If you’re used to printing on foolscap or American legal paper, the printer can also support these sizes, though then the output tray extends from the front by nearly 300mm.
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There’s no multi-purpose tray, but a second 25-sheet tray is available as an option. There’s a single, 250-sheet paper tray, which projects from the front of the machine by around 100mm. Come to think of it, these things are all good reasons to buy this machine, rather than a laser. There are two memory card readers at the bottom of the HP Officejet Pro 8600’s left-hand side of the front panel and a single socket for a USB drive. Then, it’s modestly sized for the things it can do, with a deep, 50-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) and a large, 109mm LCD touchscreen, which is very easy-to-use and is supplemented by six dedicated touch buttons. Instead it’s a sort of bronzy brown colour, with inlays of dark brown very tasteful, nothing too garish.
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Well, for a start, it’s not black, white, cream or grey, staple colours of most laser-based machines. So why doesn’t everybody go for the inkjet? In pitching the HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus, the company points out that it costs less than half as much to run as a typical laser and it’s also, or course, around half the price to buy. HP has something of a delicate balancing act to achieve, as it sells both laser and inkjet all-in-ones for small business use.