Innovative design and touch screen wins printer coveted TIPA Award

May 23, 2008 – HP announced that the HP Photosmart A826 Home Photo Centre has been awarded the prestigious TIPA Award for Best Small Format Photo Printer.

The jury for the TIPA Awards – known as the Oscars of the photographic industry – praised the HP Photosmart A826's large 17.7cm touch screen and distinctive design.

Shaped like a small television set, the printer gives customers numerous ways to edit and print photos. It allows users to edit, design and personalise images using a stylus and on-screen keyboard and includes 200 borders and graphics so users can create original photo projects such as greetings cards, postcards and calendars.

The printer is built for quality family printing, with a 100-sheet paper tray, sizes up to 13 x 18 cm and HP's vivid, long-lasting Vivera inks.

"The HP Photosmart A826 Home Photo Centre is a breakthrough for photo printing design and ease of use," said Anja Rohbeck, product marketing manager, Consumer Inkjet, EMEA, HP. "The huge touch screen means users can bypass the PC completely if they want to by inserting memory cards straight into the printer and editing onscreen. It's a family printer that's fun and easy to use and which gives customers multiple photo printing choices in the home."