Onboard buttons are limited to an eject button and toggle buttons for the ePrint cloud-printing feature and for Wi-Fi. HP adds a nice touch to the Officejet Pro 8100’s control panel in the form of a small front LCD for showing ink levels, Wi-Fi status, and when you’re out of paper. You can use OS X’s own Add Printer function to find the driver, but HP should bring its installation software up-to-date. If you’re using a Mac that runs Lion (OS X 10.7), however, you’ll probably have to surf to HP’s website for the latest drivers the ones on our installation CD didn’t support Apple’s latest and greatest. Setting up the Officejet Pro 8100 on a PC is simple: Insert the CD and follow the prompts. Most important, its inks are cheaper per page than the toner supplies from any comparably priced color laser.
This classily-styled color inkjet printer has Wi-Fi, USB, and ethernet, and it can handle up to 1250 pages of printing per month. If you’re looking for a low-priced color laser printer for your small office, look again: For a mere $150 (as of May 1, 2012), you can obtain high-speed, good-quality color printing with HP’s Officejet Pro 8100 ePrinter.