Desktop Computer Review: Presto A10 Printing Mailbox for Presto Service Review

My elderly mom has memory problems and can't check her email by herself, or at least she couldn't until we got her the HP Printing Mailbox. Now ALL she has to do is retrieve the printed email. It really couldn't be easier. Our family and friends send Mom pictures, interesting articles, puzzles, and family emails. Presto provides an additional selection of newsletters. Attach a gif, jpg, or bmp to your email and it will print it out. Add a command to the subject line and your picture will be inserted in a calendar or any of the other selections of holiday, special event, and other colorful formats.

Think of this Mailbox as a printer with a modem in it. The only cost to you is purchasing the HP Printing Mailbox, and paying the $[...] monthly fee for the Presto service (or $[...] for a year). After that your only expenses are plain white paper and an occasional inkjet cartridge.

[...] The website is well done and user-friendly. You choose the email address and set us a "white list" of email addresses that are allowed to send email to the Presto account. That eliminates spam and phishing emails. There isn't any way to reply to emails using the Printing Mailbox, but the Presto folks print out the senders phone number on the emails. You aren't charged for the Presto service until the Printing Mailbox calls in for the first time.

Setup of the actual mailbox was easy too. Instructions are clearly written. Plug in the phone line and power cord, install the inkjet cartridge, put some paper in, wait a few minutes and you start receiving emails.

The Presto website tells me if the printer runs out of paper, and it tells me how much ink it has left. The only thing I would change if I could is to have a paper tray that holds 500 sheets of paper instead of just 50.

The HP Printing Mailbox is one of the best uses of technology I've ever seen.If you have an elderly parent you'd like to email, or perhaps someone who is living alone and may be lonely, this is a great way to brighten their world and to make them feel like they're participating in current technology.

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Product Description:
The HP A10 Printing Mailbox works with the Presto Service so you can send emails and photos to your loved ones who don't use a computer. Now, parents and grandparents who are not technologically inclined don't have to be left out of family updates and shared photos; send a message and a beautiful, full-color messages will automatically print out for them.

Just plug the printer in, and you can start receiving emails, photos, and more! View larger. Simple Set Up and Great Looking Prints
The Presto system is comprised of two components: The HP Printing Mailbox and the Presto Service. The HP Printing Mailbox uses HP Thermal Inkjet Technology for great quality prints on regular paper, and is designed for simple operation. Installation consists of plugging it in and connecting it to an analog phone line. Note: The Printing Mailbox does not work with VOIP phone lines.
The printer has a paper tray with a 50-sheet capacity, and supports letter size paper. Print quality is 600 x 600 dpi in full color, so you'll have beautiful looking photos and crisp text. The printer has a maximum speed of 10 pages per minute.
Included is an HP 95 tri-color inkjet print cartridge, and the HP 95 or 97 tri-color inkjet print cartridge is recommended.
Using The Printing Mailbox With The Presto Service
The Printing Mailbox and the Presto Service work together to make sending messages and photos to someone without a computer a cinch. First, family and friends send email and digital photos to a personalized Presto email address as they usually would from their computers and phones. Presto then formats the message, and it is delivered to the HP Printing Mailbox. Up to five times a day, the HP Printing Mailbox dials into the Presto Service to retrieve messages, and automatically prints them out in full color.
Senders have a choice of different email templates for special occasions, so it's easy to send a beautifully formatted letter. Senders can also get delivery confirmation of anything they've sent. PDF documents are supported as well, and any that are attached to an email are printed out along with it, so you can send tax forms, movie tickets, maps, and much more.
For the recipient, it is like a letter appearing in the inbox, all without a computer. Additionally, there is no need to worry about spam, ads, or junk mail since Presto only delivers messages from people on your friends list.
The Presto Service also lets you create personalized monthly calendars, and includes a wide variety of content such as recipes, articles from the Wall Street Journal, Sudoku and Crossword puzzles, and more.
The Presto Service requires a subscription fee that starts at just $12.50 per month. Contact 1-800-919-3199 or go to the Presto website to set up this service after you've purchased the HP Printing Mailbox.
The HP A10 Printing Mailbox measures 15 x 6.5 x 18.4 inches (WxHxD) and is backed by a one-year warranty.
What's in the Box
HP A10 Printing Mailbox, quick start guide, user's guide, power cable, 25' phone cable, HP 95 ink cartridge, 20 sheets of HP paper.

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