Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2784 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Hewlett Packard
• Model: CB023A
• Released on: 2009-02-15
• Dimensions: 28.00 pounds

Features

• HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 Wireless AiO Prntr CB023A
  • HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One is designed for micro/small business users wanting an energy-efficient, network-ready all-in-one capable of delivering premium-quality colour and black-and

Manufacturer's Description

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The top of the range HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless all-in-one is designed to enhance office productivity for small office and home office users. Energy efficient, it offers the versatility of laser-quality print at less than half the price per page, high resolution 48 bit scanning at 4800dpi, fast copy and print speeds, built in fax and wireless networking for up to 10 users. PCPlus gave it their Editor's Choice award. Click here to read the full review.

Automatic two-sided printing and superior photo print quality, with Original HP inks and paper, makes the HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless all-in-one the ideal choice for home office or small business use. HP Smart Web Printing helps you to get the most from your web prints by automatically resizing your selection to fit the page. No more wasted pages or missing information.

The added flexibility of built-in wireless connectivity makes it simple to set-up and the 8.7cm LCD touchscreen display makes it easy to use.

Click here to download a specification sheet.

HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One -- Product Features

Connectivity
Print wirelessly from your HP Officejet Pro 8500 with easy set-up using the simple touchscreen display; alternatively you can network your machine via wired Ethernet. Share high-speed double-sided printing with up to 10 users anywhere in the office.

Cost per page
Professional colour documents with the HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless all-in-one for up to 50% less cost per page than lasers.*

Print speeds
Maximum print speeds of 35 ppm black, 34 ppm colour and laser-quality output at speeds up to 15 ppm black and 11 ppm colour. Colour print quality up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi.

Interface
Easy to set-up and use with the touchscreen display.

Ink system
Professional, laser-quality finish with easy-to-replace Original HP inks. Individual, pigment-based cartridges for reliable, leak-free operation and greater productivity with reduced environmental impact when you recycle for free with the HP Planet Partners Programme.

Fax
Reduce your paper usage with digital fax - send and receive faxes electronically.

ColorLok
HP ColorLok technology means fast-drying, water and fade-resistant documents. Your HP Officejet Pro 8500 works together with HP ColorLok paper and Original HP ink technology to produce the best quality results.

Paper handling
Print up to 500 sheets without reloading via the optional 250-sheet tray. Greatly reduce paper use and costs by up to 50% by printing on both sides of the paper with two-sided printing.

Scanning
Copy and scan documents up to 216 x 356mm at 4800 dpi. HPs new 3 colour 48 bit scan technology is designed to see colours the same way you do; resulting in more accurate colour reproduction. Make use of additional solutions including Direct Digital Filing and HP Document Management Software. Also scans USA letter and legal paper.

Energy
Save money and energy with this efficient ENERGY STAR qualified HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless all-in-one (consumes up to 50% less energy than colour laser all-in-ones). ENERGY STAR is a government-backed standard for energy efficiency across more than 50 product categories; helping consumers identify products that can help save energy, money and the environment.*

Warranty
HP offers a free 3 year warranty with 24-hour replacement, which requires user registration directly with HP.

Original HP Inks and Paper

Original HP inks and paper are designed to bring out the best in your HP printer. No smudges, streaks or splatters; just great looking results with easy to use, hassle free ink replacement.

The original HP 940 Officejet ink cartridges provide laser quality black text and outstanding colour graphics, all for up to 50% less cost than laser.** HP 940 original ink cartridges are touch dry in seconds and colours are completely water-fast when printed on plain paper. Text stays black and colour retains vibrancy for decades without fading. Plus, save money with individual inks by only having to replace the colour that has run out.

Only Original HP ink cartridges are made by HP, for HP, and are brand new each time. Independent research by Innovationstechnik confirms that the quality and usability of pages printed with Original HP inkjet cartridges is consistently more reliable than those output from the remanufactured cartridges tested. 1 in 5 compatible cartridges fail prematurely or never work at all.**

High-capacity (XL) cartridges offer even greater value with increased page yield. Ideal for higher volume users.

HP 940 Black (C4902AE)
HP 940XL Black (C4906AE)
HP 940XL Cyan (C4907AE)
HP 940XL Magenta (C4908AE)
HP 940XL Yellow (C4909AE)

HP Bright White Inkjet Paper with ColorLok technology is the ideal choice for colour-intensive documents such as proposals and newsletters. HP ColorLok technology is a breakthrough in paper standards; producing sharper, more vivid images and bolder blacks. Look out for the full range of HP Everyday Papers with the ColorLok logo.

HP Professional Inkjet Paper is a premium weight paper that is ideal for printing documents with vibrant images, such as reports and presentations. A bright-white coating provides high contrast for both colour and text.

For optimum results, always use original HP inks and paper.

*Based upon cost per page and energy use results comparing the majority of colour laser printers (all in one <600€ and single function <300€) as at June 2008, using Officejet Printers with max. fill cartridges. Energy use based on HP testing using the ENERGY STAR® program's TEC test method criteria.

**Based on average results of brands tested in 2006/2007 by Innovationstechnik GmbH. Test commissioned by HP. Testing performed on HP 45A, HP 78A, HP 56 and HP 57 Inkjet print cartridges. Individual results may vary.

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Customer Reviews

First Impressions - After One Week
This connected easily to my wireless, is a breeze to set up, and easy to use. One touch scan to network folder is great, and flexibility is very good - copy 1 sided document to 2 sided, with 2 pages on each side, and then print in draft mode! saves a lot of paper / time / ink.

The only bit you need to install on computers is the printer driver, every thing else can be set up and managed through a built in web server, so you can access from any machine.

you can even see how many documents and how much ink each member of your family / business has used!

it is very fast in draft mode, not so fast in 2 sided or colour, however i recommend for any home user that needs scan / fax / copy, and for any business where it will be shared amongst a small team.

You probably still want to go for laser for anything in constant use.

Overall very impressed. Some reviews claim lots of problems installing under Vista, however no problems for me there either.

a few very minor niggles: it is easy to touch the wrong thing on the touch screen as it seems to not be as accurate as it might be, but you soon learn to be careful when pressing. it is not clear how to set it up to go into standby after a defined time, it does seem to after a while anyway.

10/10 with a Mac 5/10 with Microsoft Windows
Connected the printer via wireless to a network to share with a desktop and two laptops.

The Mac found it straight away and works like a dream.

The only way to get it to be discovered and installed on the Windows machines is to install the AWFUL bloated software that "manages" the device. Oh! And provides links to HP sales and products.......

This kept crashing on the Windows XP machines blanking out the wireless connectivity to the network and internet. After a couple of frustrating days of uninstalling and installing I eventually uninstalled the HP monitor and now it seems to work ok.

Again, the software that "manages" the device cannot see it as connected for anything more than a couple of seconds over a wireless connection before it gives you a message saying the device is not connected. The whole idea of being a wireless printer - I thought.

The only way I found to actually manage the printer is to connect to it across the network using a web browser and its network IP address.

So, a brilliant printer!

But, bloated, annoying, over engineered, under tested, unnecessary software...............

Very good
After viewing many reviews of many printers, with rather different conclusions from the reviewers, I decided to go for this HP all in one. I really liked the idea of a wireless printer but was a bit worried that when I finally tried to install and use this facility, there might be problems. In a way the concept of a wireless printer where the printer could be put anywhere in the house with different computers using it seemed too good to be true!

Well, all I can say is that after following carefully HPs installation instructions, I now have a magical wireless printer which does everything I want it to do. The facility to print, automatically, both sides of a sheet of paper whether printing from a document file or from separate single sided originals is another big plus for me that I was uncertain was going to be possible.

The printer is certainly not silent, making plenty of different noises at different times but who cares, it works really well with high quality results and a good touch screen display which, yes, is sometimes inaccurate but it's easy to correct unwanted entries. Ink cartridge changes are a dream.

As long as it continues to work as now, I will be a confirmed HP user.