I use a HP Photosmart 7960 and cannot fault it in any way...some tech spec that maybe of interest to you Ron....
The unique feature of the 7960 is that it uses an 8 color ink system for photo printing. Most other consumer ink jet printers use 4 or 6 ink systems
4 ink systems - Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
6 ink systems - Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Photo Cyan (light Cyan), Photo Magenta (light Magenta)
8 ink systems - Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Photo Cyan (light Cyan), Photo Magenta (light Magenta), Medium Gray, Light Gray
The extra two colors - Medium Gray and Light Gray - allow the HP 7960 to print true monochrome B&W images right out of the box. 6 color printers must make up all shades of gray from the colored inks, and so there is often a slight color bias. More importantly (and annoyingly) there may be different color bias to different shades of gray. By using only black, medium gray and light gray inks, any color bias is eliminated.
The extra two inks are also said to widen the printing color gamut, enabling the printing more more colors, especially darker shades.
HP provide the following data on their 6 and 8 color printing systems. PhotoREt is the name HP gives to its Photo Resolution Enhancement Technology.