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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 - $157.40
From 4 Merchants

Performance: Good: 75
Features: Superior: 96
Design: Good: 78

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
5 x 7 Photo (secs)	82.58
Color Output Quality	Good
Color Photo (secs)	25.44
Color Photo Quality	Very Good
Color Photo, Best Quality Settings	82.58
Color Photo, Normal Settings	25.44
Grayscale Output Quality	Very Good
Line Art Output Quality	Very Good
One-Page Grayscale Graphic	30.19
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs)	30.19
Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default)	Good
Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best)	Very Good
Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best)	Very Good
Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default)	Very Good
Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default)	Very Good
Ten-Page Word Document	105.02
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	105.02
Tested Color Graphics Speed (formerly pf-PCWColorSpeed)	2.1
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.1
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	0.7
Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed)	0.7
Tested Text Speed (formerly pf-PCWBWSpeed)	5.7
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	5.7
Text Output Quality	Very Good
Three-Page PowerPoint Document	94.61
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs)	94.61
Two-Page Excel Document	50.89
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	50.89

Text Printing
Text output quality	Very Good

What You Should Know about the Photosmart 8050 Printer

Installed Memory is Ideal for Five or Fewer Users

This printer's installed memory is sufficient for small offices or workgroups that print typical business documents, such as memos, spreadsheets, or simple Web pages. If you have more than six people using the printer or the printer handles heavy traffic, you will want more memory than this printer provides.

Reviewed by: john_t1234

Duration of ownership:

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.