HP is one of the important names in the printing industries. Visit any of the offices today and you are sure to see HP printers. With the long list of user friendly printers and several variants of that, HP has managed to conquer the market. The HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer is actually one of the pioneers and beginners in the entire series of HP printers.
One of the specialties of the HP printer is its great picture quality and that also at affordable prices. Thus, this entry level HP printer has, as needless to say, started making waves in the industry.
Features of HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Photo printer
HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer is considerably a large printer, much larger than the general HPO printers that are seen around in offices. This printer weights around 40 pounds and is convenient as it comes with a 200-sheet paper tray. One of the most important features in the HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer is that eight ink cartridges are used to provide clear images and with different colour specifications.
For example, with this HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer, you can be happy to get prints in the various combinations such as light gray ink for black-and-white printing, light cyan, magenta and light magenta inks.
The quality of the HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer is also enhances because of the four print heads that are designed such that they last the life of the printer. The HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer has also tried to enhance its quality by using only Vivera inks and cartridges. This is a recent advantage over the other HP printers and is one of the main reason for making this a much looked for model in the town.
HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer is also able to produce bronzing with glossy papers and this especially adds to the advantages of the HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer. This printer is also capable to use almost all types of paper to prints photos with good results and almost no colour cast.
Drawbacks of HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Photo Printer
However, I spite of excluding and eliminating all the problems that people slightly encounters with the earlier HP products, there is a very small but important feature that is not up yo the mark of the designers. It is the glossy prints that it produces.
Designers feel that the glossy prints sometimes show bronzing. Thus, this spoils the quality of the images sometimes when taken in a mass. In addition, the bigger size of the HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer sometimes makes it difficult for small shop owners to go for it. However, there are other variants of HP that this group of users will love to use.
What is Hot in this HP Photo Printer !
One important factor that can be recommended towards going for this product is its longevity. Its print life is considerably good. In fact, HP claims that the prints taken by this printer are so persistent that it might last to at least a minimum of nearly 275 years.
This definitely will temp you too to go for this product. So what are you waiting for – see you soon at the stores.
HP makes the Photosmart A646 easy to use. The Setup menu contains an extensive set of animated and text-based help topics. If you install the printer on a PC, an HTML-based Quick Help file installs with the driver. The driver is contained in the printer's firmware, so no CD is required, but you will have to spring for a USB cable.
The Photosmart A646 performed pretty well in our tests. It kicked out each of our test photos in less than a minute at normal settings. Aside from flesh tones that were orange enough to be jarring, most colors were bright and well balanced. All images showed a nice level of depth and detail.
For the best possible ink costs, buy the combination ink/paper packs. The unit comes with an introductory, 15-print ink cartridge. A replacement 50-photo ink cartridge costs $24, or a ridiculous 48 cents per print--not counting paper. HP's 140-sheet paper-and-ink combination pack, on the other hand, costs $47, or 32 cents per print.
The print cartridge is housed in a front compartment. Simple color labels inside the cover illustrate how to remove and insert the cartridge, but it can still be tricky. After my first attempt, an error message appeared on the LCD, and an animated clip showed how to insert it properly.
Is the HP Photosmart A646 the snapshot printer for you? Weigh the trade-offs. It falls a little short on flesh tones and ink costs. On the other hand, it lets you print on more sizes of paper than the competition, and it offers lots of fun, on-board editing options.
- Anjum Azaz is a research scholar in University of Delhi , India.