HP OfficeJet Pro 8025e Wireless Color All-in-One Printer with bonus 6 free months Instant Ink with HP+ (1K7K3A), Gray

After several hours online and on the phone with the tech department, the printer and scanner finally talk to my HP computer. I bought this printer/scanner/copier to replace a Brother which I had for 7 years. I selected this printer because the feed is horizontal, not vertical like other printers. This printer sits on a bookshelf next to my desk and I cannot open the lid more than 3 inches. I also selected this printer because the description said you don't need WiFi to print. It didn't say anything about needing WiFi to set up, nor that the WiFi has to be private, not public. My office is in a public library where the WiFi is also public. So twice I had to contact HP Tech support in the first two days and have them get into the computer and get everything to communicate to be able to print and also be able to scan to my computer. Once that was accomplished, I have nothing negative to say about the print quality, usage, and speed. It's fairly easy to use and the instructions accompanying the machine were clear (except about the WiFi). The only other thing that does not make me happy is the 6 months free ink I was supposed to receive. But without the private WiFi hookup, it cannot automatically sense when I need more ink and therefore I don't get the free 6-months of ink. I have to contact their ink supplier every time I need ink.

First let me share what I don't like so much:. The LED reading screen doesn't tilt enough to make it convenient to read and the SIZE of it should be LARGER making it truly easy to read. However, it is indeed functional. Fairly simple to figure out.. The paper at 8.5 x 11 is not held 'Securely in place' and thus some of my pages came out mis-aligned or incomplete overlapping onto a second page. (Important to gently hold the paper forward in the tray as you close the paper-tray.HOW what I LIKE or LOVE about this item:. It prints beautifully. It's not FAST, but it does beautiful work. It's VERY EASY to replace or add New Ink Cartidges-- SUPER EASY. (Just do so carefully to align as you do). It holds quite a bit of paper. First time ever using a Scanner--- worked wonderfully and easy to do between the computer & Printer. Creating Two-Sided copies was also quite easy to do. Just following the LED directions and no problem doing so. (I may make a Video to help people learn how to do this easily) :--))Overall-- a wonderful printer especially for the price! Worth every penny in my humble opinion or view.Ink-- as always IS EXPENSIVE these days. I think THAT is thee only downside or downfall to Printers across the board. *Cheers mates!* Happy Writing, Printing, Faxing, Scanning and Copying! GO HP!Kindly always, Sir Nicholas

This is gonna be one of those “if I could give it a MINUS 5 stars, I would” kinda review. I’ve been a professional computer systems reviewer for 20 years, and this is the single most frustrating, time-wasting, money-wasting device I have ever used.This is supposedly an all-in-one printer: It scans, copies, faxes, prints, autofeeds documents, works via Ethernet or dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) WiFi from a desktop computer, laptop, phone, web or any other device that will talk to a printer and can be connected.I noticed recently that the price has dropped from $230 to $150. That could be because newer models are available…or it could simply be because HP is trying to unload a really rotten device.Pros of the HP OJ Pro 8020e seriesYou will save trees. The print experience with the HP OJ 8020e is so awful that I go out of my way to avoid printing anything. Literally.Cons (where do I begin…?)Installation is confusing, largely because HP spends quite a bit of time inveigling you into installing its smart printing app that strays dangerously close to malware. Its primary function appears to be talking you into signing up for “Instant Ink,” HP’s ink subscription service that sells you ink whether you want it or not, and then getting you to buy more. It monitors your activity and sends a lot of data back to the HP mothership, and—like most of HP’s “smart” functionality—is a real pain to stop.Installing a wireless smart device should be a no-brainer. Unbox, plug in the printer and power up, select a WiFi network and enter your password, then hit the print button. Ten minutes, max.Not this printer—it took FOUR HOURS of install-test-reinstall before it could print its first page. Even then, I would up sending the document to my Android phone and printing from there.The Ethernet connection was equally stubborn.I wound up resetting the printer six times until it could find the WiFi network. Along the way, I accidentally activated HP’s ink subscription program, which has caused even more headaches.Even than, the only way I can guarantee a print or scan is to shut down the printer, shut down my computer, and then restart. That gives me ONE immediate session to print or scan as much as possible before it goes offline again.If it actually does work, the print/scan is high-quality, but after six months with this foul beast I’ve never managed to get actual output in less than an hour.If you work from home (as many of us do these days), beware your company’s VPN: The HP apps will be shut out, and the printer won’t work. It also doesn’t seem to like Microsoft Teams. Best to save your printing until day’s end, then restart everything, do your print, and retire for the night.HP advertises its “six months of free ink,” but read the fine print before you sign up, and be very careful: Once the printer/your network thinks you’ve agreed to accept that free prize, you’ll be forced to use HP’s ink cartridges—at 2X the price—forever.Some HP printers allow you to disable “cartridge protection,” which allows the printer to reject any non-HP ink cartridge and simply refuse to print. The 8020e, and all “e-series” printers, however, do not, a practice I thought had been made illegal in the US, but apparently not.So, in addition to a poorly functioning printer, you’ll also be stuck spending $90 on a set of HP ink cartridges instead of $45.Now, I've nothing against HP ink, and I typically prefer to buy the printer manufacturer's own ink just to avoid hassles. But I don't want to be forced into it, and I also don't want to be forced to purchase more ink than I actually need, given how little I print these days.Supposedly you can rub an electrostatic rubber thingee across an ink cartridge’s microchip to get it to work…but that hasn’t worked for me.At this point, I'm looking for a cheap, non-HP printer that does NOT lock you into a bogus ink program and doesn't require hours of frustration just to get the WiFi actually connecting. I wish to blazes I hadn't given my old Epson printer away.

Good printer. Bought it on sale. Only problem is that these printers need to take HP branded ink instead of the cheaper alternatives