HP OfficeJet Pro 8024e All-in-One CURRYS
Challenging at the outset,…
26/07/2021 15:13
This printer arrived very well packaged and secure. It was quick and simple to unbox, with no fiddling about, or struggling to withdraw the printer and polystyrene buffers from the box itself.
The first thing that I noticed when it was completely unpackaged, was that the power cable is of a design, pretty much out of the ark. It is a two prong/two pin, figure eight cable; but is quite secure once you manage to push it fully into the connection on the machine.
The port for the power cable is quite inconveniently located on the rear of the housing, making it difficult (if not impossible) to sit neatly and snugly onto anything with a back panel, such as a cabinet - or against a wall on a worktop, or shelf.
At first, I thought the set-up was quite intuitive - but then I began to encounter difficulties and it took a good while longer to complete the initialisation than I had expected.
The cartridges were a little awkward and the black cartridge particularly was fiddly to place correctly. Those who may have dexterity or strength issues would find removing the Orange Plastic Seals on the cartridges very challenging indeed.
I had some technical issues downloading the relevant software onto my laptop from HP Smart, but it was simple to follow the steps and fill in the appropriate details when asked; particularly regarding the "Instant Ink" trial. However, I then could not send links to other devices when prompted, to enable others in my household to use the printer. Something I shall take up with their technical department when they open after the weekend.
When I did manage to finish the set-up, I noticed that although the correct date was displayed, the time on the printer was showing incorrectly - and it was a fairly lengthy process to reset it to the correct time, via HP Smart, not the printer itself.
You do get a one year extra HP Warranty with this printer - but rather sneakily you have to register for it (additionally) online. It is not automatically activated when you go through the initialisation process and instant ink sign up.
A little slow to awaken and grumbles and snorts is a quite comical fashion. It appears better to leave it on constantly for faster start-up; but of course that is not energy efficient.
Excellent print quality.
LadyBliss
Rossall , Spojené království
Age: 42
Gender: Female