HP Photosmart 8750 Large-Format Professional Photo Printer (Q5747A#ABA)
Box Contents: HP Photosmart 8750 Professional Photo Printer, HP 22 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge, 5 ml ink volume, HP Image Zone Express Photo and Imaging Software on CD-ROM, Setup Poster, User's Guide, Power Supply, Power Cord
If you're a professional, fine art, or portrait photographer, or even a serious amateur, your wish is granted. Yep, now you print your own professional-quality photos at home or in your studio, in sizes up to 13 x 19". HP's Photosmart 8750 prints with or without borders, in vivid color or in stark black and white. In very little time and with minimal hassle (no trekking to the lab), your best shots are ready to exhibit, sell, or simply admire . Resist photo fading when displayed under glass2 for more than 100 years, or in a photo album3 for more than 200 years Produce rich colors compatible with Adobe® RGB and sRGB with HP's color-management tools Use on a small network of PCs and Macs, plus enable wireless printing Compatible cartridges - HP 96 Black Inkjet Print Cartridge (21 ml), HP 97 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge (14 ml), HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (13 ml), HP 100 Gray Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (15 ml), HP 101 Blue Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (13 ml), HP 102 Gray Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (23 ml) Supports Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP Home, XP Professional; Mac OS X v 10.1.5, 10.2, 10.3 Unit Dimensions - 25.3 x 15.7 x 8 inch / Weighs 26 lbs
HP Photosmart 8750 Large-Format Professional Photo Printer (Q5747A#ABA) Accessories
 Hewlett Packard Q5489A Premium Plus Paper 13X19 25 Sht Satin for Designjet 30 130 Series
HP Advanced Gloss Photo Paper 13 X 19 Contains 25 Sheets
HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge with Vivera Inks (C9369WN)
HP 101 - Print cartridge (photo) - 1 x blue photo (light cyan, light magenta, blue)
No. 102, print cartridge hp photosmart 8750, gray photo, high yield / HEWC9360AN / Sold as 1 Each / Mfr Part # C9360AN
HP Blue Printer Cartridge
HP Hahnemuhle Smooth Fine Art Paper Contains 25 Sheets
HP No. 97 Tri-Color Ink Cartridge (C9363WN)
HP No. 100 Gray Photo Ink Cartridge (C9368A)
HP Q7854A Advanced Glossy Paper/100-Sheet 8.5in x 11in
HP Photosmart 8750 Large-Format Professional Photo Printer (Q5747A#ABA) Reviews
I will use it for art school homework, but probably not for my fine art prints that I intend to hang - like I said, color rendition can be very very good, but for certain colors is not consistent. I've heard some people describe HP support as a "mine field", but you can get quality technical support if you are dilligent. The second person was much more helpful. I bought this printer used for $90. I've called HP for customer support.
The standard cartridges for photos are HP Photo Blue (101), HP Tri-color (97), and HP Photo Grey (102). The first person hung up on me after realizing they could not fix the problem. The subtle tonal variations tend to get lost. That averages to $4.50 per 8x10 print. I've printed on HP Premium Plus Soft Gloss, and the quality is very very good.
I like this printer alot. Set up via Ethernet was relatively easy, although I haven't been able to get USB to work. Color rendition could be better, but allowing CS3 to control color helps. There are different cartridges available for special printing, such as sepia or colored line drawings. ouch, but not much worse than other photo prints. The HP 8750 does not handle extensive areas of deep blue sky well (golden hour at Sunrise/Sunset).
I've also printed on an Epson 3800 and 7800, and this printer is not far off in terms of quality prints - with the exception of deep blue skies. Supplies (consumables such as 3 ink catridges and 25 sheets of premium paper) run about $140 for 30 8x10 prints.
In conclusion, I strongly discourage anyone to buy anything from HP until their technical support staff stops acting like salespeople instead. Needless to say he fixed my printer, which wasn't that big of a problem, unlike HP's technical support. Well, after I spoke to technical support, I contacted a buddy of mine who knows a lot more about computers than I do. 1) I was having difficulty with the cradle inside the printer going back and forth.
The main reason is HP has arguably the worst technical support staff. They ask you the perfunctory questions and try to sound all polite and concerned and everything but then the inevitable always happensthey recommend you to buy an ugraded HP printer.
The problems. I will NEVER buy another HP product again.be it a printer, computer or whatever.
It was stuck. On two separate occasions, I had problems with my HP Photosmart printer so I called HP's techical support.
They don't even bother trying to help you fix the printer that you already have. 2) After I bought a new laptop computer that came with Microsoft Vista, I had difficulty hooking up my HP printer with my new computer.
Oh but it looks nice. No more HP's for this kid. Not what I was hoping for.upgraded from a CP1700.Oooops. This thing eats ink, is ridiculously slow, prints faded images (with no insight from tech support) and consistanly pulls multiple pages.
I am still amazed that the engineers at HP can't get the paper to feed through perfectly aligned every time, not that it's off that much. I did not having experience with color management settings so for awhile my prints were coming out way too dark. The HP 8750 prints B&W and Color beautifully. Overall the printer turns out awesome 13x19 prints which are much more impressive than 8.5x11, and has taken my photos to a professionally looking level. Once the settings were correct between my Corel Paint Shop Pro X software and 8750 printer life was good. It took some time to figure out the right printer preference settings.
Not the fastest machine availble but for the price- well worht it- so far. We've had the printer up and running now for two weeks and so far it does exactly what it's supposed to do.
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