HP Officejet Pro 8000 Review

Laser printers have typically been more costly to obtain and less expensive to use when compared with ink jet printers. Now, though, with the Officejet Pro 8000, HP might be bucking that pattern. They are saying that when made use of along with HP's high-capacity cartridges, this specific Officejet ink jet printer offers a 50% reduced cost per page than comparable laser models.

The machine itself is a two-tone unit with a white base plus large sections of black features. It is made of thick plastic lending the model a tough appearance and feel. The lines are curved, which also gives the unit a pleasant visual impact. However, the two different colours emphasize the fact that this unit is fairly big.

Setup for the machine was easy and the included instructions are excellent.

The 8000 includes a considerable amount of valuable software. You may also install just the print driver and basic utilities in case you aren't interested in this software.

This Officejet Pro's control panel is quite straight forward. There's four illuminated indicators upon the left with respect to the level of the ink cartridges. At the right are three elongated buttons pertaining to the wireless network, job cancel, and also paper feed. The network button toggles the wireless on and off when you press and hold. If you press it very quickly, it prints out network settings. A blue light over the network button shows the status of the wireless connection, either on or off. The only additional button is the round on/off button.

At the front of the unit is the 250-sheet input tray that is situated beneath a 150-sheet output space. A thick black plastic tray goes over the input tray and turns into the place where the output sits.

The Officejet Pro 8000 has outstanding speed when it comes to an ink jet unit. It is actually rated at a maximum of 35 pages per minute on black and 34 pages per minute with colour plus it was nearly as fast on a wireless network as it was with a wired one.

Text was sharp and crystal clear when using the HP Officejet Pro 8000 printer cartridges. Colour images were fairly good, although a bit on the dark side. The HP ink used in this printer is without a doubt waterproof.

The duplexer is a way to save money. Throughout our tests it worked flawlessly.

This printer is compatible with the free HP iPrint photo app in the iTunes store. Using this you can easily print the pictures right from your iPhone.

The excellent print quality, good wireless connectivity, large duty cycle, low print costs and duplexer help to make this a great printer for a heavy home or perhaps small office user. Nonetheless, you need to be prepared to tolerate the lengthy installation, the rare bumping and grinding, as well as the fact that the print tray cover must be carefully placed into the printer. HP is correct that this may be a great choice rather than a colour laser model, if you are able to settle for the point that it is fairly big and it has a handful of weaknesses.

HP Officejet Pro 8000 printer ink cartridges are available here.