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The OfficeJet 250 Mobile AIO was probably the easiest and quickest printer I’ve ever unboxed, setup, configured and was printing to. It’s nice and compact, lightweight, and relatively easy to transport around with you all day. It’s perfect for my job as I no longer need to run to an office or staff room all the time when I need something printed, copied, scanned, and/or emailed. For those wanting AIO printer functions on the go, the OfficeJet 250 is just what you’re looking for. It took just a few minutes to unbox the printer and set it up for initial use. There’s a rechargeable battery to install, then connect the power cord to charge the battery. (Note that you can also charge the batter via a 1A-minimum-charge-capable USB charging port. You would need to purchase a USB cable as one is not supplied with the printer. The printer also needs to be powered off in order for the USB charging to work.) Power it on, Insert the two ink cartridges and add some paper. Printer setup is accessible via the LCD ‘pop-up’ touchscreen, and also from the web based configuration page (once you’ve selected the printer setup on the touchscreen). Firstly, you’re given two network configuration options, Self-managed and IT Managed, the former being step by step guided and the latter having advanced configuration and setup options. After selecting IT Managed, I went to 123.hp.com/oj250 on my smartphone to download the mobile app so to connect the printer to my network. The entire process took only a few minutes. While you can use the touchscreen to configure printer settings, but using the web-based configuration page is much easier. Anything from checking printer status, ink cartridges, running maintenance, inputting scan to e-mail addresses; it’s all accessible via the printer’s web page. You would probably want to setup an administrator password here to limit user access to those settings. I also installed the HP AIO printer app, which requires the HP Print Service Plugin, both from Google Play. The HP All-in-One Printer Remote app allows you to use the printer for scanning, printing, and sharing documents. There’s also a ‘How to Print’ button that explains how to print from Google Drive, Dropbox, Gmail, and a few others. A handy little guide just in case you ever need it. If you’d rather not install the HP AIO Printer Remote app, you could use Google Print instead, just add the printer via your Google account. Print quality is what you’d expect from an HP printer, crisp and clear. Print speed is however, relatively slow, which of course, is affected by what your printing and whether or not the printer is running on AC or DC power. Running on AC, the printer was just slightly faster than on battery power. Compared to many other HP printers, this printer is about half as fast give or take, although faster than the OfficeJet 100. It seems a fair trade-off, mobility for speed. There are a couple power management settings to help extend battery life, mainly the auto-off function. This is actually disabled by default, so you would need to enable it in settings from the web-based configuration page. As quoted from the power management settings from that page: “The printer will automatically turn off after a period of inactivity to help reduce energy use. This feature is automatically disabled when the printer is connected to a computer or mobile device, a network, or a fax line (if supported). Auto-Off turns the printer off completely, so you must use the power button to turn the printer back on.” Overall, I was impressed with this printer. The quality of the hardware itself and the results of it's functions. I'd highly recommend one for your mobile office.