HP Officejet Pro K850 Printer. Wide format Color Inkjet Printer. Up To 24PPM Blk

Average customer rating: 5.0

Perfect for what I was looking for
Great Large Format Printer
great for scrapbooking
Fast Large Format Printer, but Flimsy Plastic Construction
Big Footprint but Great Printer

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HP Officejet Pro K850 Printer. Wide format Color Inkjet Printer. Up To 24PPM Blk

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000BP8AXI

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Product Description

HP Officejet Pro K850 Color Printer series is ideal for productive individuals and small business users who need to print high quality color business documents, brochures, posters and more in-house on a wide range of different media types up to A3+ size. The HP Officejet Pro K850 Color Printer series offers print speeds of up to 24 ppm in monochrome and 21 ppm in color, cost efficiency and easy printer sharing for up to five users. 6 in note cards to 13 x 19 in posters and handles all types of media - from plain and special paper to transparencies, envelopes, labels, card stock and heavy poster paper. Disposes easy to understand LED's.

Customer Reviews:

Perfect for what I was looking for.......2007-05-15

I am a design/build contractor and business owner.

What I was looking for:
-Large format (13x19) prints
-Inexpensive ink/reasonable ink usage
-independent cartridges for each color

Note that I was not looking for a photo printer. For those of you looking for a photoprinter this is not it. That being said the prints are quite good. They are not super high end but they look sharp. You are going to have to make a choice photo-quality prints or inexpensive printing cost. You can't have both.

The noise people mentioned in other reviews doesn't bother me at all. I have it right beside me and its fine. It does make some noise but I'm not running prints all day so it's not a bother.

I picked up some remanufactured ink cartridges (69ml blk, and 3 28ml colors for under $50).

For a business owner needing affordable printer that does large format this is it. It's great running off full color 13x19 prints and not flinching at how much its going to cost.

Great Large Format Printer.......2007-03-24

This is my fourth 11x17 printer, and the best of them by far. I use 11x17 only occasionally, but when I need it, I need it. The printer is much more rugged than the typical HP small office / home office unit, which is to be expected given its significantly higher price. The individual ink tanks are a big plus, since 11x17 printing can consume a LOT of ink, and you can easily deplete one color of a three-color cartridge, causing you to discard a lot of perfectly good ink. The footprint IS large, but hey, it prints on large paper. It IS noisy before it starts printing, but that isn't a problem in my situation.

There's a drawback if you plan to use this printer for photos -- it can't do borderless prints. It DOES print well on small stock, and since it sits close to my chair, I use its single sheet feed slot to print the address and return address (with a color logo) on the #10 envelopes I occasionally send out.

great for scrapbooking.......2007-03-19

This is a great printer for those who want to print on 12x12 scrapbook pages. It works well with heavier(cardstock) paper. It also prints great photos. I have a MAC i-book. I also use The Print Shop 2 program with it. It gives me great versatility with my pages & photos.

Fast Large Format Printer, but Flimsy Plastic Construction.......2007-01-08

We now have three of the K850 printers in use, one with a built in print server, second paper tray, and duplexer. So far, the printers have proved to be reliable, fast, and comparatively inexpensive to operate. Power on, pre-print, and post-print noise may be objectionable to users who are located close to the printer.

Capable of using the same HP 10 black and HP 11 individual color ink cartridges, as well as replacement print heads as the HP Business Ink Jet 1100d and HP Business Ink Jet 1200d, the K850 shares the same low, per page operating cost as the 1100d and 1200d printers. Full page color photographs print in roughly 32 seconds, with a roughly eight second delay prior to the start of printing; similar prints from other printers may require from one to five minutes to print the same full page color photograph. White horizontal lines were present in the full page color photograph, possibly indicating that one or two of the nozzles in the print heads, shipped with the new printer, are defective.

The printer handles paper sizes up to 13" x 19", so it easily handles B size (tabloid, 11" x 17") paper commonly used for small engineering prints and foldable newsletters. The printer software installs without problem, although a reboot will likely be required. For network capable K850 printers, the software install automatically finds K850 printers on the network, and adds a "HP Standard TCP/IP Port" to the computer configuration for communication with the printer. For non-network capable K850 printers, both USB and parallel port connections are supported.

Positives:
* Uses ink that is compatible with other printer models, helping to keep operating costs down.
* Fast printing for full page color, and even faster black printing with spot color.
* Large format color printing, which is helpful for quick generation of engineering prints.
* Nearly idiot proof print cartridge replacement - light turns on to indicate the color that needs to be replaced, printing stops automatically, user replaces ink cartridge, and printing continues.
* Separate ink cartridges and print heads means less aligning of print cartridges/heads after ink cartridge replacement, larger capacity ink cartridges, and lower operating cost.

Negatives:
* Minimal install of HP software from the CD requires at least 100MB.
* Low capacity HP 13 print cartridges ship with the printer.
* Power-on, pre-print, and post-print noise, just like the Business Ink Jet 1100d and 1200d. However, there is very little noise produced while printing.
* Cheap plastic cover over the print cartridges, similar to that used on the 1200d.
* Large footprint.

Big Footprint but Great Printer.......2006-09-12

My criteria for my new printer purchase was:
1. 11x17
2. individual inks
3. reliable printer company
4. easy installation/good customer service
5. price (this was a bit pricey but the next step up was not a choice)

So far for my needs this has been a great printer so far. It does great quality prints for photos, school projects and more. I wanted to have more versatility to make posters, labels, photos, etc... My last HP wide format printer (1200c) lasted for over 5 years and I took it everywhere. I have only had this for a few motnhs but it hasn't been a disappointment yet!

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