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Photo printers are designed to have a much higher resolution than inkjets or printers that are used mainly for documents. The HP Photosmart Pro B8850 can print any sized paper in black or color at 4800 x 1200 dpi from a computer and the image looks great. Print 4 x 6 photos as fast as 10 seconds per photo or increase the size up to 13 x 44 inches for banners, welcome home signs and other such projects. The idea behind having a printer that can do such large photo prints is that you don’t have to pay the middle man to do it for you. If professional quality is what you are looking for than purchasing the specific paper from HP is the way to go. The HP Photosmart Pro B8850 is designed for those looking to make a photo business or those who are really into creating large portrait photos for family and friends.

Setting up your printer is the first thing that you do and should be simple and straight forward. As usual HP delivers when it comes to step by step setup directions and everything is included that you will need. One thing that a lot of companies miss when setting up a computer or other electronic is the lack of installation and driver instructions. However, this is not a problem for HP sense they provide drivers and other such things on their site so there will never be a problem. HP uses the same ink tanks as the B9180 which consisted of 8 individual ink cartridges for a wide variety of colors when printing onto any surface. Installing and removing the cartridges is as simple as finding the missing color and removing it with your hands. No weird tools or strange ways of inserting or pushing a button to release the cartridge. One other bonus is the fact that they are much larger than many others so you won’t have to worry about replacing them nearly as often.

The HP Photosmart Pro B8850 doesn’t use typical ink like many of the inkjet printers. Instead they use pigment ink which is more of a dye than ink, this allows this printer to have a much bigger range of options. The advantage of using pigment ink is that it is able to print on almost anything you can feed through the printer. If printing specifically on 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 glossy paper is what you are planning on using your printer for there are probably better options. However, if you are the kind of person who wants to print on canvas, glossy paper, normal sheets of paper or even cardstock than the HP Photosmart Pro B8850 is the only real option. Those planning on printing a lot of black and white pictures are most likely going to notice a little bronzing on the prints. So you might want to check out some black and white examples from this printer to see if it is right for you.

HP has been around for a long time so they know how important each and every customer is and how important every problem is. HP has set up a very easy to use and simple help and support system for anyone who is having problems with their printer at all. The one year warranty will cover anything that would happen to the HP Photosmart Pro B8850 and will go out of their way to get a new printer sent out or get the problem fixed. When ordering the product it will arrive within 48 hours which truly is amazing considering the amount of products they create and ship daily. Overall their help and support is praised by anyone who uses an HP printer or any other product for that matter.

At $549.99, the HP Photosmart Pro B8850 is well worth the money put into it. For a photo printer that has amazing and very large print outs, uses pigment ink that can print on almost anything this printer truly takes photo printing to a new level. If you must have a network ready printer or one that has wireless printing than some of our other top products may be a better choice. But for overall great quality prints at almost any size the HP Photosmart Pro B8850 is in a league of its own.