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

I bought this printer when I bought my iMac in January of 2012 and I've had no problems with it. I am amazed at how long the ink has lasted! Still to this day I have yet to replace the original ink and I use it at least once every week. I would recommend this printer to anyone! I am also an electronics guy so maybe that is why I haven't had any issues. I was just reading some of the reviews on here and felt that I needed to write this. My wifi and connectivity has always been very solid. It's very smart and it will let you know when an update from HP is ready and it downloads it through wifi with no issues. Let me also say that i'm a Mac guy too. My entire house is Mac, iPod , iPad, iPhone and it all works seamlessly. I hope this helps!

I am gluten intolerant so bread isn't that great but this printer is AWESOME!!!
I'd been living the reclusive life of a "print Nazi" and "Ink" had become a line item on my monthly household budget.
It was a grim existence.
And then I bought the HP 8600 and VIOLA!
I purchased this in November 2012. I have a family of 5 and we put this to the test over Christmas break. We didn't need to replace the first cartridge (black) until late January 2013. In February we replaced Magenta & Cyan. It's mary & we still have the original yellow in the printer.
I have since erased "Ink" from my month household budget & will be enjoying a spa treatment every once in a while for my smart efforts.
This printer was RIDICULOUSLY easy & efficient to hook up. Don't miss the mobile ap for iPad & iPhone which will allow you to scan & print from mobile devices. Also don't forget to give HPe-print a whirl - very handy for traveling & needing to send a document to the home printer.

I've had this printer for over a year now and it's been trouble free. I can print to it from my iPhone and iPad as well as a laptop and iMac. It is totally wireless working off an Airport Extreme router (but not hardwired to it). When I first got it I subscribed (free) to some of the apps HP offers, but realized I was using a lot of paper and ink when some of them printed out daily. Now I just turn them on (crossword puzzles and recipes) occasionally. It takes a bit of setting up and the manual is meager. But the online info makes up for that. You have to explore the scan app to fine tune it to scan the type of item you are using - photo, doc, etc. But once you learn all that's available you can use all its features to the max. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it's definitely for those who are willing to put some time in to explore what it can do. Otherwise, you can probably find a featureless all-in-one that will just "plug and play." I think that those who've had trouble are those who have not taken time to read and follow ALL the directions. You're getting a lot with this printer.

Cannot print using wifi, even after several hours with hp tech. Printing and scanning from my iMac works great if connected with a USB cable, I have to AirDrop files from my MacBook Pro to my iMac to print MacBook documents.

Just bought the Pro 8600 Plus.

The setup seemed to go well until I tried to print. I got it to print the configuration page once but nothing else.

In addition the touchscreen did not work properly. No matter what i touched it kept ending up in the wireless networking screen.

I have never had a problem like this with any of my prior printers. I'm returning it and will purchase something else.

The AirPrint works amazing and really love the ePrint feature to! Very good printer!

I bought two of these in the last two days, one for home and one for our property manager. The home one replaced a 7-year old Epson inkjet printer/scanner. The 8600 is heavy, it weighs 25 lbs!

It took about 20-30 minutes to setup each Pro 8600. They are connected wirelessly to a Linksys E4200 at home and an E2500 at the office. I have had no trouble with scanning files, printing, etc. The duplexer works just fine. I have used "cheapo" 24 lb inkjet paper and 20 lb general purpose laser paper with no problems.

The office 8600 is at about 50 feet from the E2500 router and there are 5 interior drywall partition walls separating them. AirPrint from my iPad 3 works great.

I have learned over the years that the installation of HP (and Brother) printers is easy if you follow the instructions step-by-step. You cannot get creative. Just follow the 8600's on-screen instructions for the initial setup then load the DVD and follow the instructions step-by-step. I have had to "fix" a number of computers where the owner didn't follow the instructions.

Oh, by the way, both printers are connected to PCs, one Win 7 Home Premium and the other XP Pro.

Problems, problems, problems! Works perfectly with my IMAC Mac OS X 10.7.3, but not at all with my Macbook Pro OS X 10.7.4. I have had one of the best MAC certified technician trying to fix it with no success. We are waiting in line at HP trying to get some support. There's got to be someone who know's how to fix this???

Out of the box, the printer was pretty straight-forward to set up. Hooked it up on my network no problem via the web interface using Safari. Image Capture couldn't open a session to the printer for scanning! HP Scan couldn't open a session either - timed out. Then I went on to my nice, clean Macbook Pro running the latest version of Lion and it too couldn't open session. Then I tried using my iMac 20 running Snow Leopard and it couldn't even see the printer via Bonjour!
I would not recommend this printer due to the fact that out of the box it failed to configure correctly under OS X Lion for scanning. For printing it worked just fine; I'm sure the copy feature works as well. But I really need the scanning portion to work. And it didn't. I shouldn't have to go surfing the web for fixes on a brand new printer. Buyer beware!

I replaced my Samsung laser jet with this printer. It was better to replace with a new all in one ink jet because of the cost of the laser cartridges. The quality of the print is good. I love the AirPrint feature as I have 2 iPads and one iPhone. This printer does it all and is great for home use. Very easy to set up. I run desktops with Mac OSX and Win 7. Highly recommend to anyone wanting a great value in an all in one printer.