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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
From 2 Merchants

Performance: Very Good: 82
Features: Superior: 96
Design: Very Good: 85

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

Performance
5 x 7 Photo (secs)	28.83
Color Output Quality	Poor
Color Photo (secs)	19.31
Color Photo Quality	Good
Color Photo, Best Quality Settings	28.83
Color Photo, Normal Settings	19.31
Grayscale Output Quality	Fair
Line Art Output Quality	Fair
One-Page Grayscale Graphic	20.28
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs)	20.28
Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default)	Poor
Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best)	Good
Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best)	Fair
Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default)	Fair
Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default)	Good
Ten-Page Word Document	105.52
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	105.52
Tested Color Graphics Speed (formerly pf-PCWColorSpeed)	2.5
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.5
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	2.1
Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed)	2.1
Tested Text Speed (formerly pf-PCWBWSpeed)	5.7
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	5.7
Text Output Quality	Good
Three-Page PowerPoint Document	79.6
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs)	79.6
Two-Page Excel Document	42.98
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	42.98

Text Printing
Text output quality	Good

What You Should Know about the Photosmart 8250

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: 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