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4 Technical information

The technical specifications and international regulatory information for the HP Photosmart are provided in this section.

For additional regulatory and environmental information, including the Declaration of Conformity statement, see the onscreen Help.

System requirements

The table below lists the minimum requirements the computer must have to work with the printer.

Component

 

Windows

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

Microsoft® Windows XP or Vista (32-bit or 64-bit)

system

 

NOTE: Limited printer software functionality,

 

 

 

 

 

 

consisting of a print driver and the printer Toolbox

 

 

 

application only, is available for Windows XP x64

 

 

 

Edition.

 

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

A modern 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor (2 GHz or

 

 

 

higher recommended)

 

 

 

 

 

RAM

 

For Windows XP and Windows Vista Home edition:

 

 

 

512 MB (1GB or higher recommended)

 

 

 

All other versions of Windows Vista: 1 GB (2 GB or

 

 

 

higher recommended)

 

 

 

 

 

Free disk

 

For Windows XP: 800 MB

space

 

For Windows Vista: 1.5 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

SVGA 800 x 600 monitor with 16-bit color (SVGA 1024

display

 

x 768 monitor with 32-bit color recommended)

 

 

 

 

 

CD-ROM or

 

Required

DVD-ROM

 

 

 

drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB

 

USB port and USB cable (cable not included)

 

 

 

 

 

Internet

 

Recommended

access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software

 

Required: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher

 

 

 

Recommended: Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or higher

 

 

 

 

 

Mac

Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5

PowerPC with G3, G4, G5, or Intel Core-based processors

256 MB (512 MB recommended)

500 MB

1024 x 720 monitor

Required

USB port and USB cable (cable not included)

Recommended

Any browser

Product specifications

For product specifications, go to the HP Web site at www.hp.com/support.

Paper specifications

Main input tray capacity: Plain paper sheets: Up to 125, Photo paper sheets: Up to 40

Output tray capacity: Plain paper sheets: Up to 50, Photo paper sheets: Up to 25

Photo tray capacity: Photo paper sheets: Up to 20

NOTE: For a complete list of supported media sizes, see the printer software.

Physical specifications

Height: 184 mm (7.25 inches)

Width: 578 mm (22.75 inches)

Depth: 394 mm (15.5 inches)

Weight: 7.5 kg (16.6 lbs)

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