HP Photosmart 8250 Review | PCWorld
Designed for economical, high volume printing, the most immediate benefit of the sleek and ultra-modern looking HP Photosmart 8250 Photo Printer is its speed. As well as being able to print a standard 10 x 15 cm photo in just 14 seconds, it will also breeze through black text at up to 32 pages per minute (ppm) and colour documents at remarkable speeds of up to 31 ppm. This impressive performance is achieved by means of a wide printhead carrying 3,900 nozzles which, between them, deliver up to 140 million drops of ink per second. A wide print swath ensures that more ink is delivered onto the page with each pass, while the high number of nozzles ensures maximum accuracy to allow professional quality printing at up to 4800 x 1200-optimized dpi.
PCWorld reviewed the HP Photosmart 8250 and reported:
The 8250 comes with all the features you’d hope to find in a photo printer. In the center of its well-organized control panel is a 2.5-inch color LCD that flips up for previewing photos, performing simple edits, and operating the menus. A clear plastic cover to the right protects four media card slots, which accept most common formats. You can print straight from a media card without a PC, or quickly transfer the images to your PC via the printer’s USB 2.0 connection. The front USB port lets you print directly from PictBridge-compatible cameras. You can also plug in a USB flash drive and print any images it contains, though you can’t transfer them to your PC. For $60, you can buy a Bluetooth option that lets you print wirelessly from a handheld device such as a Bluetooth-equipped camera phone. Also, the included HP Image Zone software suite offers many features for organizing and sharing photos, designing album pages, and the like.
