HP Photosmart 7850 Ink Cartridges

HP 7850 Printer Review

Do you want a versatile inkjet printer that's compatible with many different media types like transparencies, envelopes, plain paper, labels, iron-on transfers, banners, photo paper and cards? If so, the HP Photosmart 7850 could be a good place to look. Sizes including letter, executive, legal, cards, 4x6 inch paper all work cohesively with this affordable inkjet printer, making it a comfortable fit for any home office. No matter what type of printing you need, the 7850 will have all your bases covered.

Though there are a lot of printers on the market that use multiple ink tanks, only two Photosmart 7850 ink cartridges are needed for this unit. These two tanks are tricolor and black, and the standard versions yield 220 pages each. Though these printer ink yields aren't very high, high capacity HP 7850 ink cartridges are available too, which yield around 560 pages and 480 pages for color and black ink, respectively.

The black Photosmart 7850 ink prints with a resolution of 1200x1200 dpi, and the color can reach resolutions of 4800x1200 dpi. The only real problem with this unit is that when using black or color HP 7850 ink, only about 20 pages per minute can be produced. Nowadays there are a lot of faster machines out there.

If buying this unit exclusively for photo printing, consider using one of the special photo HP 7850 ink options. The tricolor photo ink yields 130 pages, while the gray photo ink yields 80 pages and both are designed to add more layers and color tones to pictures.

Both Mac and Windows operating systems are compatible with the HP 7850, and you will find that setup is quite simple. With a monthly duty cycle of 3,000 pages, you will be able to print more than enough pages each and every month. Overall, the Photosmart 7850 is a smart way to go.