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HP DeskJet 5850 Color Printer | List Price: $243.00
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Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2003-09-23
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Up to 21 ppm black, 15 ppm color draft
- Up to 4,800 x 1,200 dpi optimized color printing
- Built-in wireless 802.11b and wired Ethernet support
- Optional 250-sheet tray increases input to 400 sheets
- USB 2.0 connection, PC and Mac compatible; 1-year warranty
No problem with Macs or PCs in wireless network [Posted on 2005-07-01]
We use a 5850 in our home network (Belkin wireless router) and have had ZERO problems. We've had it installed about a year now. The network includes a G4 933 Quicksilver Mac running OS X Tiger, a Mac PowerBook 15" G4 running OS X Tiger, an original iMac 233 running OS 9.2.2 (connected wireless using a Belkin USB wireless adapter), and serveral PCs running Win XP and Win 2000 Pro. We like our 5850 so much, we purchased the duplexer attachment (front and back printing automatically) and have had ZERO problems with that, also.
Works great... until the warranty expires!!!! [Posted on 2005-10-02]
When I purchased this printer about 18 months ago, I was very impressed. Having some networking knowledge previously, the net set-up was relativly easy(although I had to go beond the manual to get it running smooth). I preformed without problems for quite some time until just about a week ago, when out of the blue, no warnings at all, started giving me the little blinking ink light and kept teling me on my comp. to change my cartridges, even though I had changed the cartridges 2 weeks earlier and it had been doing fine. I called Hp and got the usual forigner who told me that I was screwed. It's just another example of cheap throw-away electronics. I'm thinking twice before my next Hp purchase, if I ever make another one!
Good printer, Poor wireless [Posted on 2006-03-05]
My first response was to echo the experiences of another reviewer. You cannot fault the print quality, but one is led to wonder whether the premium paid for the wireless capabilities is worth it? You can get the same print quality (same printer in fact) without wireless for about $100 less.
The wireless features do work, but it does occassionally lose the DHCP lease, and the correct way to setup WPA is hidden deeply in the HP support pages (www.hp.com). Its not for the faint of heart. If you run an open network without passwords of any sort, then this printer will likely work very well and easily (but you are clearly not thinking straight, as that is an open invite to get your network attacked). Be prepared to struggle a little if you are not very network savvy.
Excellent Printer [Posted on 2007-09-17]
This has been the best printer I have owned (out of about 10 printers). Fantastic printing, ink last a long time, and never needs cleaning every other print like other inkjets I have owned.
For those that say this printer doesn't support WPA, you are wrong. It isn't very straight forward in the setup, but I am using WPA-PSK right now with this printer.
1. Use the web interface to access the printer.
2. Go to "Wireless Settings" (may have to log on first)
3. Click "Enable Encryption"
4. Click "Advanced Configuration" button
5. Select "Infrastructure" and click Next
6. Enter the SSID under "Enter Network Name" and click Next
7. Select "EAP/PSK" and click Next
8. Enter the shared key under "Passphrase" and click Next
9. Click Finish
I wanted to put this here as it took me a bit to get it going and hopefully this will help somebody.
Worst HP printer I've ever owned [Posted on 2008-03-23]
I've been buying HP printers for nearly twenty years, and this is the worst I've ever owned. (It's from the Carly Fiorina era, and it shows.) The error messages never seem to have been tested; I don't think I ever saw an "Out of Paper" message (crucial for a networked printer), though I don't claim to be able predict how it would react when it ran out of paper. I'm currently (sometimes) getting a "Service Requested" message on the web page, though sometimes I get only a partial page, and sometimes I get an "opened" error instead--still haven't figured out what those really mean.
If anyone can recommend a non-HP Ethernet duplex inkjet printer to replace this, I'd appreciate it, but HP seems to have a lock on that market segment.
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