HP Photosmart 8250 Printer (Q3470A#ABA) |  | Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: CE
Buy Used: $250.00
as of 9/4/2010 19:21 CDT details
Used (3) from $250.00
Seller: O.Mesad
Rating:  109 reviews
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 20
Dimensions (in): 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: Q3470A
Model: 8250
UPC: 829160882840
EAN: 0829160882840
ASIN: B000A6X9CU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Up to 32 ppm black text, 31 ppm color text; 4x6 photo in as little as 14 seconds | | • | Individual 6-ink color with HP Vivera Inks; USB, PictBridge | | • | Photos with or without borders up to 8.5 by 24 inches, including fun panoramas | | • | Automated 4x6-inch tray for dedicated photo printing; optional auto two-sided printing | | • | Image display to view photos and videos, freeze your favorite scene and print |
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Product Description
Box Contents: HP Photosmart 8250 Printer, HP 22 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge, 5 ml ink volume, HP Image Zone Express Photo and Imaging Software on CD-ROM, Setup Poster, User's Guide, Power Supply, Power Cord The HP Q3470A Photosmart 8250 Printer lets you enjoy easy photo printing, the world's fastest photo printer. Easy to set up and use, it prints beautiful photos and laser-quality black text. Print a 4 x 6 photo in as fast as 14 seconds for as little as 24ยข each, or everyday documents at blazing speeds up to 32 ppm black text, up to 31 ppm color text. Six convenient individual ink tanks help avoid the hassle of running out of specific inks in the middle of a photo or page by letting you easily replace only the inks you need, when you need them. Also accepts custom sizes Memory card compatibility - CompactFlash Type I and II, Memory Stick (including PRO, Duo, MagicGate), Microdrive, MMC, Secure Digital (SD), mini SD (optional adapter required), xD-Picture Card Max. Memory - 64 MB Also connects to HP bt300 Wireless Printer Adapter or HP bt450 Bluetooth Wireless Printer and PC Adapter System Requirements(PC) - Intel Pentium II (or equivalent) or higher; 64 MB RAM (256 MB recommended); 600 MB available hard disk space (2 GB recommended); Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP Home, XP Professional; SVGA monitor (800 x 600, 16-bit color); 4x CD-ROM drive; USB port; USB cable (not included); Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 System Requirements(Mac) - G3 processor or higher, 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended), 150 MB available hard disk space, Mac OS X v 10.2 or higher, SVGA monitor (800 x 600, 16-bit color), 4x CD-ROM drive, USB port, USB cable (not included) Uses c8721w, c8771w, c8772w, c8773w, c8774w, c8775w ink cartridges Dimensions(WxDxH) - 17.59 x 19.13 x 8 Weight - 18.7 lbs.
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 A beautifully engineered printer for serious photographers March 2, 2006
Roger J. Buffington (Huntington Beach, CA United States)
76 out of 78 found this review helpful
This is an excellent printer for the serious photographer. The images are clear, sharp, and crisp, and professional in every way, at least to my amateur eye. I am a picky amateur photographer, and I bought this printer so that I could easily print 8x10, 5x7, and 4x6 photos from my several digital cameras. This printer does the job. This is a beautifully engineered and solid piece of equipment.
Some technical issues. Beware, when the ink first prints, it smears easily, so let it dry for a few minutes--it dries quickly enough. I am happy to say that the photo download from the card reader slot (I measured it on the CF card reader--I haven't tried it for my SD cards yet) is lightning fast, as compared to my older HP printers, I guess that is the USB 2.0 that this device features. This is a welcome improvement--earlier HP printers lagged behind even cheap card readers in speed. No more.
So far my print feeds have been flawless and jam-free. You can effortlessly switch between 4x6 and 8x10 prints, and the feeds are fine. (Haven't tried 5x7s yet, but I expect no problems.) When you first take the printer out of the box it will prompt you to put paper in the printer and let it test the ink cartridges. Beware--you need to install them first. This only takes a second, and these are the most foolproof printer cartridges I have ever seen, but the printer does not tell you that the cartridges are not yet installed, at least not until you try to run the diagnostic. No big deal; I installed them, and the printer calibrated itself perfectly!
The printer installed perfectly and effortlessly the very first time. Simply insert the supplied CD and follow the instructions. Remember not to insert the (not supplied!) USB2 cable into the computer until the software prompts you to do so.
It appears to me that some of the other reviewers (here on Amazon) of this printer made the same initial mistake I made. Specifically, here is the deal: this printer can detect what kind of paper you are feeding it (if it is HP paper anyway)--it detects it from a code on the back of the paper and it adjusts the ink application accordingly. Further, this printer is very precise as to how it applies ink to a given paper type. So if you try to manually tell it what kind of paper you are using, and if you guess wrong, you will get lousy pictures with the ink incorrectly applied. Once I figured out the rather amazing fact that this printer KNOWS what kind of paper it is printing on, I started getting wonderful pictures. (It literally never occurred to me that it could do this--I had to, you guessed it, read the manual to find this out). This is cool--you can insert different kinds of HP photo paper in the same stack, e.g. matte, glossy, etc. and expect to get perfect pictures without having to look in the printer to see what paper is next. Just tell it on the print menu to automatically select the paper type. I love the 21st century!
Personally, I think that HP has hit a home run with this one. While I cannot compare this one to its rivals from Epson or Canon (I have not reviewed these), I can say that I am completely satisfied. Recommended.
Excellent Printer November 7, 2005
MT (Michigan)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
I bought this printer a few weeks ago, and I have been delighted with the results thus far. I use the printer for some document printing, but primarily for photos. Some of the pros are: built-in image editing, support for most digital camera memory cards, USB 2.0, and individual ink cartridges.
I have to disagree with some of the issues presented by other reviewers. With regards to the "dpi issue", I too noticed the dots in some of the photos, but only when I held the photos extremely close (less than 6") to my eyes. No one looking at the photos would hold them that close, and I don't think the dots are noticeable under normal viewing conditions. Some of the other reviewers also spoke about inaccurate color rendering. I had some color issues as well when I first started using the printer, but after tweaking some of the settings, my printed colors are a dead-on match with my monitor colors. Proper color management is absolutely critical to getting accurate colors regardless of what printer you have. Whether you're working in the sRGB or AdobeRGB colorspace, this involves correctly calibrating your monitor, and correctly setting up color management in your photo editing software (I use Photoshop CS2) and printer.
The only gripe I have about the printer is that it would be nice to have larger ink-cartridges, and make them transparent so that a visual check could be done against the built in ink sensor.
What did HP do? August 13, 2005
S M D
62 out of 71 found this review helpful
WOW! That is all I have to say about this printer. HP has finally shown that - once again - it will always lead the pack and make everyone else copy their technology. I just got this printer about a 4 days ago, and the speed and quality of the prints are faster and just as close as my i9900. The first thing that allured me was the ink and printhead being seperated - which allows for a more continuous flow of the ink - which by the way seems like it never runs out. There is a new closed tank system where the ink is recycled when it is used during maitenance procedures!!! Great plus! Also the printhead has 3900 nozzles which makes this puppy push out photos faster than some of my other pro photo takers have ever seen. I love this printer and suggest for anyone into photography from casual printers to serious ones (that can take the limit of 8.5" x 24) to go get this printer. For around the $200 price range and only $34.99 to replace the ink and get paper!!! IT IS THE BEST DEAL AVAILABLE! HP you have once again won me over. Keep the creativity flowing.
Hewlett Packard - Getting Better All The Time March 10, 2006
Joseph Albanese (New York, New York United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
It seemed at the beginning, HP decided that adding a monitor to a printer would forgive a slew of problems. Well, HP is obviously one company that listens to its customers because it kept the small LED monitor and corrected all the problems.
The 8250 is sleek, light weight and a pro. Gone are the aggrivating shaking whenever you hit the PRINT function. Gone is the shoddy workmanship of the paper tray. In fact, the papertray now holds almost double the amount of paper from what previous models did.
And the screen is still bright and right there. But, don't worry, they did not stop there. The high, clear and bright accuracy of the color prints is not only still evident, it is better than ever. Plus, this has got to be one of the fastest printers around. For your basic B&W printing, it stands up proud and tall with a laser printer. And your photos (bordless are possible) are sharp, clear and nothing short of perfect.
On the downside: they still do not supply you with a printer cable (penny wise, pound foolish?) and the six ink cartridges are quite costly. Yes, the quality photos they produce are worth the cost but HP should give their registered customers a discount.
Cost and lack of cable aside, this is a wonderful printer.
Best Printer EVER! For all uses, from AutoCad to WordPad! August 23, 2005
T. J. Roberts (WISCONSIN, USA)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Is is a GOOD printer?
No, it's a GREAT printer!
I was lucky enough to be a pre-release "tester" for this printer and so have had my 8250 all summer. Apart from the testing the vendor had me do; I ran this printer through everything I could think of throwing at it and it handled it all beautifully. From Autocad to Wordpad.
To get the best photo output; you have to buy the better HP photo paper; but those images are SHARP and durable once they dry. They did have a tendency to stick together; so as they came out; I'd move them off to the side vs. letting them pile on top of each other even though sticking together did not appear to damage the prints... Text printing is NOT the best I've seen; but it's OKAY. If I want nice text; I'll stick to my 10 year old HP Laser Printer.
Is it fast? YES! It prints photos FAST! I didn't care for the HP imaging software that came with the printer. Although it's red-eye reduction was better than what the camera could do by itself. By default the HP Imaging software loads as a TSR and although I had no problems because of it; in the end, I unloaded it so I only start it when I need it.
NOTE: If you don't want the images deleted off the camera/card after transfer, make sure you uncheck that box in the software settings. I was able to copy the images back to the card, but the software changes the image names and some cameras may balk at that!
Used in conjunction with an new 5MP camera (that I can't talk about yet...) and I have never been happier with the results. The small ink carts (4.5ml) scared me at first, but they last quite a while (about 115 4x6 prints)and then it was just a few colors that ran out...and the new carts are comparatively inexpensive to replace. What a concept! The black cart is 4X larger than the rest and hasn't needed to be replaced yet. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PRINTER!!
If your camera or memory card is compatible with the unit and most would be; then you don't even need to turn on the PC to get beautiful, borderless prints. You can do everything thru the intuitive printer buttons and display.
To sum up this review: A FABULOUS PRINTER AT A GREAT PRICE. WAY TO GO HP!! Most people will NOT be disappointed. I was THOROUGHLY impressed! It's a workhorse and then some!
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