Text looked slate gray and blotted
Glossy photos looked oversaturated...The silver-colored, $200 Photosmart8250 marks a departure for HP printers...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...People who looked at the HP...
"I went Through 3 HP8250 printers in the first 3 months! Multiple issues..."
"HP YOU StinK!!! YOU BAD!!!!!!!!!!!! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME and MONEY ON THIS PRINTER!!! It's great if you only want it to last 10 months before becoming unrepairable..."
"I will NEVER consider another HP printer, no matter how highly recommended in the future..."
Excellent image quality
Multi-format card reader
Great value for money...Slight pinpricking of glossy paper can occur...The good thing about them is that you get a new print head with each cartridge change, theoretically prolonging the life of the printer...The new Photosmart8250 breaks with HP's tradition by offering a single ink system, with replaceable ink tanks for each...
There?s a lot new in HP?s Photosmart8250, most gathered under the umbrella heading of Scaleable Printing Technology (SPT...HP has developed a single, massive (in printing terms) head, photolithographically etched from a silicon wafer and presenting no less than 3,900 ink nozzles...The Photosmart8250 has pleasantly simple lines, without the wealth of buttons...
"Just went bad on mine after only 5 months of ownership -*tiny* ink tanks -Slow startup time, since it invariably seems to do "device maintenance" / cleaning cycles etc..."
"Even though that I've never had a printer go bad this fast, my main gripe is still the terrible customer service I've recieved from HP, while trying to solve this problem..."
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