Officejet Pro 8500 series printers are now available in Canadian stores. HP's website www.hp.com lists three printers in this series. Designed for small and micro businesses, they are all-in-one inkjet printers that work with a wide range of computers and operating systems.

 HP Officejet Pro 8500 series printers are visually black, but conceptually greenThough visually black, these printers are conceptually green. HP is playing up "green IT" in promoting the Officejet Pro 8500 series. HP's website says the amount of energy used by the printers in creating colour documents is up to 50 percent less than that used by colour laser devices. (HP itself offers a line of Color LaserJet printers.)

According to the website, Officejet printers are Energy Star® qualified, help save paper, and reduce the environmental impact of businesses. Now available in Canadian stores-HP Officejet Pro 8500 series printers are now being sold in Canada by electronic retailers. One of the three products in the new series can be used without a cable. Dubbed the HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless, it is available at Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) stores, including several in Toronto. This information was obtained from the company's Canadian website. The printer can also be purchased from the website itself for C$499.99 (US$424.11).

The Canadian website of Future Shop is selling the wireless version for the same price, but does not indicate whether the device is currently available in its Toronto stores. (Future Shop stores operate as a division of Best Buy Canada Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Best Buy Co., Inc.)

 Canadians buying Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless save money by comparison shopping If you don't mind purchasing the Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless over the Internet, you can get the printer for C$454.97 from Staples. There is no shipping fee. The company's Canadian site does not presently indicate whether the device is available in its retail stores.