Replace 8500

[Oliver0]

What is the current equivalent of the HP OfficeJet Pro 8500A Plus?  I want a replacement with same features and quality.

[Bob_Headrick · Accepted solution]

The Officejet Pro 8700 series printers may be a good replacement for your Officejet Pro 8500 Plus.  

[Oliver0]

There are four 8700 models at this time: 8710, 8720, 8730, and 8740.  Each one in turn adds a couple extra bells and whistles.  All were on sale in early December 2018, except the 8720, which has the best reviews.  I went with the 8740 to get the extra load tray.  Beware of jams.  I will only use HP's recommended paper for a while to preclude that as a claimed jam excuse.  The enclosed CD is not clearly labeled, but has four necessary drivers in addition to the on-line Setup Procedure download.  

[Bob_Headrick]

The Officejet Pro 8740 is a nice choice.  I had one of these last year on loan from HP as a perk of the HP Experts program.  This year I am using an Officejet Pro 8720.  In addition to the extra tray the 8740 also does two-sided scanning faster than the 8720 or 8710 - it scans both sides of the paper in one pass, eliminating the need to have the ADF pull the paper back in to scan the back side.

Edit - BTW, I never had any jam issues with either the 8740 or the 8720.  I mostly use plain office paper, 20 or 24 lb.  I just checked the EWS report, for the 8720 I have printed a bit over 400 pages with no miss-picks and no jams.  Typically I have a few miss-picks per year, they happen when the tray runs out of paper if I forget to keep it stocked.