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Under-$100 Roundup: HP DeskJet 5150

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By Peter Piazza, About.com

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Liked: The Deskjet 5150 produced superb color photos with smooth texture and very sharp detail. Essentially, for $100, the Deskjet 5150 duplicates the quality and performance of the $250 Deskjet 5850, but without the built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet connections.

Disliked: Because the 5150 can hold only two cartridges at a time, you must swap the black cartridge for the photo-ink cartridge in order to make top-quality photo prints. On plain paper it produced sufficiently black text that was marred by some spattering.

In Short: The Deskjet 5150 is a solid, low-cost choice for printing top-notch photos--as long as you don't mind swapping ink cartridges.

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