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Sunday, October 30, 2011

HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier Wireless All-in-One Printer

The HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier Wireless All-in-One Printer comes with built in wireless printing and wired networking. It facilitates two-sided printing, 4*6 color photo printing and has a high capacity paper tray with auto document feeder.

Brand: HP Model: CB025A#B1H Original language: English, French Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 33.95 pounds Laser Quality Speed Up to 15 ppm Black/11 ppm Color, Maximum 35 ppm Black/34 ppm Color 3.4-in LCD Touchscreen Display Include two (2) sets of color ink cartridges (Cyan, Magenta and Yellow - 2 each) Standard Built-in Ethernet, WiFi 802.11b/g, 802.11b/g Wireless Technology 250 Sheet Paper Tray, Second 250 Sheet Paper Tray, 50 Sheet ADF, and Automatic Two-Sided Printing

Enhanced, high-quality performance is headed your way with the HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier All-in-One. Featuring printing, faxing, and copying plus convenient built-in networking, it's ready to take on¿and plow through¿the workload. You'll get professional color documents at up to 50% lower color cost per page and using less energy than laser printers1. And you'll be able to scan photos and documents (up to legal size) directly into folders, no PC required. div.aplusAnnotate {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;}div.aplusAcontentHead {font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }div.aplusAcontentBody {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; }div.aplusChartName {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding-top:.4em;}div.aplusAPlusHeader {font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }div.aplusAcontentLegal {font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin:1em 0 1em 0;}div.aplusstyle11 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; }div.aplusAcontentHeadOrange {font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#CC6600;}.aplusChartBg {background-color:#999; width:1px; height:70px;} .aplusCurrentViewBg {background-color:#ffffcc; .aplusAcontentLegal ol {list-style-position:outer; margin:0em 1em 0em; padding:0em 1em 0em; }WHY BUY?

Most helpful customer reviews 180 of 188 people found the following review helpful. Well-suited for the home or the home office By A. Dent I thought I would make what is normally the conclusion the beginning section because not everyone may have the time or the disposition to go through all these paragraphs unless actually interested in making a purchase. I am providing more detail that should support my conclusions AFTER the evaluation section. Evaluation ---------- This is, esentially, the HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-In-One Printer with an extra paper tray, 3 extra ink cartridges and some promo materials. The unit I reviewed did not have the extra paper tray. The reviewed unit meets the claim of it being a all-in-one solution. While it is not likely that any individual user would take advantage of all its features on a regular basis, it is reassuring to know that the features are there. The supplied software and the printer's own console interface allow for a tremenduous amount of flexibility and customization. Some of the more advanced features will require an above-average level of computer expertise but, even without a lot of customization, this will be a useful, worthy printing/faxing/copying/scanning appliance. While the superior quality of output would make this printer a good 'small office' candidate, its speed would probably disqualify it if the small office was doing any significant amount printing. I provided some personal benchmarks so that any prospective small business buyer could decide. As a 'home' printer, this comes as close to perfect as they come. I will be using it as a home printer so please do interpret my rating within that context. A minor observation regarding 'design'. I found it interesting that some of the functions available on the touch screen are duplicated on physical buttons on the printer's console. This was striking because I actually saw this model for sale at New York's Fifth Ave. Apple store. It immediately occured to me that an Apple designer would have none of those buttons if allowed to redesign the product. This is not criticism, it's only an observation, also prompted by the fact that, for example, when specifying the number of copies to be printed, I could NOT use the physical number pad but had to punch the number on the virtual keypad displayed on the touch screen. The strong, almost violent shaking the printer brings itself to when not on a perfectly steady surface was a little disturbing to me. I have little doubt that, if improperly placed, the printer would quickly lose its printheads alignment and it might even experience other technical trouble. Finally, I am happy that the HP Tech support solved my Vista-related problem but it would have been better if a printer that was manufatured only a few days before I received it had an updated CD or, at least, a flyer advising Vista users how to obtain the updated driver. Considering all of the above, the this printer gets a strong, very positive 4 stars. However, my view is that the OfficeJet Pro is basically a 'home' or 'home office' unit, not a 'small business' printer. As such, I see no advantage in purchasing the Premier' model instead of the 'one paper tray', less expensive version. _______________________________________________________________________________ First impressions ----------------- The HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-In-One Printer integrates print, copy, fax, scan document and photo-processing functions. HP supplies the printer itself, 'starter' ink cartridges, print heads and a phone wire. Ethernet or USB cables are not included. Thin manuals are provided for wireless and FAX setup. A quick installation poster is provided as well. The full 300+ manual can be downloaded from the HP site. The CD has drivers for the several supported Operating Systems and a number of additional applications such as OCR (optical character recognition). Besides the Ethernet and USB ports, other physical IO include 2

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