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HP Photosmart 8250

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Very Good

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Pros
Fast printing speeds
2.5-inch color LCD for previewing photos
Cons
Text looked slate gray and blotted
Glossy photos looked oversaturated

$249.99 - $349.99
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HP Photosmart 8250 Review

by Paul Jasper

- The silver-colored, $200 Photosmart 8250 marks a departure for HP printers. For one, cartridges for previous models contained up to three inks, whereas the 8250's six cartridges contain just one ink each. Also, the older cartridges incorporate a print head, but the 8250's cartridges don't have built-in nozzles because the printer has a permanent print head. In contrast, the $149 HP Photosmart 8050, which we also tested this month, uses multi-ink cartridges.

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User Reviews for HP Photosmart 8250

Reviewed by: blackreality19

Duration of ownership: 10 Months

Strengths: the cost of ink is cheaper than some other printers' inks, its extremely fast, good quality sometimes

Weaknesses: sometimes it prints a bunch of lines on photographs, it performs device maintenance at the worst times in the middle of printing several photos, and the ink runs out fast when you print photographs

Overall Evaluation: I like the quality that it prints some of the time, but I wish that it would print perfectly all the time. I am extremely pleased with the speed though. As for the money, I think it is a good printer to get, especially if you can find it on sale. Overall, I would recommend this printer to beginner and amateur photographers or anyone else who likes to take pictures.
Reviewed by: ddavis2560

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

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Overall Evaluation: How does PC World rate a photo printer "very good" when it says in the review it prints bad pictures. hmmmm

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