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HP Photosmart 8050

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

$84.99 - $129.99
From 3 Merchants

Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $149 (9/13/2007)
Performance: Good: 75
Features: Superior: 96
Design: Good: 78

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

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $149

Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $19.99

Standard-Capacity Color Cartridge - $24.99

Performance

Good: 75

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	5.7
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	105.02
Text Output Quality	Very Good

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.1
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	50.89
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs)	94.61
Color Photo (secs)	25.44
Color Output Quality	Good

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	0.7
5 x 7 Photo (secs)	82.58
Color Photo Quality	Very Good

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs)	30.19
Grayscale Output Quality	Very Good

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Line Art Output Quality	Very Good

Features

Superior: 96

Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed	64
Maximum Amount of RAM	256

Dimensions
Dimensions	18.3 by 9.0 by 6.2
Weight (pounds)	9.3

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:30
Color Pages per Min.	Color PPM:24

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	1200-by-1200
Max. Color dpi	4800-by-1200

Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type	PCL
PCL Emulation	3 Enhanced
PostScript Type	None

Interfaces
Parallel Port	No
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	Yes
Ethernet	No
Media Card Readers	CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SD Card, xD-Picture Card
PictBridge	Yes
Other Interfaces	optional Bluetooth

Drivers
Macintosh	Yes
Windows 98	Yes
Windows NT	No
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	No

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	6.6
Standby Power Draw (watts)	0

Multifunction Printer Specs
LCD Type	Color

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	1
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	1
Tray Capacity, pages	100
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	100
Manual Feed Slot	Yes
Maximum Paper Size	Legal
Output Tray Capacity	50
Auto Duplexer	No

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	8
Sunday Support Hours	8
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle	3000
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields	400
Color Ink/Toner Yields	260

Bundled Items
Included Software	HP Image Zone (photo editing, management, sharing software)

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	More bad news for HP: below-average grades for out-of-box problems and significant problems with its printers. Readers aren’t thrilled with HP’s phone support either.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems	Worse than Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Worse than Average
Reports of problems that render a product unusable	Average
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use	Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Worse than Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Average
Overall quality of service	Average

Design

Good: 78

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

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.