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HP Photosmart 8050 Printer

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Pros
Produces attractive photos
Prints very good, sharp-looking text
Cons
Slow glossy photo output

$65.00 - $149.99
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HP Photosmart 8050 Review

by Paul Jasper

- The $149 HP Photosmart 8050 offers fewer features than the $200 Photosmart 8250, and it is slower, but it delivers better print quality. Like the 8250, the 8050 has a color LCD, four media card slots, and a direct-print port. However, the 8050's LCD is smaller, at 1.8 inches, and it can be difficult to see because it sits vertically on the front panel and doesn't tilt (the 8250's 2.5-inch LCD swivels). The media card slots accommodate most common card formats, though the printer uses the older USB 1.1 connection to upload images to a PC. In addition to working with PictBridge-compatible digital cameras, the direct-print port lets you print photos stored on a USB flash drive. But you can't transfer images from a flash drive to your PC (as you can when you insert cards in the media card slot). To print wirelessly from suitably equipped camera phones and PDAs, you can plug a Bluetooth adapter ($60) into the port.

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User Reviews for HP Photosmart 8050 Printer

Reviewed by: john_t1234

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Strengths: Small, card reader, LCD

Weaknesses: no separate ink cartridges

Overall Evaluation: The Photosmart 8050 Photo Printer is a compact printer that produces quality prints. It includes a LCD to preview pictures and a card reader for direct printing. On the downside, it uses 2 cartridges with 3 colors each. This means that if one color runs dry, you have to replace the entire cartridge, which results in wasting whatever ink the other two colors have left. If not for this design flaw, this would be the perfect printer in my book.
Reviewed by: bargainbudy

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Accepts Memory cards,Nice Prints

Weaknesses: Uses ink fastly, NO USB Cable

Overall Evaluation: I liked the printer. I purchased at staples for $50. I shouldnot have negative comments for the price. It prints great pictures. But the cost to print each 4X6 is fairly high.I am already running out of inks.

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