HP PhotoSmart 8050
June 18th, 2006 | by Vince Veneziani
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Average user rating from 6 users |
What a waste of money
by Katherine on May 6th, 2008 at 5:11 PM:
I hate this printer. I wish I had looked online for some reviews before I purchased, we just compared items at the store and made a choice. We had it for a while before we opened the box, and then didn't use it very much. I had printed maybe 10 photos (not including all the reprints and head-cleaning that was using up ink) and the yellow ink stopped working, it just won't print yellow. I ran the cleaning utility over and over, but it did no good. I called HP customer service, and was on hold forever, and then talked to some idiot (who was probably in India) who, after about an hour of chit chat and talking it over with his manager, deduced that the print cartridge was bad, and offered to send a replacement. Great. Then, he spent about 15 minutes trying to convince me to buy the extended warranty, but I refused, thinking, well, if it's just the cartridge that is bad, I shouldn't have any more trouble. So, I got the replacement, but it is still doing the same thing. And guess what?! I'm now out of warranty. Lovely. It would have saved me a lot of stress (like I needed any more in my life) to just mail HP a check for $200 and get it over with. This printer has been tons of headaches, and all for what? I've printed about 10 decent photos from it. I'll never buy another HP printer.
I'd buy it again and again if it was required
by Jessicca Pratt on Apr 6th, 2008 at 10:07 PM:
I've never had a problem with my HP 8050. Yes it does go through a lot of ink but I don't get digital looking prints either. I can't stand those! I always get perfect prints that are bright and vivrant and I'v printed over 5000 pictures on my 8050 in the past year,and also I've never ever had a paper jam.
Paper feed problems make this a nightmare to use
by Simon on Mar 24th, 2008 at 12:05 PM:
Print quality and general performance are good, but as with other remarks on the HP Photosmart 8050, paper feed and paper jam problems make this machine an absolute nightmare to use. It is simply impossible to leave it printing unattended, as it will inevitably jam or think it is out of paper after every 2-3 sheets. Most of the time, it won't even find the first page without the user manually feeding it in!!
Worst HP printer I ever had
by Mark on Feb 12th, 2008 at 10:00 AM:
Paper will not feed, and when it does it calls it a paper jam, so I have to pull the sheet out and start over.
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by Arthur on Aug 7th, 2008 at 1:27 PM: