Hewlett Packard Deskjet 5850 InkJet Printer
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- Black Print Speed: 21 ppm
- Color Print Speed: 15 ppm
- Output Type: Color Printer
- Technology (Detailed): Thermal Inkjet
- Printer Type: Personal Printer
- Max Resolution (BW): 1200 x 1200 dpi
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I would avoid it--it has too many problems
Pros
Sleek design, wireless capability, mostly reliable
Cons
weekly paper jams, not very quiet, and could be smaller in size
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
I'd buy it if you are going to use the wireless printing option, otherwise there are cheaper HP printers that are newer, smaller, quieter, and just as fast.
I bought the printer on eBay brand new for about $70 shipped. I was glad I bought it at first, even though I did not connect it to my wireless network, it still worked good as a plugged in printer to my desktop.
Eventually the printer stopped becoming recognized by my computer. I disconnected it and reconnected it to my other computers, and eventually, they stopped recognizing it too. Perhaps I bought a 'lemon' printer, but three computers don't lie.
I was overall pleased with the speed of the printer, although you have to figure in 'thinking time', which is the amount of time it takes the printer to figure out it's supposed to start printing. This printer takes a long time to think before it acts.
The printer was a very sleek designed printer, and it had the latest design shape and colors at the time.
One annoyance for me was frequent paper jams. I'd get weekly jams (I print about 20 pages a day), and I'd get maybe 5-10 jams a week, which would require me to remove the rear cover to remove the jammed paper. The rear panel is not easy to remove, which is a slight annoyance.
The printer is louder than it should be. I have had two HP printers since this one, and both have the same number of PPM (pages per minute) count, and are significantly quieter.
Eventually the printer stopped becoming recognized by my computer. I disconnected it and reconnected it to my other computers, and eventually, they stopped recognizing it too. Perhaps I bought a 'lemon' printer, but three computers don't lie.
I was overall pleased with the speed of the printer, although you have to figure in 'thinking time', which is the amount of time it takes the printer to figure out it's supposed to start printing. This printer takes a long time to think before it acts.
The printer was a very sleek designed printer, and it had the latest design shape and colors at the time.
One annoyance for me was frequent paper jams. I'd get weekly jams (I print about 20 pages a day), and I'd get maybe 5-10 jams a week, which would require me to remove the rear cover to remove the jammed paper. The rear panel is not easy to remove, which is a slight annoyance.
The printer is louder than it should be. I have had two HP printers since this one, and both have the same number of PPM (pages per minute) count, and are significantly quieter.
