HP Photosmart 8450 Review

March 14, 2005 | Mark Goldstein | PhotographyBLOG | 4 Comments |

HP Photosmart 8450The HP Photosmart 8450 is currently HP’s top-of-the-range colour Letter / A4 sized inkjet printer. The HP 8450 is an 8 colour inkjet printer that allows you to print colour and black and white borderless photos at up to 4800x1200-optimized dpi. It has a built-in memory card reader (supporting 7 different formats), can be connected to any PictBridge-compatible camera and has an Ethernet port for network sharing. Using the supplied HP Bluetooth Wireless Adapter, you can make prints from any Bluetooth compatible device. The HP 8450 also has a reputation for producing truly neutral black and white prints by using a dedicated Gray Photo cartridge. So can the HP Photosmart 8450 challenge the likes of Epson and Canon and take the crown as the best Letter / A4 sized inkjet printer? Read my review to find out.

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#1 marcello

why would the appearance of a larger-trayed printer demote the star rating of this one?
Have you noticed that ANY moisture can leave ugly marks on the surface of an even completely-dried print from the HP? I have tested prints that were almost a year old and water does not bead up but permeates and leaves intolerable marks. Even little droplets that occur after talking with one's head over the print leave marks that I have not seen with other technologies. I otherwise love the HP too.
ML

6:09 pm - Monday, March 14, 2005

#2 Mark

It doesn't really demote the 8450, it's just that I would rather own the larger format printer :-)

I haven't spilt any water on my prints yet - maybe I'll go and test it now...

3:36 pm - Thursday, March 17, 2005

#3 Rory

I only want a printer for monochrome prints. It is important to me that there is no colour cast. I only want neutral prints. Your review seemed to indicate that. However, selecting the black only option, prints still had a slight warm cast like you mentioned in your review. Do you know what I am doing wrong? I have used the Epson and HP matte paper. What paper do you think performs best for Monochrome prints?

Thank you in advance!

4:42 am - Saturday, October 15, 2005

#4 Mark Goldstein

I never solved the warm cast problem, as I only had the printer for a short while.

You might also want to consider the Epson R2400 - that is supposed to give neutral B&W too.

1:17 pm - Saturday, October 15, 2005