Hp B-8550

[spooner]

Does anyone have any experience with this printer? or are there any other alternates for something similar.

i was looking for a good photo printer and this one caught my eye. Price seems reasonable and can print up to 13x19's. What i really want to know is how fast does it go through ink and how good is the print quality. thanks in advance.

[venchka]

Going through ink is so relative.

Here's my recent experience: I have a HP 7310 printer. It uses small cartridges. 2 weeks ago I needed to make 10 5 1/2"x7" (actual print size) B&W prints at Max DPI. According to the onscreen guage, both cartridges, 3 color and Photo gray, were very low. I started sending prints 2 at a time figuring I would run out of ink before I finished the 10 prints. To my surprise, I was able to make the prints and I still have ink left. I have never had that kind of luck or output with my Epson printer.

YMMV.

[SpeedRacerSlots]

I have a B8350 (like yours for the most part), as do 2 friends of mine.
They all use it for scrapbooking (journaling and 25-35% opaque background photos) directly on to 12x12 paper, since the printer is capable of feeding cardstock pretty easily with the straight thru paper path enabled.

I use it for printing large photos.

The ink use as noted above is relative to what and how heavy you print. I can normally go ~3mo on the same ink carts. When you get refills for it... make sure to get the higher capacity ones.