HP OfficeJet Pro 8500是惠普一体化打印机、扫描仪、复印机和传真机(fax machine)的最新产品。原价 499 美元，接近低端彩色激光打印机(color laser printer)的成本。
然而，他们最近使用即时节省的 130 美元将价格降至 369 美元。您可以在这里(here)查看最新价格。您还可以在Amazon.com上以更低的 229 美元购买它。
以下是HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 一体机打印机(all-in-one printer)的一些主要规格：
- 黑色打印高达 19 ppm，彩色(ppm printing color)打印高达 19 ppm （正常质量）
- 每月 15,000 页工作周期
- 250张进纸盘(sheet input tray), 250 张第二纸盘(paper tray), 50 张自动进纸器(document feeder)
- 黑色输出(dpi output)高达 1200×1200 dpi，彩色输出高达 4800×1200 dpi
- 384 Mhz，128 MB RAM（不可扩展）
- 高达 4800（48 位）dpi 扫描分辨率
- 记忆卡(Memory card)插槽支持CompactFlash Type I 和 II, Memory Stick , Memory Stick Pro , Memory Stick Pro Duo , Secure Digital (SD), SDHC , MMC , miniSD, microSD
- 1 个USB 2.0端口、1 个以太网端口(Ethernet port)、PictBridge、1 个 RJ-11传真端口(fax port)和 1 个无线 802.11 (wireless 802.11) b/g port
- 打印机总重量为 33.8 磅，功耗(power consumption)为 55 瓦
概述与总结
对于那些不想阅读整个评论的人，我已经写了一个简短的总结打印机的正面和负面。
正面：
- 打印质量高，彩色和黑色
- 扫描速度快，可以很好地复制原始文档
- 能够扫描法定尺寸的文件
- 双面打印效果很好，速度也很快
- 连接到无线网络既快速又简单
- 软件可在 Mac 和 PC 上运行
- 存储卡(Memory card)插槽可轻松打印图片(picture printing)和轻松存储扫描件
- 能够扫描文档和图片的数字副本并将其自动存储到网络位置(network location)
负面：
- 打印速度(Print speed)比宣传的要慢（在我的测试中，黑白大约 9 ppm）
- 第一次启动打印机需要很长时间
- 软件(Software)在硬盘驱动器上占用超过 600 MB 并降低计算机速度
- Software includes many programs that can confuse the novice user
- Turning off and turning on printer takes several minutes due to self tests
- Power save mode has issues such as the printer not waking up when you send a print job to it, requiring a full reboot of the printer
- When copying documents, the printer routinely skips pages altogether. This happens when faxing too.
- Unable to choose color or black and white when scanning from front panel
Overall, I would give the printer a 3 star rating and a buy recommendation only if you get it for $269. It’s a good printer, but some of the flaws that it has are big enough to consider another printer unless fixed.
What’s in the box?
- HP Officejet Pro 8500 一体式打印机(All-in-One printer)
- 自动双面打印配件(printing accessory)
- 第二个 250 页纸盒
- Black/Yellow printhead，Cyan/Magenta printhead
- 2 个黑色(Black ink)墨盒、2 个青色(Cyan ink)墨盒、2 个黄色墨盒和 2 个品红色(magenta ink)墨盒
- 1个带电源线的电源
- 1 根电话线
- 1 张大型布置海报
- 2 张 CD-ROM（Officejet 打印机软件和 Readiris Pro(Officejet printer software and Readiris Pro) 11）
设置打印机
让Officejet 8500 Pro开箱即用并没有我预期的那么快。打开打印机包装非常简单，安装所有组件，例如双面打印机附件(printer accessory)和第二个纸盘(paper tray)，都非常简单明了。
安装墨盒也相当简单，不需要太多时间。只需打开包装(Just unpack)并将它们放入插槽即可。尽管确实需要几次尝试才能将打印头准确地放入插槽（上图）。
一旦你安装了这些，你加载纸张并插入(paper and plug)打印机。这是该过程非常耗时的地方。首次打开设备电源时，校准和校准需要 20 到 25 分钟。
就个人而言，我认为您真的不应该等待那么长时间才能让打印机发挥作用！无论哪种方式，在您等待时，它都会提示您继续安装打印机软件(printer software)。
包含的软件
我对安装HP 软件(HP software)真的很不满意。首先，安装软件花了将近半个小时，其次，里面装满了很多我没想到会用的程序。
总的来说，如果您使用默认选项安装软件，它会在您的计算机上占用高达 600 到 800 MB(whopping 600 to 800 MB)的空间！对我来说，这对于一体机打印机来说是完全没有必要的。
如果您只安装驱动程序，它仍然会打回 270 MB。该软件已经变得非常臃肿，并且会减慢您的机器速度。
无线设置
我很高兴的是让打印机连接到无线网络(wireless network)。您可以从打印机的前面板执行此操作，它能够毫无问题地连接到我的安全无线网络。(secure wireless network)
此外，一旦连接，软件将尝试自动在网络上查找打印机并对其进行初始化。那也没有任何问题，即防火墙问题等。
其他特性
设置完成后，您将看到一个菜单，您可以在其中设置打印机的其他附加功能，例如数字归档(Digital Filing)、数字传真(Digital Fax)等。设置完成后，您可以通过电子邮件发送扫描或直接扫描到网络位置(network location)。
印刷
不幸的是，打印机的速度并没有我预期的那么快。不过，总的来说，对于喷墨打印机(inkjet printer)来说，它仍然相当快。
我打印了一个只有文本的 5页文档，打印大约需要 35 秒。(page document)这相当于大约 9 ppm，低于它应该能够在正常模式下打印的 19 ppm。
如果您打印较长的文档，打印速度确实会上升到 11 ppm 左右。对于彩色文档，它也低于规格表上的规定，但这可能是由于测试的彩色打印(color print)类型所致。
最后，双面打印速度较慢，约为 3 ppm。如果您要进行大量双面打印，您不会对这种速度感到满意。
扫描
总的来说，我对Officejet 8500 Pro的扫描(Pro)质量和速度(quality and speed)感到满意。您可以选择扫描到电子邮件、扫描到计算机、扫描到U 盘或存储卡(USB stick or memory card)，或扫描到重新打印。
Officejet在扫描时可以很好地复制图片甚至文本文档。颜色准确，质量总体非常好。扫描可能是一体式打印机的一项功能，效果非常好，并且正如宣传的那样。
复印/传真
如果不是因为它们有时根本不起作用，这两个功能都会有满分。经过多次测试，我发现复印机在复印时经常漏页。
如果我放置一个要复制的 5页文档(page document)，几乎每次只有 4 页会被复制。对于这样一款高端打印机，尤其是面向小型办公室的打印机来说，这简直是不可接受的。
传真时也会出现同样的问题，这很糟糕，因为您的客户可能无法获得所需的所有页面。另一个主要问题是打印机认为它复制/传真了所有内容，而实际上并没有！那里的大问题。
结论
我的总体感觉是，HP Officejet 8500 Pro是一款非常不错的一体机打印机(all-in-one printer)，但由于一些大缺陷，未能取得成功。总体而言，只要您拥有一台速度非常快的计算机和大量可用硬盘空间，并且您设法获得一台在(drive space)复印和传真(copying and faxing)时不会跳过页面的打印机，您就会对打印机感到满意。
如果您有Officejet 8500并且对您的体验有什么要补充的，请随时在评论中添加！
HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 (A909n) Premier Review
The HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 is the latest incarnation of HP’s all-in-one printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine. With an original рrice of $499, it’s closе to the cost of a lower-end color laser printer.
However, they have recently reduced the price to $369 using an instant savings of $130. You can check the latest price here. You can also get it on Amazon.com for a lower $229.
Here are some of the major specs on the HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 all-in-one printer:
- Up to 19 ppm for printing black and 19 ppm printing color (normal quality)
- 15,000 page monthly duty cycle
- 250 sheet input tray, 250 sheet second paper tray, 50 sheet automatic document feeder
- Up to 1200×1200 dpi output for black and 4800×1200 dpi for color
- 384 Mhz with 128 MB RAM (not expandable)
- Up to 4800 (48-bit) dpi scan resolution
- Memory card slot supports CompactFlash Type I and II, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Duo, Secure Digital (SD), SDHC, MMC, miniSD, microSD
- 1 USB 2.0 port, 1 Ethernet port, PictBridge, 1 RJ-11 fax port, and 1 wireless 802.11 b/g port
- Total weight of printer is 33.8 pounds and power consumption of 55 watts
Overview & Summary
For those of you who do not want to read the entire review, I have written up a short summary of the positives and negatives of the printer.
Positives:
- Printing quality is of high quality, both color and black
- Scanning is fast and reproduces the original document very well
- Ability to scan legal size documents
- The double-sided printing works well and is decently fast
- Connecting to wireless network is quick and easy
- Software runs on both Mac and PC
- Memory card slots allows for easy picture printing and easy storage of scans
- Ability to scan and automatically store digital copies of documents and pictures to a network location
Negatives:
- Print speed is slower than advertised (around 9 ppm for black and white during my tests)
- Starting up printer for the first time takes a very long time
- Software takes up more than 600 MB on the hard drive and slows down computer
- Software includes many programs that can confuse the novice user
- Turning off and turning on printer takes several minutes due to self tests
- Power save mode has issues such as the printer not waking up when you send a print job to it, requiring a full reboot of the printer
- When copying documents, the printer routinely skips pages altogether. This happens when faxing too.
- Unable to choose color or black and white when scanning from front panel
Overall, I would give the printer a 3 star rating and a buy recommendation only if you get it for $269. It’s a good printer, but some of the flaws that it has are big enough to consider another printer unless fixed.
What’s in the box?
- HP Officejet Pro 8500 All-in-One printer
- Automatic two-sided printing accessory
- Second 250-sheet paper tray
- Black/Yellow printhead, Cyan/Magenta printhead
- 2 Black ink cartridges, 2 Cyan ink cartridges, 2 yellow ink cartridges, and 2 magenta ink cartridges
- 1 power supply with power cord
- 1 phone cord
- 1 large setup poster
- 2 CD-ROMs (Officejet printer software and Readiris Pro 11)
Setting Up Printer
Getting the Officejet 8500 Pro out of the box and working wasn’t as fast as I would have expected. Unpacking the printer was easy enough and installing all the components, such as the double-sided printer accessory and the second paper tray, were simple and straightforward.
Installing the ink cartridges was also fairly simple and didn’t take much time. Just unpack and pop them into the slots. Though it did take a few tries to get the printheads into the slots exactly (top picture).
Once you get those installed, you load up the paper and plug in the printer. This is where the process got very time-consuming. When you power on the device the first time, it takes a whopping 20 to 25 minutes to calibrate and align itself.
Personally, I don’t think you should really have to wait that long for a printer to become functional! Either way, while you wait it says to go ahead and install the printer software.
Included Software
I was really not happy with the installation of the HP software. Firstly, it took almost half an hour to install the software and secondly, it was full of lots of programs that I did not really think I was going to use.
Overall, if you install the software using the default options, it takes up a whopping 600 to 800 MB on your computer! For me, that is completely unnecessary for an all-in-one printer.
If you install just the driver, it’ll still hit you back 270 MB. The software has become very bloated and will slow down your machine.
Wireless Setup
What I was happy about was getting the printer onto the wireless network. You can do it from the front panel on the printer and it was able to connect to my secure wireless network without any issues.
Also, once it’s connected, the software will try to find the printer on the network automatically and initialize it. That also didn’t have any issues, i.e. firewall problems, etc.
Other Features
Once the setup is finished, you’ll be presented with a menu where you can setup other additional features of the printer, such as Digital Filing, Digital Fax, and more. Once they are setup, you can email scans or scan directly to a network location.
Printing
Unfortunately, the speed of the printer is not as fast as I was expecting. Overall, though, it’s still pretty fast for an inkjet printer.
I printed out a 5 page document with just text and it took about 35 seconds to print. This translates into about 9 ppm, which is lower than the 19 ppm it is supposed to be able to print on normal mode.
If you print a longer document, the printing speed does go up a little to around 11 ppm. For color documents, it’s also lower than stated on the spec sheet, but this could be due to the type of color print tested.
Finally, double-sided printing is slow at around 3 ppm. If you’re looking to do a lot of double-sided printing, you will not be happy with this speed.
Scanning
Overall, I was happy with the scan quality and speed of the Officejet 8500 Pro. You can choose to scan to email, scan to computer, scan to a USB stick or memory card, or scan to reprint.
The Officejet did a very good job or reproducing pictures and even text documents when scanned. Colors were accurate and the quality was overall very nice. Scanning was probably the one feature of the all-in-one printer that worked very well and as advertised.
Copying/Faxing
Both of these functions would have perfect scores if it were not for the fact that they simply did not work sometimes. After testing several times, I found that the copier routinely missed pages while copying.
If I placed a 5 page document to be copied, just about every single time, only 4 pages would get copied. That is simply unacceptable for such a high-end printer, especially one that is geared towards small offices.
This same issue happens when faxing, which is just terrible since your clients may not get all the pages required. The other major issue is that the printer thinks it copied/faxed everything, when it really didn’t! Big problem there.
Conclusion
My general feeling is that the HP Officejet 8500 Pro is a very good all-in-one printer, but because of a few big flaws, it fails to make the mark. Overall, you will be happy with the printer as long as you have a really fast computer with lots of free hard drive space and you manage to get a printer that does not skip pages when copying and faxing.
If you have an Officejet 8500 and have something to add about your experience, feel free to add it in the comments!
