Why do we have so many officejet models?
Because there are many different customers buying on: price, features, size, even color..
I always have a hard time explaining
Well those days are over young easytech!.
| HP 8610 |
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| Auto document feeder capable of 25pages/No duplex scanning |
| Letter size flatbed only |
| HP 8620 |
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| Auto document feeder capable of 50pages/auto duplex scanning |
| Legal flatbed |
| Larger display panel |
| HP 8630 |
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| All the same things the 8620 has including: |
| Second paper tray |
| Second set of ink |
| HP 57XX Series |
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| Uses older style black/tri-color cartridge (good for low yield/infrequent printing customers |
| Dedicated photo paper tray |
| Removable paper tray |
| HP 46XX Series |
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| Similar to the 57XX series just lacking removable/dedicated photo paper tray(s) |
| Hard to load smaller items: ex) small envelopes |
| HP 38XX Series |
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| For the customer that is looking for the cheapest piece of shit they can find. These customers don't generally care about features, since they are looking to pay <$50 |
| Keep in mind |
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Almost all of the above are wireless, most if not all are 4-1. All but the cheapest ones will duplex.
The distinguishing features between models is normally going to be: ink yield, scanner, paper handling.
| Role play |
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Ma'am I see you like this printer, let me ask you do you print photos?
Yes I do!
This may not be a good choice, see how hard it is to get anything other then letter paper in this one. I recommend 57XX model due to the removable paper tray & dedicated photo paper tray.
How much do you print a month?
About 1000 pages.
The 57XX may not be a good choice, I would recommend this 8610. Do you ever want to scan legal or, would you like to be able to copy a 2 sided document automatically?
Yes I print a lot of letter and legal, and hate switching paper, and deffinately need a legal flat bed scanner.
You know I would recommend the 8630 Since it has a second tray and a legal flat bed scanner.
Wow I wasn't looking to spend that much.
Well keep in mind it comes with another set of ink, however you could get by with the 8620 which has a legal flatbed, and a single tray.