HP OfficeJet G85 All-in-One

Average customer rating: 3.0

Rated for 5000 pages a month.
7 Years later, this printer is still going!
An Office Workhorse
So good, we bought another
Cream of the Crop Printer, Scanner, Copier and Fax

HP OfficeJet G85 All-in-One

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004SPW7

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The Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet G85 All-in-One can save you time, space, and money in your home or office. It combines a printer, scanner, fax, and copier into one reliable, networkable product.

Designed with built-in multitasking technology supported by separate paper paths, the OfficeJet G85 allows printing while you are scanning images or sending faxes. You can also make copies while sending print jobs or scan while copying documents. Additionally, the copier can work as a stand-alone unit to produce quality copies in color and black ink with 600 x 600 dpi at copy speeds up to 12 copies per minute in black and 9 cpm in color with automatic collation. Efficient multiple copies can be selected from 1 to 99 copies. The reduction and enlargement options range from 25 to 400 percent.

All the best qualities of the G85's copier functions translate to the scanning and printing features as well. The flatbed scanner features resolution of 600 x 3,600 dpi (up to 9,600 dpi enhanced) with 26-bit color and 8-bit gray scale (256 levels of gray for improved contrast) and includes optical character recognition (OCR) for easy text editing and revisions. The printer produces pages with 600 dpi resolution in black and 2,400 x 1,200 in color, in print speeds of up to 12 ppm in black and 10 ppm in color. The unit holds 150 sheets in the input tray, handling plain paper, ink-jet papers, labels and transparencies, glossy and matte photo paper, iron-on transfers, and more.

The 14.4 Kbps fax modem receives messages at up to 10 ppm, sending at 6 seconds per page. The fax feature holds up to 125 speed dials and 125 pages in memory, and the automatic document feeder with 30-page capacity further frees you for other projects. Plus, you can fax directly from your PC. E-mail images can be sent directly with one-touch operation. USB and parallel port connections, color ink cartridges, CD-ROM installation software, a user guide, and bidirectional IEEE 1284 cable are included. The one-year limited warranty covers parts and labor. --Barbara Price

Customer Reviews:

Rated for 5000 pages a month........2007-05-25

This thing is a commercial grade unit. Made to last forever. 4 years and not a problem yet. Most units are made to run up to 3000 pages a month but it has taken this long to run 17700 pages in the one I have and just clean the rollers with isopropanol once a year. Solid unit.

7 Years later, this printer is still going!.......2007-04-14

We bought this printer new almost 7 years ago. We use it networked with an external JetDirect device and we added the duplex option. This All-in-one is a workhorse. We have printed countless double-sided PDF technical manuals, photos, documents, etc. Our PCs have moved across Windows versions 97, 2000, and to XP and the only incompatibility issue we had was that network drivers for XP were slow to release, but the USB driver was ready early on. I was surprised a reviewer said it didn't work with 2000 because we had one machine already on 2000 when we bought this and it was no trouble at all.

I will admit the software for the scanning/fax is a little quirky, but with a little trial and error it has worked just fine. Print quality is great, nothing but praise for the hundreds of pages of faxing and copying. As it ages though, the scanner is becoming an issue as it is so much slower than the new models for complicated images in higher resolutions.

An Office Workhorse.......2006-08-07

I've had this All-in-one for over 3 years and it's worked flawlessly, even though I bought it as a factory rebuild. I can't remember any problems other than the AC transformer giving out. The part is easily replaceable. I absolutely love this machine. I don't know where I'd be without it.

So good, we bought another.......2004-04-22

I don't know what problem some of the others had with this machine; but I have Windows XP and haven't had any problems with it. I purchased mine about one and a half years ago and the other was purchased a little over a year ago. It is possible that by the time we purchased our G85, the problems had been solved.

We just love them. I have received and sent faxes in letter as well as legal sizes. We have made copies original size, enlarged and reduced. We have printed LOTS of pictures. And, I do mean LOTS!! My brother and sister-in-law have eight grandchildren, so you know what that means. The only problem we have is that we cannot keep up with the ink. But the picture quality is great. I have also used the HP program for working with pictures as well as printing them in special sizes and groups.

Get you one, NOW!!!! You won't regret it. It is a great machine. We love the all-in-one features and use every one of them.

Cream of the Crop Printer, Scanner, Copier and Fax.......2004-03-03

I give this printer the highest rating. It is my favorite printer second to my HP LaserJet. The G85 is fast, has a great scanner, and best of all, it holds and prints 50 post cards.
That's right, you can purchase US post cards at post office for only 25 cents. Then send color post cards for only 25 cents each. What a great marketing tool! What you save on postage and envelopes can pay for this printer.
It does take up a lot of real estate on your desk. However, it prints high quality even in normal mode, and if you use HP photo paper, you can publish all your precious pictures. So make a place for it, because it takes a beating and keeps on paper feeding!
I have my laser hooked up to the parallel port on my laptop, and the HP G85 hooked to my USB port. On Windows XP, they print at the same time. I doubled my productivity.
If you want speed, color, quality, a fax, copier, and great scanner, buy it now!
Don't forget to buy the automatic document feeder so you can fax or copy without being present. Oh, almost forgot. Also get the double ink color cartridge and print lots of color items.

Gina Novelle
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