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1 out of 5 stars   Don't buy from buydig.com
By Unhappy in PA on October 24, 2011
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Cons: Broken
Other Comments: I would NOT recommend buying a printer from buydig.com. I received my printer and it didn't work. I called the manufacturer for service and found out that the printer I bought was not new! In fact, it only had 8 days left on the warrenty. Luckily, I sent it back to HP, the manufacturer, and they gave me a new printer.Now I know what the saying, "Buyer beware" means. I should have known that the low price meant there was something wrong! DON'T buy from buydig.com
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5 out of 5 stars   HP Wide format Photo Printer
By artcat on August 10, 2011
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Pros: Easy To Use, Great Overall Quality, Sharp Tones & Colors, Fast Print Time, Easy Setup, Accurate Colors
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Other Comments: Great deal!
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Great Printer
By DMF on July 12, 2011
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Pros: Accurate Colors, Sharp Tones & Colors, Easy To Use, Easy Setup, Reliable, Great Contrast, Great Overall Quality
Cons: Noisy
Other Comments: This a great printer. The photos come out sharp and clear. It takes 1 1/2 minutes to print a 4 x 6 photo and about 4 minutes to print an 8 1/2 x 11. I am really happy I purchased this printer. The only complaint I have is that it does not have a wireless connection.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Great buy
By Jimmy P on July 03, 2011
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Pros: Great Contrast, Sharp Tones & Colors, Easy Setup, Reliable, Easy To Use, Accurate Colors, Great Overall Quality
Cons: Pricey Ink Replacement, Too much ink used
Other Comments: My wife loves the photo printer, which makes this a great purchase
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Great value!
By Annd on May 14, 2011
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Pros: Easy To Use, Reliable, Accurate Colors, Easy Setup, Sharp Tones & Colors, Great Overall Quality, Great Contrast, 50 cents for letter size
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Other Comments: At 50 cents per 8-1/2 x 11 photo, I'm very pleased with the ink cost. It was set up and printing within a half hour. Too easy!
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Great Printer
By DinaB on March 15, 2011
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Pros: Fast Print Time, Easy To Use, Great Overall Quality, Reliable, Sharp Tones & Colors, Great Contrast, Easy Setup, Accurate Colors
Cons:
Other Comments: I use this to print photos for my customers and make passport photos. It works great, prints fast and is overall a great performer. I love it.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Will print on anything!!!
By Kenny on March 05, 2011
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Review submitted for Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 Wide Format Photo Printer (HPPSB8550)
Pros: Custom Paper Sizes, Accurate Colors, Sharp Tones & Colors, Great Overall Quality, Paper Variety, Great Contrast, Easy To Use
Cons: Noisy, Pricey Ink Replacement
Other Comments: I invested in this printer because of my graphic design field, class, photos. I spend a lot of money on 12x18 papers that is at least 28lb/500 sheet or better. The quality is great!! for example, a project in class required me to print on a metallic paper surface, and it prints like a champ on Wassau paper!! it's amazing.[...]Highly recommended for this who needs to print 11x17 and higher!
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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4 out of 5 stars   Good unit - exactly what I needed
By jq730d on January 11, 2011
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Review submitted for Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 Wide Format Photo Printer (HPPSB8550)
Pros: Easy To Use, Great Contrast, Great Overall Quality, Sharp Tones & Colors, Easy Setup, Accurate Colors, Reliable, Fast Print Time
Cons: Pricey Ink Replacement, Slow start on jobs, Noisy
Other Comments: First let me say I've had a number of photo printers over the years. You can turn down the ink output. That helps considerably with it's thirst for ink and apparently doesn't degrade the photos. It does a great job with photos. The one glaring thing that bothers me is the paper stop is not centered for letter sized paper and doesn't cleanly handle that sized print jobs - it needs more than one stop - particularly printing in fast draft mode - it'll nearly throw paper across a small room. I have a HP D7260 that is nearly as quick printing - but it starts the jobs much quicker. It will also throw the paper if you forget to put the paper stop up, but at least it is in the center of the page. As wide as the carriage on the D8550 is it SHOULD HAVE at least TWO PAPER STOPS!!! Possibly one completely across the tray if you are handling mixed print jobs. I'm thinking of how I can attach a folding paper stop the width of the tray. But it's pretty hard to complain about anything on this unit given what it's price point is.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Love It
By Joe V on January 08, 2011
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Pros: Great Contrast, Easy Setup, Accurate Colors, Easy To Use, Sharp Tones & Colors
Cons:
Other Comments: HP Printers are great the Ink prices are not too high and the printer is really Great for printing Large Photos.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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4 out of 5 stars   Happy - not perfect, but I'm Happy
By Lynn in St. Louis on December 09, 2010
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Pros: Great Overall Quality, Easy Setup, Easy To Use
Cons: Large Footprint, Color Accuracy poor
Other Comments: I purchased this printer to be able to print photos daily for a project I was working on. I was a little disappointed that without use of photo editing software on my PC, the prints came out quite dark, so I had to really lighten the images before printing. I think that using my PC, rather than just plugging in my card reader really made all the difference. Over all I am pleased with the performance and find that it performs just as describes...especially for the price, it was a good purchase.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Very good printer for the money!
By Randy on December 07, 2010
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Review submitted for Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 Wide Format Photo Printer (HPPSB8550)
Pros: Accurate Colors, Sharp Tones & Colors, Great Overall Quality
Cons: Pricey Ink Replacement
Other Comments: I use this printer for personal and business photos.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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4 out of 5 stars   A good buy.
By deets the lab on December 01, 2010
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Pros: Fast Print Time, Easy Setup, Accurate Colors
Cons: Noisy
Other Comments: It is an inexpensive way to own large size printing capability. Like other HP's it goes thru considerable mechanical preparations and print head cleaning occassionally which is aggravating. It seems like when you most want to print a page quickly it decides to go thru a one minute delay of preparation and/or cleaning.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   great printer
By Joe on November 24, 2010
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Review submitted for Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 Wide Format Photo Printer (HPPSB8550)
Pros: Great Overall Quality, Reliable, Easy Setup, Accurate Colors, Sharp Tones & Colors, Easy To Use, Fast Print Time
Cons: Large Footprint
Other Comments: Used by wife for scrapbooking...she loves it.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Best 13 x 19 wide printer on the market!
By Bambina on November 14, 2010
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Review submitted for Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 Wide Format Photo Printer (HPPSB8550)
Pros: Easy Setup, Extra 50 HP Trade rebate, Accurate Colors, Fast Print Time, Sharp Tones & Colors, Reliable, Great Contrast, Easy To Use, Great Overall Quality
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Other Comments: Went to HP's website and got extra money for recycling an old pritner. Check it out: [@]
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Wonderful
By tlettling on November 13, 2010
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Pros: Accurate Colors, Fast Print Time, Great Contrast, Easy Setup, Great Overall Quality, Easy To Use, Reliable, Sharp Tones & Colors
Cons: Pricey Ink Replacement
Other Comments: Great for card Making and Scrapbooking
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   Absolutely Great
By Donsur on November 10, 2010
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Review submitted for Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 Wide Format Photo Printer (HPPSB8550)
Pros: Accurate Colors, Sharp Tones & Colors, Easy To Use, Great Contrast, Easy Setup, Great Overall Quality, Reliable
Cons: So far no cons
Other Comments: I use this printer along with a Brother Multi Purpose. This printer gets all the photo work. Fantastic photos and great form, since it handles 13x19 size paper. I print a great many panoramas and this is the one that I feel does the best job. I like the fact that it has only five ink cartriges compared to other printers that use more. This saves me money. I a lso like the fact that if you use HP photo paper, the Advantage type, a bar code on the paper automatically sets the printer up for the type of paper you have inserted into the paper feeder. This takes the guess work out of it for me since I don't like fooling around with print settings. I use a HP 2101 wireless print server with this printer and the Brother is also wireless. They both work great with no problems. I also like the fact that the depth footprint is not deep so it fits on a small shelf I use for my printers. The paper is front fed and this to me is another reason I like using this printer over others with back feeds. I would highly reccomend, anyone into photography, to look at this printer. I am using Photoshop C5 and Lightroom 3 and this printer completes my setup.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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2 out of 5 stars   Muddy
By gannb on November 05, 2010
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Cons: Hard Setup, Dull tones & colors, No shadow details, Muddy colors, Slow Print Time
Other Comments: Colors are dark and lack the sparkle my dear departed canon i960 produced. Limited info on paper selections especially non HP paper. Auto paper selection does not seem to work very well either. Long time from first hit print button until printing starts. Often picks up two sheets.
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4 out of 5 stars   Will not work on all systems
By merkelgrandad on October 19, 2010
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Review submitted for Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 Wide Format Photo Printer (HPPSB8550)
Pros: Accurate Colors, Sharp Tones & Colors, Great Overall Quality, Great Contrast, Easy To Use, Reliable
Cons: Slow Print Time
Other Comments: Will not work on all systems without addition software from HP. And at a additional cost for such software.
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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5 out of 5 stars   photosmart b8550 is very useful
By Kris on October 13, 2010
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Pros: Accurate Colors, Easy Setup, Great Overall Quality, Great Contrast, Sharp Tones & Colors, Easy To Use, Reliable, Fast Print Time
Cons:
Other Comments: what a difference - once you get a wide format printer then you can get so much more creative
I recommend this product Yes, I recommend this product
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3 out of 5 stars   Good Printer - Bad Cartridges
By PhotoChris on September 22, 2010
Review submitted for Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 Wide Format Photo Printer (HPPSB8550)
Pros: Easy Setup, Easy To Use, Accurate Colors
Cons: Too much ink used, Pricey Ink Replacement, Large Footprint
Other Comments: Taking the Gillette "Give them the razor - SELL them the blades" to a new level. I was excited to get the HP B8550 printer but after printing 2 photos the printer said that the yellow ink was out. I thought maybe I got a bad cartridge and went out and spent $18 for a new yellow cartridge, came home and printed a 3rd page and now the Magenta is out... the cyan and black can't be too far behind. HP should really be more honest and not include any ink with the printer so you can figure that in with your purchase price. Could HP include a full ink cartridges with the printer, sure and it would only cost HP a few cents a printer, but they would lose out on the $100 worth of ink sales 2 days after you buy the printer. If you are going to buy this printer just go ahead and add 1 each of the ink cartridges (~ $100) to your cart now so you have a realistic view of what this printer will really cost.
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