How is the ADF, I had a 8500 and despite my love for HP Printers the scanner on it sucks!!!! I ended up having to buy a flat bed.
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I like it and I agree that it could be faster but the cost would be higher. Have to give and take some. NOTE: The recommended pages to use on the ADF is 50, I managed to get 60 pages. I even did 62 but I had to jiggle the pages so the feeder could pick it up to scan. I say 60 pages is max. Don't want all my users trying to force the pages down.
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it is ok. The printer overall is amazing, but I would say the scanner on it is probably the weakest feature. It works just fine, but it is much slower than a full industrial copier like you would find in a large office. It works for our needs, but if you scan to digital a lot (a few hundred pages a day or more), you may wnat to keep looking. The ADF is adequate, but not 5 stars. Maybe 3.5 stars.
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While I do not use the ADF a lot, it works fine when I need it. It just does what it is supposed to do. I do use the flatbed a lot and love this scanner.
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I've have had several issues when I am printing checks. Would routinely skip checks pulling two or more checks through. Another constant problem was receiving "paper not loaded properly". Having 3 printers, swapping out 3 printers, I finally switched to the 7500 series. Much beter.
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I can not answer your specific question about the 8500A but mine has a paper jam (that is not really true) so the printer will not work.This is the worst printer for $250 I have ever purchased. I will never (I guess I should never say never) another HP printer.I found someone that will look at it for $40 but he would not guarantee that it could be fixed. Do I want to through more money into a questionable printer.
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no not really, unless you plan on traveling. For now I would just get a 396t or 396xt. Very nice small handheld trunks great and decodes apco25 phase 1 digital. They go for about 200 or 300 on ebay. I don't know why but the new scanners seem to be lacking quality control.
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I sold my printer 6 months ago. It still performed beautifully, no problems with any functions. I was very impressed with that printer, it was as solid as a rock. I only sold it because I moved and needed a smaller printer.
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Lia I too am looking for a new printer. I have searching the web for reviews and have found only a few which is not much of a help. It apprears the MP 620 looks, please let me know what you think. Thanks:)
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I have to agree with A. Geib I bumped up the phyical memory, used quality paper printed at the highest resolution and got very good resultsIt is abit slow on the first thing printing and sounds like a jet when I turn it on, but it was worth the money so far, I also have a Brotherat work and its a workhorse.I've used HP's Lexmark, Cannon, Epson it compares to them all, the interesting thing for me is watching the sell price move up and downI may start tracking it for fun.
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Thank you for your quick reply. What about the MF4690? I posted a similar question regarding that one. It seems much newer. Does it happen to have a function that somehow supports duplex scanning, without having to *manually* re-order the pages?
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Your best bet is to buy a Brother MFC7860DW. I pushed my HP printer off a cliff a while ago...Never again.
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agreed 100 % about HP. They are said to be the "best printers out there" but a year 3 months later it is sitting in the trash. I just bought a canon so we will see how it goes. :)
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That is an interesting price point! If you think their ink price is disgusting take a look at Ricoh's. Its laser cartridges easily add up to a downpayment on a new house! I did finally get Canadian support on the machine on the issue of making the network server feature work (use Firefox not Chrome if you are on a Mac) and once I networked it, it has not power-failed ever again. The internet server has to REMAIN ON all the time. Don't know how long that will last but it has turned out to be a gem for its low price tag.
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I bought this one because I was looking for those features ... but I (like quite a few of the others) have been let down by the dreadful paper feed. I've had and used HP printers in the past (and some of them have been fantastic) but I can't really recommend this printer because of that problem.
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I have hp printer/ scanner on it. that was one of the reasons I brought it. It is a average size scanner/ printer.
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Thats debatable, though they do offer a good value in b&w; laser multifunctions. Some of their software has been dodgy, but thats been the case for others as well, especially HP. Its a crap shoot with anything these days. Buy from somewhere that will take returns (not very common for printers) or wait until unbiased reviews are available.FYI, HP also has new machines just released. They are more $$ than Brother but thought you should know. Look at the higher end 3390 or the entry level 3055 or 3052 if you don't need fax.
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No. My biggest problem was finding JUST a printer......I hate combo all-in-ones....and my scanner works fine. But overall I SWEAR by Canon printers....been using Canon since dot matrix days!
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I have a HP wireless 8500 all in one that will not work at all with refilled or compatible cartriges. I will never again buy anything HP. Does anyone know of a printer that will work with compatible cartriges.
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I've only scanned a handful of docs-seems to work good. Our multi page feeder works great. We have the 8910 at our front desk-small healthcare office & I have our old 8860 back by my desk & that still works good including multi feeder after 5 or 6 years. We like the Brother machines after several bad experiences with HP. Good luck. Jim