HP Officejet 6000 Wireless

I'm a student and I was basically looking for one thing: affordability. I didn't want another printer that cost me 7 cents a page in just ink. My old printer was way too spendy to make constant prints on… when all I needed was some text documents. This printer is awesome because the XL cartridges make it about 2 cents a page in ink! Which is awesome! Plus this isn't a horribly expensive printer. My only complaint is that when I received it, the carriage (the thing that holds the printhead and ink cartridges) was stuck and I had to mess around with it for quite sometime to get it working. I think it basically got jarred around when it was shipped to the store and got knocked out of place. Also, I've never been able to get the wireless printing to work, but I'm awful at networking anything, so I'm going to try to have a friend who used to work for HP set it up for me. Other than those two issues, I love this printer. Make sure you pull out the little extension that catches the paper though, otherwise it will shoot the paper out on the floor!

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I have used several brands and types of printers over the years, both at work and at home. For personal use, this is one of the best I've had. Very satisifed with the print quality and overall speed,… although the duplexing is not that fast. Still, to get automatic duplexing at under $100 was a real deal. (I paid $90 with free next business day delivery.) It is somewhat noisier than my last HP printer (a Deskjet 6980 wireless) but none of the inkjet printers I've used were what I would call quiet. (Even my Epson RX500 3-in-1 isn't perfectly quiet.) Installation was easy - about 1/2 hour from out of the box to the printed test page. (For what it's worth, my operating system is Vista Home Premium 64 Bit Service Pack 2 running on an HP laptop with AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82 processors at 2.2 Mhz with 4 GB DDR2 RAM. I also took their advice to temporarily disable my anti-virus software before performing the installation.) When I installed it on my regular PC (which is also from HP and runs Vista Home Premium 32 Bit Service Pack 2 with similar Intel dual-core processors and 4 GB DDR2 RAM), all went smoothly without disabling the anti-virus. It was found on my in home network without difficulty and ready to use in roughly 15 minutes. I don't know if computer brand, operating system, processor type and speed or amount of RAM made the difference and allowed me to avoid the nightmare one person had and the agonizingly s-l-o-w set-up reported by another. My one minor gripe is the antiquated requirement of physically attaching the printer to your computer in order to transfer network settings as part of the installation. My Deskjet 6980, which this printer is replacing, had the really useful feature of being able to get network settings from a flash drive plugged into the front of the unit - like front AV connections on TV's. If I didn't have a laptop, it would have been much harder for me as I have little room to spare where my regular PC is set up and, as has been mentioned by others, this is not a small, tuck it in a corner printer. Fortunaely the 6980 didn't have a small footprint either - the only difference between the two being that the duplexing unit adds a couple of inches to the overall depth of the 6000. It's a little tight where I have it, but it beats running up and down stairs to my Epson all to heck! All in all, however, I would recommend this printer as being a really good bang for the buck!

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I looked at several "simple" printers (i.e. not the multipurpose printers with scanners and etc.). The HP6000 Officejet seemed to be a good deal from the reviews that I read. The printer was very easy to… set up as a wireless printer, taking about 1/2 hour from opening the box to printing the first test page. I've printed Avery labels, Avery cards and 24 pound paper without any problems such as jamming or feeding more than one sheet at a time. The print speed is acceptable and depends somewhat on the optional resolution selected - the finer the resolution the slower it prints, "Normal" works just fine for my printing.HP Officejet 6000 Wireless Color Inkjet Printer (C9295A#B1H) The ink cartridges that shipped with the printer are a disappointment - one week of not much printing and I already need the Yellow and Magenta cartridges. I've ordered the "extra" capacity (should be the only choice) cartridges. Hopwfully these ink cartridges will last much longer. All in all, I'm pleased that I can print from any of our in-house computers. The ONLY drawback to that is that we have to go to where the printer is - DUH.

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I gave the printer five stars, because of price point (at 89.00, the ability to print wirelessly and with such a good quality printer is amazing) and because the printer has worked seamlessly once it was… set up. Also, because HP clearly cares enough to add (not so) little touches such as: 1. Including the USB cable with the printer (Canon does not do this, from what I remember). 2. Including (this is amazing) the actual cartridges with the printer instead of "starter" cartridges that print maybe fifty sheets before conking out. Truthfully, you have to factor that into the price of these "cheaper" printers and realize that you have to tack on another thirty or more dollars to the price to pay for decent cartridges. With the ones supplied, I should be able to print at least 400 pages of black and white letters, email, etc. befor replacing the black cartridge. 3. If, like most of us looking for a small business (or home business) printer, there is the option to use an extended black cartridge which will give you even more pages between changes. This wouldn't be so important for a photo printer, but for what it is (it's called an "Officejet," remember) this is a wonderful feature. 4. The printer goes into standby mode and "wakes up" when needed. Perhaps all new printers do this (my last printer was from a few years ago) but I find this a great feature. Some may be put off by the form factor - this is not a small printer and takes up a fair amount of desk space. Also, the majority of the plastic sides are in white, (or putty, I suppose) which I have a feeling will show dirt and smudges worse than a silver or black model. Finally, let's get to the frustrating elements. As I've said, none of these were bad enough for me to lower the five star rating, but they were a little annoying: 1. (this is trivial but if it saves someone else the headache, it's worth mentioning) - the set up instructions included in the box clearly show a plastic back panel that looks to be inserted when one is not using the black duplex printing back that comes with this unit. Duplex printing means the ability to print on both sides of the page, and the black plastic back is called "optional" in the instructions. Well, upon unpacking the printer I couldn't find the other panel anywhere in the box or on the printer -although it was clearly seen in the picture. I called HP and, as I surmised, the printer does NOT come with this flat back panel. You LEAVE the black duplex printing back (which sticks out in a bump from the back) in the printer all the time. The pictures in the instructions were for the NON-WIRELESS version of the printer. It would have been nice if someone had mentioned that the wireless printer ONLY comes with the black back. 2. It takes the printer up to ten minutes to set itself up when you turn it on for the first time. This is clearly marked in the instructions, but if you don't notice it, you might think something is wrong as you wait...and wait...and wait...for it to print that magical first test page. NOTHING IS WRONG. Have patience. 3. As others have noted, the software is ridiculously slow to install. I will say that when I installed it in our XP (the second computer) it took a fraction of the time, so perhaps this is a Vista issue. But it took (I'm not kidding) forty-five minutes to load. I kept thinking it was hanging, but then it would inch foward another 1% and chug along. I have NEVER had software take this long to load since the DOS days! Oh, and make sure you disable your anit-virus software before you load it. I didn't and it seemed to make it crash the first time I tried to install it. (obviously turn back your anti-virus software after installation). The GOOD NEWS: Once installed, it found the router immediately and both computers found the printer with no problems whatsoever. To have a wireless printer that my wife can print her recipes without having to bother me or I can print without taking up a valuable USB slot on my laptop is fantastic. And the quality is great for basic office chores. I have NO idea if it will last, but as of now, I'm am really delighted to have a wireless printer with so many features at thie price point.

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