HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One Mulit-function printer $129.99 with free shipping and bonus photo paper

Quote from Ubie : I use this printer at work. It's very nice, but ink is expensive, glad I don't have to pay for it!

Boss paid the bill.

I'm in the market for a nice inkjet printer, but all the negative reviews on this model scare me. Thanks for the post nonetheless... I hope to see more posts like this in the near future.

Quote from snowcrash : OP forgot to mention HP Trade-In [hp.com] good till 12/31/12. $50 for trading in HP printers. $75 for trading in non-HP printers. This was how I got my 8600 Plus for $65 couple months back.

No, that's a different promotion. The one for the 8600 expired in October.

Quote from burnttoast : Just and FYI, I have 3 of these in my office and all 3 have ADF problems. All of them will not pull the paper straight and often jam. They work great aside from that, but if you need to scan a lot, these are not ideal.

Thanks for that info.

How about ink cartridge life? Do they dry out and clog if you don't print a lot with them? (Though I'm guessing in an office environment, yours are running all the time)

Quote from mpkb : Thanks for that info. How about ink cartridge life? Do they dry out and clog if you don't print a lot with them? (Though I'm guessing in an office environment, yours are running all the time)

I cannot comment about the ink drying out. I run a real estate and property management office, so we run through ink and paper fairly quickly. The only reason I converted to these all-in-ones was to consolidate and de-clutter. Before, each person had a laser printer and a document scanner (some also had check scanners and receipt printers too, and still do) on their desk. My only real options were to force them to print to the central copy machine/printer (which no one wanted because they had to leave their desk to pick up the prints) or get these. They scan slower than the dedicated document scanners (we used Xerox scanners) and print a bit slower in color, but their monthly ink cost is fairly comparable to the lasers we were using and we have had little problems with them (aside from the 8600 model, those we gave to the people who do not scan much at all like the property inspectors).