It’s expensive, but excellent value in the long run. It’s rammed with features, has a neat interface and scans remarkably. It isn’t the right choice for photos, but for all document purposes the 8500A is difficult to top. Even the laser-baiting Epson WorkForce Pro can’t better that. With huge XL mono (2,200 A4 pages) and colour cartridges (1,400 A4 pages) available for £18 and £12, your prints roll out for only 0.8p and 3.4p respectively. If documents are your focus, you’ll be delighted by the running costs, which go a long way to mitigating that high purchase price. It fell back a bit with a best-quality 6 x 4in photo time of 1min 17secs, and an A4 photo took 2mins 44secs, but this is primarily a document printer. It produced documents at 12.8ppm in mono and 7ppm in colour.
The 8500A is right up with the fastest scanners we’ve tested, and its print speeds aren’t bad either. Our test scans had a level of sharpness and clarity no other manufacturer can match, and with accurate colour capture. An easy way of doing this is by using a driver update tool. HP Officejet Pro 8600 errors can also occur due to missing or corrupt drivers. If the problem persists after checking the physical connections, uninstall and reinstall the HP software.
That extends to copies thanks to the 8500A’s best feature: its scanner. Try changing the USB wire connecting your printer and computer. Text is crisp and well defined, and large blocks of colour are solid. Print quality isn’t as consistently high as the best Canons – our test photos were mottled and reds too dark – but this is an office printer, and excels where it matters.
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