weight.  I jsut printed out a photo on a 76 lb. peice of felt paper and the details are absolutely breathtaking.
775165
I have had the printer for 6 weeks.  Print quality for both text and photos is quite good. I've done color on both regular and (non-Epson) photo paper, with very good results. I have not suffered paper jams. I have not suffered (yet) from the almost-empty cartridge syndrome others have discussed. I won't be surprised if the beginner cartridges run out early, but it's nothing like some other purchasers have described. A couple negatives: 1. It is VERY slow. It's OK for my uses, but wouldn't be if I had to print many pages at a time. 2. There is no draft mode (that I can find) when hooked up to an iMac. The result is slow speeds and of course more ink used. 3. It is hard to get to the paper tray when the printer dashboard is open. Long fingers and thin hands are desirable. All told, I would buy the printer again.
440905
This has been a great printer so far. It is quick, prints come out great and it handles copies quite well.

My daughter has been doing a lot a projects, that require printing and copying for school and I do some things that require a lot of printing, at times too. This printer has handled everything so far. It is fast to copy with it's single pass, dual sided scanning.

I love the print forward design that keeps things self contained. We keep the printer in an enclosure and with our previous printer, when we printed something, we would have to run over and open the door, then pull out the flimsy paper catcher arms. With this printer, it's all self contained and there are no flimsy printer arms to mess with. It just prints and we can get it when we have time.

This model also comes with TWO paper trays, so we keep one filled with regular paper and the other is set for either envelopes or photo paper. This is a big convenience, as we don't have to keep swapping paper.

This has some nice mobile printing options with HP's app too.

Oh, and BTW, this CAN print borderless 4x6 and other sizes(besides A4 and 8.5x11). I found a tip on Youtube to set up a second printer, using the same port as the 8740, but using the HP 8720 driver. The 8720 has more photo printing options than the 8740, including more borderless options. I labeled the printer as HP 8740 Borderless and when I print, I choose that printer and it works fantastic. Prints are surprisingly good for a 4 ink printer.

We had an old Epson Artisan 800, which worked well(it did great photos too with 6 inks but we have a Canon Pro-100 for more serious photo printing now) but it drank ink like an alcoholic drinks alcohol. I was constantly buying ink for it and since it is older, the ink is expensive these days. With this HP, we are trying their new Instant Ink plan. They give you 3 months free, to try it and we'll see how our usage goes and decide from there.

I can't really come up with any big negatives other than it is a bit big size wise. We'll see how the longevity of this goes, but we did get a two year plan with it.

Positives...
Quality prints
Fast
Print Forward design
TWO paper trays
Good mobile printing options
Scanner tray can handle LEGAL sized documents(many can only handle letter sized)
CAN print borderless 4x6 and other sized photos using the HP 8720 driver

Negatives...
A bit oversized
Only 4 inks
Set up with HP Instant Ink account was a bit quirky and required several reboots to get the printer to recognize the Instant Ink account.
Rearranging the main menu and other display related things was a bit awkward and hard to find in the web page based settings.

Overall, this has been fantastic so far. I am very happy with the purchase.
2755180
Prints quality pictures. Very happy with the over all quality of the printer its self seeing as it is at a very reasonable price. If you want a printer that prints quality pictures and documents this is a great choice. I am very happy with my choice.
3811046
The printer is easy to set up and use, with very good print quality.  I only use it for basic document printing and do not use it for photos, so I have no knowledge of the photo print quality.
3216181
I usually avoid products that do more than one thing, since they usually don't do any of the things very well.  But this is a great printer!  It prints great quality photos on quality photo paper, and its scan and copy quality is also very good.  Start up time is fast, which was important to me because my old Canon printer took a long, noisy time to start up.  Its footprint is just a little bigger than an average printer but not overly so.
4207792
I've always purchased cheap printers and this is definitely one of the better budget printers I've used.  The print quality is excellent and surprisingly fast.  If you use photo paper, the quality is on par with Wal-greens for having digital photos printed.

It's also quite easy to use.  It took me about 5 minutes to set it up/install all software. The scan/copy controls on top of the printer are really easy to figure out.  The SD/HC, MS, MMC card slot is also a great feature.  You can just pop in your camera or cell phone's memory card and print without a computer.  This feature works great.

The primary reason why I bought this printer was it has some of the cheapest ink on the market.  $10 for black ink and $15 for color ink!

The only con is that the scan quality is not that great.  I tried scanning in photos and there are faint white lines in the photo file and it is definitely more grainy than the original photo.  I would not recommend this printer if you're planning to use it primarily for the scanning photo feature.  However I will say that I have never had/used a personal scanner with really good photo scanning capabilities (so this is about average).

In summary, I bought this printer at Wal-mart for $99 and I have no complaints for the price although better photo scanning would have made the printer 5-star worthy.
4418073
I have no issues with this printer. It prints with good quality, installation process is quiet easy. Pages come out instantly. Love the ability to make copies when I need, and not have to go to a local store and pay $0.10 a page.
3068475
So perfect. . The quality is good
.. you just choose the picture you want and then it printed !!!! So easy to use
4655288
I like the ptotographs and I like also the printing quality.
The level of this black and white printing is very hihg indeed.
I also like the paper.
3576587
Have printed thus far about 70 4x6 prints from my 3 mp camera. Prints came out with very bright and pleasant quality. They really look as good as ones from photo lab with advantage we can crop ,edit and adjust what we want before printing. Because resolution is very good, we are combining 2 pictures in one 4x6 with good results.

Had to print couple of prints first to get feel of adjustments needed to intensity and saturation so we could get best results. usign canon paper. the glossy plus is fine enough.

Scanner was good and performed well scanning negatives at 2400 dpi. We also scanned some book pages into pdf and found software and hardware very convenient for our home enthusiast needs.

Recommend it.
4860134
I read the reviews and did my research. I am very happy with the print quality, using any brand inkjet photo paper. I am a little confused as to why anyone would expect a cable to be included, never seen that one before. Anyone I show the prints to, from this machine, are amazed that they were not done at the local photo shop. I have recommended this printer to others, and have received many thanks for their experiences with this unit as well.
248705
Small, very fast, very good quality printing, great price.
3241621
Although I travel for work, I have a home-based office and my husband works from home, so I was excited to try this printer from Epson.  Setup was quick and easy:  we unpacked the printer and were able to successfully print via WiFi within an hour of opening the box.  It is necessary to use the enclosed CD or download the drivers from the Epson website, as Windows was not able to a driver.  (In fairness, that Windows feature has never worked for me unless a printer was at least 5 years old).  The intuitive menus and touch screen made setup and connection to our home network a breeze.

I have printed documents in black and white for customers, and photos on glossy HP brochure paper.  The text when printing in black and white is crisp and comparable to the resolution of a laser printer.  Color pictures printed on cheap-o HP or Staples printer and copier paper were okay but not great.  However, photos printed on the glossy brochure paper looked great!  The colors were very true to life, and the resolution was excellent.

It is fun to be able to print pictures taken with your iPad or iPhone directly to this printer using AirPrint.  Just make sure you have photo paper loaded in the back feed, because only plain paper can be used in the two main trays.

Pros:
- Easy setup and integration into home network.
- Intuitive touch screen interface.
- HUGE supplies of ink last a long time, and refills are very reasonably priced.  (This was a pleasant surprise)
- Excellent print quality provided the appropriate paper is used.
- 2-sided printing is a nice feature for a machine of this size.

Cons:
- Because the top is used as a document feed, printed pages come out of the front of the printer.  When printing lots of pages, this results in a somewhat messy stack of papers that are not aligned.
- Blank pages sneak through when printing documents of ~30 pages or more.
- Price of printer (though ink refills are remarkably cheap).

This printer is an excellent choice for someone with a small business or home office, especially if one can treat it as a business expense come tax time!  The price will limit it's appeal to many consumers, but for someone who does a lot of printing this is an excellent choice.