The Best Photo Printers

Best for Creative Types 

HP Photosmart A826

 The big picture: It lets you customize your prints and features a stylus for writing captions and editing directly on the roomy seven-inch touch screen. “I can even make myself skinnier!” raved a staffer. Photos are “just right―rich, but not oversaturated,” said a tester. Taller than it is wide, the machine “takes up minimal space on a desktop.”

 Print sizes and speeds: Four by six inches in 39 seconds; five by seven inches in 1 minute, 47 seconds.

 Cost per print: About 33 cents for a four-by-six-inch print.

 To buy: $200, target.com.