You'll need to supply your own for a direct connection as HP leaves it out of the box.
Installing the printer is no more complicated than installing the software and drivers from the bundled CD, and then connecting the printer to your PC or Mac using a USB cable. Finally, the convenient automatic paper sensor will automatically draw media directly from the photo paper tray. You can also select the photos you'd like to print, perform a few basic edits if you so desire (though the small screen makes it very difficult to see how your edits affect the image), and hit the Print Photo button to output your project. When you attach a USB device or insert a media card, the printer will scan the drive or card for photos that you can view on the LCD and scroll through using the arrow buttons. You'll also notice a button labeled "Print Photos" in addition to the usual buttons to initiate scans, copies, and faxes. To the left of the LCD on the front face of the printer are three media card slots (MemoryStick, SD, and CompactFlash) and a PictBridge USB port for direct printing from a compatible digital camera. The panel sits fixed at an angle, but the color LCD can tilt forward for better viewing when you're seated. A small, 2.4-inch status LCD sits on the left side of the control panel. The control panel runs nearly the entire width of the printer with ample room for an organized button layout. The Photosmart Premium C410a bucks the touch-screen trend, serving up a control panel littered with physical buttons. The Photosmart Premium C410a also features automatic duplexing that can print on both sides of a single sheet of paper, and a button on the printer's control panel lets you easily toggle between single- and double-sided printing. On top of the printer, you'll find a 50-sheet auto-document feeder (ADF) that lets you slide in a stack of sheets for hands-free scanning, copying, or printing. A busy, high-volume office will constantly need to refill the 125-sheet paper tray, but it's highly convenient for home users to have a dedicated photo tray that saves the hassle of manually loading photo paper when alternating between document and snapshot photo prints.
The Photosmart Premium C410a's main paper tray can hold up to legal-size paper, and the small photo tray can hold up to 5x7 paper. In comparison, the Epson WorkForce 840's 500-sheet paper tray offers four times the capacity for busy offices that cycle through more prints.
It features one 125-sheet paper tray with a 20-sheet photo paper tray above it. The HP Photosmart Premium C410a is of average size for a midgrade MFP, measuring 11.1 inches high, 18.4 inches wide, and 17.8 inches deep.