HP G85 Ink
OfficeJet G85 Ink Cartridges

HP G85 Printer Review

The HP Officejet G85 ink printer is a multifunction device that can copy, print, fax, and scan. It is targeted at small offices or home-run businesses. For larger offices with high-volume and color needs, look at the Phaser 8500, which uses Xerox 108R00671 ink. THe G85 is a sturdy machine that comes with all the features that you would expect from an AIO meant for office use. The Officejet G85 measures 18.5 x 19.1 x 19.9 in and weighs 32.4 lbs. Separate paper paths on this device let you execute multiple tasks simultaneously. Apart from the 150-sheet input tray for prints, the G85 comes with automatic document feeders for the flatbed scanner and fax element.

The HP G85 ink cartridge printer prints at 12 ppm for monochrome and 10 ppm for color prints. It offers a maximum print resolution of up to 600 x 600 dpi for monochrome and up to 2400 x 1200 dpi for color prints. The HP G85 inkjet cartridge machine ships with two cartridges - one HP 45 Black with a page yield of 930 pages and one HP 78 Tricolor which gives 560 pages. Both provide lower cost per page than competiting models, such as HP 21 ink.

The G85 faxes at resolutions of 300 x 300 dpi. The fax component features activity report, fax forwarding, automatic redialing, and more. You can also fax directly from the PC. The digital copier can copy up to 99 sheets at a time; it can enlarge and reduce documents to 400% and 25% of the original size, respectively. The maximum document size it can handle is 8.5 in x 14 in. This AIO can work with the following media types - cards, plain paper, transparencies, and envelopes. Text documents are solid, but graphics are a bit lacking, which is what makes this ink lower-grade than Canon PGI-220BK ink.

Text prints and the copier function are the strong suits of the HP Officejet G85 inkjet multifunction device. The scanner is a bit of a weak link and it scans only up to letter-sized documents. This PC and Mac compatible machine connects via a USB and a parallel port, you can also avail optional networking capabilities by purchasing the Jetdirect external print servers.