Hewlett Packard K60 OfficeJet

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [8.82mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 19.2 x 9.2 inches ; 22 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 27 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004YZCP
• Item model number: K60
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Hewlett-Packard K60 OfficeJet is an all-in-one high-quality printer, fax, scanner, and copier that's ideal for the home or office. Compact and efficient, this unit is Internet ready and easy to use. All functions are designed to work together, which saves you space, time, and money. You can even operate functions simultaneously.

The K60's printer delivers terrific photorealistic images. That's due to Hewlett-Packard's PhotoREt III technology and to a color resolution of 2,400 x 1,200 dpi and a black resolution of 600 x 600 dpi. Thus you're assured rich, vibrant colors and crisp text. The printer accepts a wide range of papers and sizes. It prints black text at up to 9 ppm and color at 7 ppm.

The fax works via the front panel. It has its own output bin and an automatic 20-page document feeder. It is compatible with answering machines, has memory send and receive capability, auto redial, send, and PC fax. Transmission rate is 6 seconds per page.

The K60 has an exceptionally high-quality scanner that turns originals into photo-quality reproductions. Subtle contrasts and vibrant colors come in part from the 2,400 dpi resolution. A touch of a button is all you need to place a scan into a selected software application or e-mail. Common editing functions are built in, so separate editing applications for scanned images are not necessary. Also, the K60 offers faster scanning previews that won't keep you waiting.

Excellent color and black-only copies are made at 7 copies per minute in black and 6 copies per minute in color. Like the fax component, the copier has its own output bin and a 20-page automatic document feeder. You can make reductions and enlargements from 50 to 200 percent. The K60 comes backed with a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great machine with a serious feature omission - Beware, February 12, 2001

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S. Tribbey (FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewlett Packard K60 OfficeJet (Office Product)

The K60 is a great machine in many ways but, and this is a big BUT... HP purposely left out a very important feature that the machine is entirely capable of. Black and White copying! That's right... if you put in ANYTHING with color on it and press copy, you will get a much more expensive and slower color copy. This works out great for HP because it uses lot's more of their expensive color ink, but not for the user. Try copying a sheet of yellow note paper with a few handwritten notes and prepare for a rather slow copy that uses a lot of the yellow ink in your color cartridge!

This is completely inexcusable considering the less expensive T45 does both color and B&W copies. It has a B&W copy button and a color copy button. You wouldn't think that moving up to one of HP's more expensive multifunction models would mean the loss of an important feature would you?

If you're going to be doing a lot of copying, think twice about this machine. Of course, the K80 has the same B&W Copy button that the T45 does, but do you really want to spend another $100 for a feature that any reasonable person would assume should already be in the K60? In case you're wondering, there is no menu option to enable B&W copying in the K60, it just isn't there. I have verified this with HP's tech support who find this missing feature equally baffling.

For this reason, I can't give it more than a three. I'd give it a 2.5 if I could.

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars K60 Does it all, November 21, 2000

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S. Kirbus "donaldbonilla" (Cerritos, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewlett Packard K60 OfficeJet (Office Product)

The K60 is the perfect home & business tool. It has color faxing(stand alone or through PC), color scanning, color copying and even e-mail. Colors are vibrant and rich. Very Quick black printing, copying and fast color copies. Size wise, the machine is a tad bulky but for all it does who could complain. Paper tray is 250 sheet capacity and faxes and copies have their own output bin to seperate. A nice feature is that the PC Modem, and answering macine and phone all plug into the K60 and work through it. No need for multiple lines or splitters. HP Excellent job.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Think again before you buy -no black and white copies, April 17, 2001

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Beth (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard K60 OfficeJet (Office Product)

You cannot make a copy in black and white. It doesn't seem like a issue until you add up all costs for a color cartridge. You are probably thinking that you don't copy that many document but you will be surprised how much you use the copy function once you have the convenience of a printer/copier in your home. Furthermore, the time it takes to make a copy (color only, of course) is ridiculous. Tip: place document on glass, press copy and get a good night's sleep.

You can print documents from your computer as black and white, but you can't make a copy of anything in black and white (unless it is black and white). Try making a copy of your notes from yellow legal paper or white paper that has the blue lines or a document with any color. If you look at most original documents (credit card statements, letters w/letterhead/logos, financial documents, etc.), you will notice they have color - especially the entire background is usually color. Good Luck.