Can a multifunction machine really do everything you need? Unless you're looking for top-quality printing, the Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet T65 Multifunction Unit is more than sufficient to meet most of your demands. The T65 combines a fax, copier, scanner, and printer--all designed to work together to save space, time, and money. With the HP OfficeJet T65, you can generate crisp scans, print sharp text, and make copies with enlargements and reductions, all at the touch of a button. The T65 was easy to set up and use. Even without connecting it to our computer, we were able to make copies and send multiple faxes. Its integrated operation was as intuitive as that of any dedicated copier or fax machine. The clear LCD screen helped us follow our own work as we programmed in dozens of our important fax and phone numbers. We consider the easy-to-read and clearly marked buttons a plus for a unit with such complex capabilities.
Once we'd connected it to the PC, we printed text documents, edited scans for printing, and successfully tested a variety of paper types and sizes, including plain paper, labels, photo paper, and card stock. The HP T65 printed text pages up to 11 ppm in black and 8.5 ppm in color. For graphics and photos, the T65's color-layering technology mixed colors to create rich and solid or subtle and light shades as appropriate. The 50-sheet paper tray made a convenient backup to our main printer.
Because items scan through the printer/fax body, anything taped, glued, or otherwise pieced together tended to tear or jam. We recommend scanning only single sequential sheets. For example, a collection of press clippings pasted to a single sheet would be inappropriate for scanning through this unit. The scanner uses 300 x 600 dpi resolution, with OCR software provided to speed editing.
We appreciated the convenience of having an in-house copier capable of reducing, enlarging, and collating. The T65 copied at a fast 6 copies per minute in black and 2 cpm in color in multiples of up to 99.
The fax memory holds 75 pages. You can program numbers dialed most often into the 10 one-touch fax buttons or into 100 speed-dial numbers. You can also work on other projects while the fax function works in background, sending unattended faxes with the 20-page automatic document feeder. --Barbara Price
Pros:
- Uses plain paper
- Automatic collation, enlargement, and reduction
- Convenient copies and backup printing
Cons:
- Relatively short print cartridge life for the busy user (450 pages)
- Not suitable for scanning pasted pages
- Does not support high-resolution printing or scanning
