Aimed squarely at micro and small offices, the HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One ($299.99 direct) is more directly competitive with low-end color laser MFPs like the HP LaserJet Pro 100 Color MFP M175nw ($349.99 direct, 3 stars) than with inkjets.

Fast; High-quality output; Duplexes; Duplexing automatic document feeder; Legal-size flatbed; Prints through cloud

A little larger than most inkjet MFPs

Easy setup for most users. Setting up the HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One printer is "a breeze," one reviewer says, whether you use the Internet, Wi-Fi or a direct USB connection. You do, however, have to supply your own USB cable.

Professional-quality printing; Comes with preloaded apps

Large size; More customer complaints than other printers

The $299 HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One printer is an updated version of the Pro 8500A Plus multifunction CNET reviewed last year. The flagship of HP's workcentric inkjet line gets a performance makeover from the inside out, with improvements to the speed of the print engine and the texture...

The HP Officejet 8600 Plus prints professional-quality photos and documents quickly with versatile connectivity options and robust features like an auto-duplexer; cloud printing; and a legal-size scanning bay

The touch screen requires aggressive finger presses to actuate the display functions; and there's no way to calibrate its sensitivity

This printer replaces a Canon printer and is much faster in handling assigned task. Print quality is excellent in both black and white and color.

Durable construction; Easy To Use; Fast Print Time; Very Smart

Space Requirements

Garbage. HP knows (well documented) these had an issue reading the print cartridge, the failure rate was extremely high. Even before the starter cartridge was empty the machine wouldn't recognize it OR the correct OEM HP replacement the machine and their website troubleshooting pages said to...

Great wireless printer with scanner and copier feeder and ability to do legal size and two sided copying. Slower than expected speed. Send to folder function doesn't work. Just keeps single entries for a group of related documents. Haven't tried e web feature right.

Printer will not accept photo paper! What kind of photo printer won't accept paper? - I had to remove the rear cartridge, then jam paper into it as it loads, only to show that the printer is horrible at color reproduction. I mean it's not even close!

The HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus is a heavyweight, inkjet all-in-one.

Much cheaper than colour laser; Easy wireless connection; Max 25,000 page monthly duty cycle

No multipurpose tray; USB socket not PictBridge compatible; Slower than specified

In our last all-in-one Labs, the HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus strolled away with the top award thanks to its combination of a quality scanner, great document prints and very low running costs.

the first one broke within 32 days of purchase. The replacement - amazon got a new one to us within 24hrs - works well and is easy to set up and use. So far so good!