Want to buy HP Officejet Pro K8600.

[Lankesh]

Hi guys, I have bought a brand new HP computer and i have installed windows vista on this computer. Actually i have installed this OS just because of its compatibility with the graphics. Now I am going buy a new printer from the same company, may be HP Officejet Pro K8600 because i have heard that the price for this printer have gradually decreased. Can anybody help me with the features and specifications as i want to buy HP Officejet Pro K8600.

[Hardwareman]

Minimum System Requirements needed to run HP Officejet Pro K8600 on your computer.
Windows System:
1. Some feature may not be available in Window 2000.
2. Windows XP Professional x64: Intel Pentium II or Celeron processor, 128 MB RAM, 280 MB free hard disk space.
3. Windows Vista with 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, 512 MB RAM, 750 MB free hard disk space.

Macintosh System:
1. Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher.
2. 400 MHz Power PC G3 or 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo.
3. 256 MB RAM, QuickTime 5.0 or higher, 200 MB free hard disk space.
4. Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 and later.

[T.J.]

HP Officejet Pro K8600 is quite good printer to buy for home use and as its name states that it can be generally used for the offices as it gives an amazing speed. There are total three modes by which you can print namely draft mode, normal mode and best quality mode. Printing speed of HP Officejet Pro K8600 for black is up to 35 ppm in draft mode, 15 ppm in normal mode and 5.8 ppm in best quality mode. Similarly for color prints it is 35 ppm in draft mode, 14.5 in normal mode and 4 ppm in best quality mode. Monthly duty cycle of this printer is up to 6250 pages with the processor speed of 192 MHz.

[deoWo]

HP Officejet Pro K8600 provides nice quality of printouts with the minimal time. It can print up to 1200 x 1200 dpi for black printout and up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi color but that would be 1200 x 1200 input dpi on premium photo paper. Ink typ used in this printer are Pigment-based (black), Dye-based (colors, CMY). There are total four cartridges each with the black, cyan, magenta, yellow.

[Fabian]

Standard media sizes accepted by the HP Officejet Pro K8600 are A3+ (330 × 483 mm), A3 (297 x 420 mm) A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 mm), A6 (105 x 148 mm), B4 (250 x 353 mm), B5 (176 x 250 mm), B6 (125 x 176 mm), C4 (229 x 324 mm), C5 (162 x 229 mm), C6 (114 x 162 mm), DL (210 x 105 mm) and Custom sizes are 76 x 127 to 330 x 483 mm. HP Officejet Pro K8600 needs operating humidity as 15 to 80% RH, Non-operating humidity as 15 to 90% RH, power consumption of 80 watts maximum.