I have owned this printer for ~ 3.5 years. It worked very well for approximately 1.5 years, had satisfactory performance for the following year, now is abysmal. The print heads are not designed to last the lifetime of the machine. Check the internet. This is dirty secret HP does not disclose readily. ARE YOU SERIOUS HP?!?!? You suck. Your product uses an excessive amount of ink now, requires frequent 'burping' and print quality is lackluster. Very disappointed. If you only want a printer to function for ~ 1 - 1.5 years, then HP products are for you. They do NOT even offer print driver support on models over 2- 3 years old. INCREDIBLE! I had replaced with a HP product and it started performing abysmally as well with 'ink system failure' notifications. Google search it and see the atrocious design of HP. Disgusting. I don't purchase products designed for 12-18 mo of use with NO support after 2 years. I will steer clear of all HP printer products in the future.
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More Detail For HP PhotoSmart 8450 Inkjet Printer
- Up to 4,800 x 1,200 optimized dpi color, 1,200 x 1,200 black, or 8-ink color
- Up to 20 ppm black and color speed, 4-by-6 photo as fast as 27 seconds
- 2.5-inch LCD to rotate, crop, zoom, and remove red-eye before printing
- Frame-by-frame video printing; slots for digital-camera memory cards
- USB, Ethernet, and PictBridge interfaces; PC and Mac compatible