HP K850 Ink
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HP K850 Printer Review

HP OfficeJet Pro K850 ink printer is a wide-format color ink printing machine that costs approximately $400. The OfficeJet Pro K850 promises offers print speeds of up to 24 ppm in monochrome and 21 ppm in color prints. This single-function printer has a memory of 32 Mb and given its features it is suited for an SMB that prints ancillary marketing material. The maximum media size the machine can handle is 13 x 8.5 in; it has a total media capacity of 150 sheets.

The HP K850 ink cartridge printer is not network ready and does not offer automatic duplexing but an additional investment of $100 can get you both features or you can consider the K850dn. It measures 24 x 17.1 x 8.1 in and weighs 27.1 lbs. The HP K850 inkjet cartridge printer comes with four ink cartridges that contain cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks, respectively. Separate printheads for each color enable easier alignment after cartridge replacement. The HP 13 color inkjet cartridges that are shipped with the device contain 14 ml of ink; the black ink cartridge has a volume of 28 ml and a page yield of 920 pages. You may consider replacing these with high-yield cartridges for improved cost efficiency. Given that this is a 4-ink printing machine, the graphics quality is not going to be all that great.

One USB and one parallel port serve as interfaces with other devices. The K850 offers a maximum resolution of 1200 dpi x 600 dpi for monochrome and 4800 dpi x 1200 dpi for color. This HP printing device can print on labels, envelopes, index cards, photo paper, plain paper, greeting cards, and transparencies.

A monthly duty cycle of 6250 pages and the wide range of media formats that this device can handle make the HP Officejet Pro K850 inkjet printer a good buy for workgroups of around 3 people that do not need professional quality prints but are more interested in a good medium-format printing machine.