The printer is with a moderate size of 494 x 180 x 479 mm without the supplementary tray. The weight is also 7.8 Kg without the tray 2. The printing method based on the drop-on-demand Inkjet Printing. The print languages of the printer are HP PCL 5e, PCL 6 and the PostScript 3 emulation. The monthly duty cycle of this fantastic printer is up to 15000 pages. The inbuilt processor of the printer is a 360 Hz ARM4, ETM (16-bit). Whereas, the inbuilt RAM is 256 MB with a 16 MB built-in Flash ROM.
The printer connects through the standard Hi-speed USB 2.0 port which requires a cable.
HP Officejet Pro 8000 Driver for Windows
Driver and Software for Mac OS
HP Officejet Pro 8000 Printer cartridges
Black Original Ink HP 940 Cartridge (~1000 pages ), HP 940XL cyan, 940XL Magenta, 940XL Yellow Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge (~1400 , 1400, 1400 pages )
HP Officejet Pro 8000 printer Cartridges
Four cartridges are in use in this printer, each for black, cyan, magenta and yellow. However, the models of the printer cartridges depend mainly on the region of use of the printer. The printer uses two printheads; one for black and yellow while the other is for cyan and magenta.
HP Officejet Pro 8000 driver Windows Operating System Requirements
The printer supports many versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. These include Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Ultimate 32-bit and 64-bit. Others include Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later versions), Home Edition and Professional (32-bit and 64-bit). Also, it supports Windows 7 Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit).
HP Officejet Pro 8000 driver Macintosh Operating Systems Requirements
The supported versions of Mac OS include Mac OS X v10.5 and Mac v10.6.
Media Sizes Support
The various media sizes the printer supports include the Standard US Letter, Legal, A4, Executive, Statement, B5, A5. Apart from plain papers, it also supports Envelopes, transparencies, cards, Photo media, etc. Others include custom-made sizes. The holding capacity of the input paper tray is 250 sheets of plain paper, while other media types take a lesser number. Otherwise, the output tray has an ability for 150 sheets of plain paper.
Print Specifications
Up to 600 dpi is the black print resolution with pigmented black ink as well as colored prints.
Power Specifications
The HP printer uses an external power supply connected through a Universal Power adapter. The power requirements also involve an input voltage range of between 100 to 240 V AC at a frequency of 50/60 Hz. The output voltage is 32 volts DC at 2000mA. The maximum power consumption is when it is in full operation, and that is 21 watts.
Note the following in printing on both sides;
1. Use the compatible media to printer specifications
2. Duplex printing must work through the application or printer driver
3. Duplexer only works on plain paper sizes and not transparencies, envelopes photo paper, etc
4. You can manually feed the printer if you desire to print on both sides of the paper for custom sized paper sizes. Download HP Officejet Pro 8000 Printer driver from HP website