Deskjet Review

I have no idea about this photo ink cartridges thing. Can someone please explain like how many cartridges should be used when printing photos? I mean there should be a colour cartridge and a black cartridge too right?

Also, will HP Deskjet 3744 will produce quality pictures?

There is only two cartridges that you can use with this printer. The black cartridge is #27 and the color cartridge is #28. There is no special photo cartridge for this printer, because this printer is not designed for printing high quality photos.
Yes, you can print some photos, but the qualitiy of them won’t be very good. The photos won’t look as sharp as if you were printing them with a printer designed to print photos.
I would suggest looking at a Photosmart printer by HP or a printer of your choice.

Here’s what I found on HP’s website:
One or more optional photo cartridges may be available, depending on your printer model.
Use the photo cartridge with a tri-color cartridge for best-quality color photos and graphics, and sepia or antique photos.
Choose a gray photo cartridge to print black and white photos with truer grays and richer blacks

You also might want to check out this link:
http://astore.amazon.com/hombeebrekit-20

I have a HP 845c deskjet printer. The printer takes a 15 black ink cartage and a 17 tri-color cartage. However, this 17 cartage cannot be found in stores. You can find a 15 black 75 tri-color joint package at the local businesses. Would this 75 tri-color cartage be compatible for my 17 ink cartage.

These are the model printers that the no 75 will fit. HP Deskjet D4260, D4360 / HP Photosmart series C4240, C4250, C4280 , C4285, C4345, C4350, C4380, C4385, C4440, C4450, C4480, C4580, C5225, C5240, C5250, C5280, D5345, D5360, C5580 / HP Officejet J5750, J5780, J6480. So no the 75 is not compatible with your printer.

I have a HP 845c deskjet printer. The printer takes a 15 black ink cartage and a 17 tri-color cartage. However, this 17 cartage cannot be found in stores. You can find a 15 black 78 tri-color joint package at the local businesses. Would this 78 tri-color cartage be compatible for my 17 ink cartage.

The 78 and 17 are not cross compatible.

However the good news is that Number 17 cartridges are very easy to find in a remanufactured brand.
The 17 can also be refilled fairly easily.

It is a great printer to hold onto, as far as I know HP is still making the number 17 cartridges, however they are very old printers and not very common so the cartridge will be difficult to find.