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(174 customer reviews) 263 of 271 people found the following review helpful
Comparing HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus vs. 8500A and ePrint and AirPrint Features,
December 26, 2010 Scott D. Cerreta (Arizona) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus Wireless e-All-in-One (CM756A#B1H) (Office Product)
I have a small home office and use this printer primarily for business type tasks. I replaced a Samsung All-in-One Laser printer with this HP All-in-One. I will also be writing reviews for other devices that I use for business travel and backcountry backpacking including: HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus AirPrint enabled printer, Solio Rocsta H1000 Solar Charger and Verizon MiFi 2200, five device 3G mobile broadband HotSpot. Click on the "See all my Reviews" link above.
=== Background Information ===
The primary features that were critical to my decision were AirPrint, duplex printing, and double sided copying. None of these features were available on the Samsung. HP is the only company that offers AirPrint. This allows printing directly from iOS4.2 enabled iPad, iPod Touch 4th Gen, and iPhone 4. ePrinting is not the same and I will discuss the advantages of both. HP also offers a free app for the iPod devices called iPrint. I will explore some of those cool...Read more
90 of 95 people found the following review helpful
Awesome!,
October 10, 2010 gracie "amazon's biggest fan!" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus Wireless e-All-in-One (CM756A#B1H) (Office Product)
This printer is awesome! It is a huge upgrade from our old one. It is extremely easy to set up. The printer basically has it's own e-mail address, so anything you can attach to an email, including pdfs, word, & xcel, etc. can be sent directly to your printer. No adding the printer to the network for every pc that will print on it.
This means you can send things from any computer, iPod, iPad device that has email function. I can prepare documents from anywhere in the world, email them to my printer, & they're sitting in the tray when I get to the office.
It is a standalone machine, meaning you can scan things directly onto a jump drive...you dont need to route it through your computer first, which is great when I'm in a hurry.
Highly recommended, & very easy to use.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
A huge improvement in printing,
October 29, 2010 This review is from: HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus Wireless e-All-in-One (CM756A#B1H) (Office Product)
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Can you fall in love with a printer? I just did (and NO, I am not associated with HP. I'm just a small business owner who does quite a lot of printing! For the past couple of years, I've been using the HP Photosmart (3200 series) and this one is such a huge improvement I can't even begin to count the ways!
For one thing, it has this sleek state-of-the-art look, with an intelligently-positioned color touchscreen panel that reminds me of a GPS. It's highly intuitive and easy to use. There are plenty of choices, including work smart tips, eco tips, and digital office tips. There's even a fax set up and wireless setup wizard to walk you through those set-ups as well.
It took me over an hour to set up the printer, wait for it to calibrate, and install the software. Most of it was time spent sitting around, waiting for the printing set-up to go through its paces. I'm on a Mac, and one frustrating thing was that the installation crashed half-way through; I'm not...Read more
