HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One provides most of features you might want in a small, busy or micro home office. It is ready for high volume printing needs with ample 250-sheet paper input capacity, plethora of versatile connectivity options, cloud printing and autoduplexing.

When you have seen a printer, you've seen them all, right? At least, that's what a lot of many small business owners like to think, when they next buy an all-in-one machine for their office or SOHO.

T here are two versions of the OfficeJet Pro 8600 , so check that you are getting the model you want before buying. The standard 8600 model costs £229, but we opted for the £270 8600 Plus.

Very fast performance for text and colour documents; excellent black-and-white prints; low running costs

Photo output often seemed dark

The printer is wonderful. The only problem I am having is it will disconnect from the computer and I have to do a restart to activate it. I have had to do this twice. It prints beautifully and every computer including my laptop and Ipad print directly to the printer.

Print quality

It disconnects from the computer

Used in home for personal and some business. Major improvement over 6500 that we had. 8600 much faster printing and better print quality. Major hole in setup instructions - Initial setup gets thru unpacking and plugging in.

Compact Design; Easy To Use; Fast Operation; Great Print Quality

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HP has succeeded again in building a classy, fast and reliable all-in-one imaging device for the business market, but I wouldn't end my recommendation at the office door. With its spread of convenient connectivity features and cloud printing that includes ePrint and AirPrint compatibility, the...

Prints professional-quality photos and documents quickly; Versatile connectivity options; Robust features like an auto-duplexer and cloud printing

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

HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus is synonymous with being a great printer if you are looking for small micro printer for home or office use. As in comparison to its Pro 8500A Plus, the HP Office jet printer has gotten a performance upgrade from inside out, which has increased the speed of its print engine...

It offers maximum horizontal to vertical resolution as 4800×1200 dpi; Colour print speed is 35ppm; Offers envelop and banner inputs along with transparency printing capacity; Has both automatic and manual feed capacity; Works on multiple Operating systems like Microsoft Windows 2000; XP...

Touch Screen requires efforts to operate and it cannot be calibrated in any way for better sensitivity; Bigger in size than most of the other printers; Graphic quality delivered is below standard

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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

I got this printer, definitely great for the value. Works good so far. Use it more for the fax feature and scan. Easy to set up and easy to use instructions on printer screen. I did my research before buying this printer, happy I spent the extra dollars and didn't settle for a cheaper model.

This high-volume workhorse is fast, has great print quality, and keeps ink costs in check. It has just about every productivity and convenience feature small offices need in an all-in-one in its price range.

Exceptional print; copy; and scan quality; Fast performance; Automatic-duplexing ADF; Inexpensive ink

Odd-colored chassis; No slot for specialty media