Key Features
* Prints resist photo fading when displayed under glass for more than 100 years,
(in a photo album for more than 200 years)
* 9 HP Vivera pigment inks, incl. 3 greyscale inks give rich colour, fine detail, and realistic skin tones
* 4800 x 1200-optimised dpi colour and 1200-input dpi
* Print in sizes as large as A3+, with or without borders 13 x 44 panoramics
* More realistic skies, water, and landscapes with the enhanced blues in the extended colour palette
* Truly neutral greys, deep blacks, high contrast, and smooth transitions in black-and-white photos
* Bottom-feed paper tray that holds up to 200 sheets of standard office paper
* Front-load, specialty media tray for loading a single sheet paper up to 0.7mm thick
* USB 2.0 connectivity (no cable in box, however)
* Operating systems supported: Mac OS X; Microsoft Windows XP; Microsoft Windows Vista.
Hewlett Packard describes their new ink jet printer as, 'The perfect printer for passionate hobbyists and advanced amateur photographers creating professional-quality photos, training students and producing other image rich materials.'
The Pro B8850, which uses the eight-ink pigment-based HP Vivera professional ink system, produces archival photos in sizes that range from 3.5 x 5 inches to A3+ - at home, in the studio or classroom. A 4 x 6 inch print is possible in 10 seconds at 4,800 dpi. Documents with text can be printed at 26 ppm for colour.
This printer is basically a 'down-specified' version of the B9180. It uses the same ink-set (inks are twice the quantity of Epson) and is £80 cheaper. So what do you not get that is on the B9180? Well there is no display panel, just three control panel buttons and ink level indicators. Also there is no Ethernet socket for network printing and finally the accepted media thickness is less at 0.7mm - although this is not really an issue.
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