Buy any other printer before this one
935577
This printer uses color inks even when printing only black and white documents.  For the price of the cartridges, which do not last long at all, you could buy a new printer.  I bought the printer for $99.00 and the replacement cartridges were $79.00.  I will never buy another HP printer.  Document quality is only average and scans are not great.  Steer clear of this one!
4406673
I have gone through countless problems with this printer for over a year now.  It will go through your ink and paper like no other, which adds up in cost.  It will randomly stop printing mid-print.  Even the ink cartridges for this printer are a big hassle.  I know most college students get this printer, but invest your money in a better printer.  It will save you a lot of stress especially during college.
5451
I've had two of these printers. They both have the same problem, though the first one lasted longer than the one I have now before the print quality disintegrated. I've had this one just over a year, and for the last several months no matter how many head cleanings I do in a row before trying to print, it is impossible to get a clean page. I have been doing heavy printing today and cleaned before I started, again in the middle, and finally got decent black printing ... and then color printing went wonky and all the blue came out red. I've just cleaned it three times in a row and the test pattern still has not only gaps but up and down spits. The only reason I'm still hanging onto it is that I have a lot of ink left and don't want to waste that expensive purchase. Oh, and I have only ever used Epson cartridges in it - never an off-brand. Avoid this printer like the plague!
896644
This printer is terrible. If you do any amount of printing you will be replacing cartridges once a month. So unless you have $$$$$ to burn I would find another option. We are going to hook our old EPSON back up. You might get 10- 4 x 6 photos if you are lucky. HP XL inks are a total rip off...AVOID this printer.
4802190
I've had nothing but problems with this printer since the day I bought it.

- For some reason, I consistently get an issue where my computer won't communicate with the scanner, even though it recognizes that the printer is connected and will still print. It could be my computer, but I blame this on the printer, since I have a ton of other USB peripherals connected and I've never had any similar issues with them (and I never, ever had a similar problem with my previous printer/scanner on the same computer). The only way I can use the scanner is by rebooting the printer.

- The document feeder recently developed an annoying habit of pulling in multiple pages at once. It usually takes me at least 3 tries to successfully scan a multi-page document, so most of the time I end up just feeding the pages in one-by-one, which defeats the purpose of having the feeder.

- The print head has recently gone completely schizophrenic. About 2 months ago, I started getting inconsistent ink output (severe streaks). After running the nozzle cleaning function about half a dozen times, it finally started working acceptably, even though the quality was still dodgy. I just replaced the black ink cartridge and ran the print-head alignment and everything was working fine. Two days later and the black ink nozzle has stopped working almost completely. Even after running the cleaning several times, it's completely worthless. I'm not refilling ink cartridges or using 3rd-party cartridges. I'm using brand-new Epson ink cartridges.

I previously owned a Canon printer/scanner, and I never had a single problem with it until it literally died after owning it for more years than I can honestly remember. I've owned this Epson for less than two years and as of today, when the black ink nozzle died, it's essentially become a giant plastic doorstop.

Never again.
2550763
This printer uses so much ink it is ridiculous. I have owned HP, Brother, and now this Epson printers, and I am ready to get rid of it 6 months in. It honestly prints only a few sheets on each color cartridge even in low quality printing. I wish someone made a good printer, but of the 3, I will go back to HP.
793282
We purchased this printer because it had good reviews and it was also recommended by a friend who has one. I disagree with the reviews & am now in the market for a different printer.  1) goes through ink much quicker than previous printers, 2) poor quality print at varying times in spite of cleaning heads, aligning etc. 3) jams routinely for no foreseeable reason, 4) lines and streaks on the printed pages, 5) wet ink on pages, 6) wastes paper and ink because of all the previous comments.
2298686
I got this printer in 2011 to replace a K550 which was a great printer, but, died in a shipping container...

The 8000 as new, was a great printer, but, with with moderate printing for the past 3 years, it had gotten progressively more reluctant to print more than one page.

I've followed the directions to cleaning, on several occasions, with no effect!!!  It still makes very rude noises, fails to print a second page or prints half a page and then turns on an 'out of paper' fault light, even though there's at least 20 sheets in the feed tray.

This experience has been soooo bad that I'm going to buy either a Canon or an Epson to replace this.  I wonder if HP cares about the longevity of their printer.  Plus, the price has TRIPLED since I bought this one in 2011.

An 'Ex' HP printer user that learned better!!
1644478
this printer uses ink like mad. if you run out of color ink it will not print just black. does not like to use any other cartridges other than HP. Get an Epson instead
1492149
I chose this printer from a "best of" list of printers.  Our society is utterly corrupt when this product is featured on such a list.

Ink cost: It supposedly had the most economic ink cost on the list, but since one can't refill inks, because of a chip that prevents it,  that simply isn't true. I still have an 8 year old hp all-in-one I've been refilling inks in all along, that prints better, and costs less. This one prints faster, but since it crumples every third sheet of paper and jams, and sometimes prints text only on the left, leaving the right half page blank, it's a huge waste of time and money.

Updates: what are all these constant enormous updates? What ARE they? I have no idea. I know that they are not a direct simple interface that would allow me to do basic things like choose glossy photo paper, or matte, or anything else I'm looking for. The settings allow me to choose a language region, then, apparently, I'm done. There's no next step, button, or anything. I'm trying to print a photo. How do I select the paper? That's usually the biggest factor in the quality, matching to the paper. Is a sensible interface coming in the next updates sometime, somewhere in all those megabytes?

Quality: I still can't figure out how to get a decent picture to print with this thing, and the ink runs out in one cartridge or the other every time I try.

I haven't actually done the math, but I suspect the most economical thing I can do with this printer is forget I ever bought it, just keep using the old one until I get an honest recommendation from someone I know about a newer one.
4669895
I've had this printer for about 3 or 4 months. I've been having trouble printing 4x6 pictures from my computer. Just won't fill in the whole 4x6 paper. Leaves some white on the bottom and one side(and i've selected borderless) But figured, i'd fix it somehow when I had more time to spend on it. Now I wonder.
Also, just as a side, the software provided with this printer is not up to par and not as good as previous versions.
Then this happens. I needed to print the mirror image of a documnet for an Iron-on transfer. I go into the printer properties, but to my suprise there is no option for this. So I called HP support and was told "This print does not have the feature." WHAT !??!!?!?!? Every other printer i've owned has had that "Feature". It's a matter of programming. How absolutely ridiculous! Had I known in the days I spent researching and debating if I should get another HP or to switch to another brand, I would have switched!!! Considering my wireless went out in my last HP printer c3910(in just over a year and out of warranty, mind you) and my scanner going bad in the one before that. Lesson learned. I'm done with HP.
I do not recommend this printer.
1376678
I promised I would never buy another HP printer again, but somehow was lured into this one by the recommendation of a friend. I am CONSTANTLY having to troubleshoot (network problems, paper issues, ink issues), ink is expensive (and it won't accept ANY used ink cartridges).  I feel betrayed again.  HATE THIS PRINTER!!!!!!!
679971
Worst printer I have ever had the displeasure of encountering.  Not only does it run through ink like it's going out of style.  It often refuses to print and has countless real, and often imaginary, paper jams (with no way to override the error without turning the machine off completely).  If this wasn't enough to make any sane person throw it out a goddamn window, the machine simply goes berserk when you try to print on both sides.  It skips numbers, has "multi-page feed errors," and leaves you with an assortment of duplicate and missing pages for you to sort through.  To be fair every blue moon it will actually print.  However, it always seems like these errors happen when it is vital that I print something.  Until I get a new printer I'm going to print at Target Copy because this hassle isn't worth it.
1091243
It printed wirelessly and beautifully from my laptop for about a month. Then is started to refuse to print because "Another computer is using the printer." There is no other computer. Emptying the print queue, rebooting, shutting everything down and up again (as Canon's "forum" suggested) -- nothing works. There are numerous reports on line about this same problem, going back two years, so there has been plenty of time for Canon to fix it. So, I guess this Canon printer is going to the landfill, and I'll get another Hewlett-Packard instead.
3940074
There is nothing to recommend this printer.  It drinks ink.  The footprint is huge.  Sometimes the software works, sometimes it doesn't.  Do not buy.
2659268
This printer is really bad. The printer constantly will not print. Takes 15 minutes of turn off/on, resetting PC setting, etc. Also makes it difficult to print when the ink is low, even though there is enough ink to print another dozen or so pages out. Epson is greedy and always trying to get you to buy more ink when you don't need so to max profits. Not sure Canon or HP are any better, all are greedy and do the same stuff.
2812232
I am sitting at my desk and have been waiting for about 13 minutes for the printer to print 1 lousy page!  I bought this printer because of the price and some fairly good reviews.  BIG MISTAKE!  I have had problem after problem almost from the getgo.  Their customer service is ineffectual (at least for me).  For some stupid reason (my fault entirely) I switched from HP to this piece of crap.  I would not recommend Lexmark (at least this one) to anyone.  It is a lot more aggravation than it's worth!