HP PhotoSmart 8150 Inkjet Printer

by HP

Product Details

• Item Weight: 15.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002MKC9A
• Item model number: Q3399A#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 25, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer Print true-to-life photos in six-ink color or up to 4,800 optimized dpi color printing that resists fading for generations. Choose to view, edit, and print photos with or without your computer. Use the convenient 2.5-inch color image display and simple front panel buttons to print directly from memory cards, from the HP Photo Proof sheet, or from PictBridge-enabled cameras using the front USB port. Or, use the convenient Save-to-PC feature to save photos to your computer.

Organize, edit, and fix photos with HP's Image Zone software. You'll print fast--4-by-6-inch photos print as fast as 27 seconds, and crisp, everyday black text and color graphics in up to 20 ppm. (All reported speeds are fastest possible under ideal conditions. Actual speeds will vary.) Print photos from select camera phones or Bluetooth wireless technology devices, and print frame-by-frame sequences right from digital camera video clips. More conveniences include a flexible paper tray that lets you print photos with or without borders on standard sizes of photo papers.

Features:

• Make every photo look its best before you print with easy editing features. Using the large 2.5-inch image display and easy front panel editing buttons, select the photos you want, then rotate, crop, zoom, automatically remove red-eye, and print.
• Print the action without a computer--play your digital video clip on the printer's image display, freeze your favorite scene, and print it. Plus, print the entire video clip frame-by-frame, or print your digital video using the HP Photo Proof sheet.
• Make a positive impression every time you print with reliable, true-to-life photo-quality prints. Enjoy printing photos in six-ink color or up to 4,800-optimized dpi color printing for superior detail.
• Print true-to-life photos with or without borders on standard sizes of photo papers, plus print in panorama format, too.
• Organize, edit, enhance, and fix digital photos with HP Image Zone software.
• Enjoy the flexibility of black-and-white photo printing. Print professional-quality black-and-white photos with richer black and grays with the optional HP 100 Gray Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (not included, sold separately).
• Easily print photos directly from camera memory cards (CompactFlash, Smart Media, Memory Stick, Secure Digital/ MultiMedia Card, and XD-Picture Card), from the HP Photo Proof Sheet, or from PictBridge-enabled cameras using the printer's front USB port. Or, use the convenient Save-to-PC feature to easily save photos to your computer.
• Print photos from camera phones or other Bluetooth wireless technology.
• Easily share all your favorite photos with family and friends using HP Instant Share. Emailed photos can be quickly viewed and enjoyed by recipients--no slow downloads or attachments to wait for.
• Make memories last. True-to-life photos that resist fading longer than traditionally processed photos with six-ink color printing and HP Premium Photo papers--for bright, vivid prints that preserve your memories for generations.
• Print fast. Why wait for your photos? Capture every memory and every moment with true-to-life photos that you can print and share as fast as 27 seconds per page. Print fast black text and color, too, at speeds of up to 20 ppm.
• Print up to 27 ppm in laser-quality black with the optional HP 96 black cartridge, sold separately (color speed remains at 20 ppm).
• Conveniently switch from 4-by-6 to letter-size printing using built-in paper trays. Simply use the tray's adjustable dividers to select your paper size, load paper, and print.
• Get more value from your printer--print true-to-life photos and crisp text.
• HP SureSupply notifies you when it is time to replace your print cartridge and helps you purchase locally or via the internet.

What's in the Box
HP PhotoSmart 8150, HP 95 tri-color in cartridge (7ml, C8766WN), HP 99 photo ink cartridge (13ml, C9369WN), power supply, power cord, Quick Start Booklet, User's Guide, CD-ROM with HP Image Zone software for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh, HP Share-to-Web software; USB cable not included; HP No. 100 and No. 96 cartridges not included

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great printer, October 17, 2004

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C. Whinney (PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP PhotoSmart 8150 Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

We bought this after a big trip to the UK and Europe to print out my digital pics for my still analog mother. Needless to say, she wants a digital camera very badly for Christmas now.

Its so easy to just pull your memory card from your camera, plug it into the printer and be able to zoom, crop and do basic editing (color balance, etc) right on the printer. We aren't even going to hook it up to a computer, becuase if you're just using it for pictures theres almost no need.

I looked at the 8450 with networking and 8 print nozzles, but didn't think it was worth $80 more. Like I said, we arent even hooking it to a printer, let alone our network, and frankly I do not know how noticeable 2 more print nozzles are going to be when the pictures look this spectacular in the first place.

Print speed is surprisingly fast, as I've been seeing 30seconds for a borderless 4x6.

I definitely recommend it

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Printer, but a little hungry it seems, January 5, 2005

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MGMcd (Columbia, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP PhotoSmart 8150 Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I recently got this printer as a gift, and I have had great luck printing more than 250 4"x6" prints, some on 8.5x11, and some on Kodak 4"x6.25" stock (leaves a little handle for your prints). The pitcures are very good, with only a little bronzing, which seems to make the prints jump at you. The images were from a 5 megapixel Canon, so they were pretty rich.

I printed from 200dpi images from PhotoShop, Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, and HP Image Zone (or whatever it is.) Windows is the best of the three for batch jobs. The HP software was klunky, as always. Let's face it, they are not software developers.

I also printed some retouched black and whites, and there was some graining with enlargements, but the overall effect was very good. There was some color artifacting (pink or blue tint) to the black and whites, but I just found out HP makes a grayscale photo cartridge for this printer, so I will get that and I am sure there will be no extra colors.

I printed to both glossy and matte, and the images were excellent. With heavy blue saturations the ink takes longer to dry, so watch out you don't smudge your skies or other blue backgrounds.

The printer does go through cartridges, though. I have replaced the photo cartridge (black, light cyan, light magenta) three times for about 300 prints, so 100 each (4x6) is probably the rule of thumb. It also uses a true cyan, yellow, magenta cartridge which doesn't seem to run out as fast. Color reproduction is excellent while the ink lasts.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great right out of the box!, May 27, 2005

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wolverine librarian (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP PhotoSmart 8150 Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I've been hemming and hawing over which photo printer to by since I bought my digital camera. I didn't have enough sense to think it through and by the scanner, printer, and camera all at the same time. I thought I would just use the Kodak kiosk like i've been doing. That lasted about a week.
The three main contenders were the HP photosmart 8450 because it was highly rated and had 8 ink cartridges, and memory card slots
The HP photosmart 8750 because it printed up to 13"x19" and it had the memory card slots,
The canon i9900 because it was supposed to be the absolute best for the serious amateur had 8 ink tanks and printed large, downside though, no memory card reader.
So why didn't I buy any of these and instead got the HP photosmart 8150? It's quite simple actually for two ink tanks less i.e. six instead of eight, it cost 100.00 dollars less where I bought it or 60.00 dollars less on Amazon. I got it home, pulled it out and installed the software. For some reason you have to install the software first then connect the printer. I was up and running in 10-20 minutes, (there's alot of software it comes with photo editing software and scrapbook assistant)plugged in my SD card and printed my first photo five minutes later (I was playing with the menu, it's NOT slow). You can edit right on the printer screen theres some fun effects and borders that you can do. Color was amazing worked right the first time. And the really cool thing is that it has two trays built in. One is for letter sized paper and the other is for 4"x6" photo paper you just slide a switch to engage the photo paper.
Some things to consider:
-Blasted thing doesn't come with the 2.0 USB cord I had to steal the cord off of my new CanoScan.
-It takes a LOT of room on your hard drive 600MB yes over half a gig.
-It's big it's about twice the size of my normal printer
-If you're going to be doing a lot of black and white printing, the gray ink cartridge HP 100 is NOT included
-It does come with photo paper
-It does have memory card capability.
-One other thing, this may be a duh thing to those in the know, but for a newbie, when you are putting the photo paper in the printer it goes glossy side DOWN with the tear tab towards you. I just slapped it in there and ended up printing on the wrong side, which actually made for a neat effect but you do want to print on the correct side.
I highly recommend it. Glad I didn't buy the Canon i9900; right now that would be gilding the lily.