HP Officejet Pro 8600 Premium e-All-in-One

Reviews for HP Officejet Pro 8600 Premium e-All-in-One

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Love it!

    • Written by from la habra heights

    I just got this printer in November and it was so easy to set up, I print and scan a lot and I have not had any problems. To bad not everyone has had the same experiance

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Not Worth It

    • Written by from CALGARY

    Hp products are not overly compatible with Macs. Not to mention the poor service and short life span of the products. I am not looking to replace my all in one. I have hardly used it but it goes through so much ink because it is always cleaning the printheads. It also likes to disconnect itself from the computer.

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Works fine for me

    • Written by from Cool

    I have used this printer for over a year now, on my Time Machine network. It works fine for printing, scanning, and copying. Print from iMac or iPad. Double-sided regular paper, single-sided card stock, photo paper. Easy install. Expensive cartridges, but seem to last longer.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Worked Flawlessly For One Year

    • Written by from Joshua Tree

    Purchased on November 25th 2011, died on November 26th 2012. Large, ink is expensive and the printer is not cheap. Don't waste your money.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Dont Buy

    • Written by from Slidell

    I read all the reviews praising this printer and disagree. I have owned HP printers exclusively since I stopped using an Apple Printer that I had for my Apple //c. If you want something expensive that takes up a lot of space, is costly to use and does not work, this is the printer for you. This Office Jet 8600 is the worst of the line and I am surprise HP put their name on it (their previous printers worked well). Everything every one has said that it does wrong has happened to me with this one.

    I bought the extended factory warranty and am on my 3rd replacement printer. They do not send you a new printer to replace the new one you bought, just a refurb. One that they sent me was missing parts. The last one they sent me required me to remove parts from my broken one and put them on the refurb. Not one of the 3 has worked correctly. To get a replacement you have to spend a long time on the phone with someone going thru all the printer tests that prove it does not work.

    Print quality is poor and the cartridges are expensive. The printer software does not let you use the printer when it thinks the cartridges are empty. When you replace them, they are still full of ink. They are expensive-4 replacements buys a new printer. Looking on blog sites, HP has been successfully sued for this, but it has not stopped the practice.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great success

    • Written by from Boerne

    This printer works flawlessly and was easy to set-up.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    It took 3 HP printers to find one that was not defective.

    • Written by from Fort Lee

    Not a good sign when two out of three new printers are defective.
    Epson and even better a Canon seem to be better choices when reliability is important.

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Sad User Interface

    • Written by from Petaluma

    Makes OK prints, scans, etc. when it works, but possibly the worst user interface of any device I've ever used. Increadibly poor software. Horrible UI. At least once a week I'm tempted to throw this thing out the window. It will default to a flaky mode that defies sorting out. Does not allow certain functions to be selected and will take it's own sweet time to print the wrong file in the wrong way to the wrong destination. Very un Mac-like in every respect.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Printer

    • Written by from VIRGINIA BEACH

    Everything about this printer is great! I've owned mine for over 6 months now and have not had any problems. I use it with my Macbook Pro, my IPhone, and my IPad. It is accessed wirelessly. I like the fact that you can buy the cartridges individually as needed. Highly recommended!!!!!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    DO NOT BUY - 'PREMIUM' MY EYE

    • Written by from Homestead

    Lots of 'features', too bad 'print' feature doesn't work that well (both in frequency and consistency)

    Scenario 1 - you need to print something fast. Click print AND the HP printer decides it needs to clean the ink jets. You get the lovely message 'This may take a few minutes'. There is no way to cancel. Turn machine off and on and it will start all over again. HP support will tell you that you're not using the printer enough. There's a reason for that, see scenario 2...

    Scenario 2 - and this is a frequent one - You click on print and NOTHING happens. The printer icon will say the printer is 'idle'. Yet nothing has been or is in the process of being printed.

    Scenario 3 - You've done nothing to your printer. It's directly connected to your iMac. It's not on a network. Yet, every now and again (the machine likes to mix it up with scenario 2) your printer icon will inform you that the printer is not connected. Mind you the printer is HARD WIRED connected to my iMac. NO loose connections here just a loose connection in that HP thinks it sells printers that work with iMacs.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Holly

    • Written by from Alamo

    This is the BEST printer I have ever owned. Set up was super easy, scanning ability is efficient, and easy. Color is great. The only issue is that it tends to be on the slow side.

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