The Printer and Action: A Surprising Revelation

As I was setting up my printer for the day, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. The printer, which had been my trusty sidekick for months, seemed to be getting a bit long in the tooth. It was time to take it out for a spin and see how it performed. And as I sat down at my desk, ready to start printing, I couldn't help but think about all the possibilities that lay ahead.

For headphones, I'm usually quite particular. I like to use two pairs, one for general listening and another for more serious editing tasks. My go-to pair is the Bose Headphone 700, which provides excellent sound quality and comfort. However, when it comes to phone calls or walking around while listening back to videos, I find that the AirPods Pro are perfect for those situations. The AirPods Pro have been a game-changer for me, especially when it comes to phone calls. They provide clear and crisp audio that allows me to focus on the conversation without any distractions.

But what really sets them apart is their ability to pick up on ambient noise. When I'm using them for video calls or recording podcasts, I find that they can detect even the slightest background noise and adjust the audio accordingly. It's like having a built-in sound engineer right in your ear! Of course, the Bose Headphone 700 is still my top choice for more serious editing tasks, where I need crystal-clear audio with minimal hiss or distortion.

Now, let's talk about the printer itself. As I mentioned earlier, I've been using the HP OfficeJet Pro 8035 for a while now, and it's been a reliable workhorse. However, when it comes to comparing it to other printers on the market, particularly the Epson EcoTank, I think it's worth taking a closer look.

One of the main differences between the two printers is their ink system. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8035 uses HP's proprietary ink cartridges, which are easy to install and use. However, these cartridges can be quite expensive in the long run, especially if you're printing frequently. On the other hand, the Epson EcoTank uses a tank design that requires filling special ink bottles. While this may seem like more work upfront, it actually provides two years of ink, which is a significant advantage.

Another key difference between the two printers is their features. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8035 has a much larger touchscreen display (2.7 inches vs 1.44 inches) and comes with an Ethernet jack, making it a great option for those who value reliability and ease of use. However, when it comes to faxing capabilities, the HP printer is the only one that can handle this task.

In terms of software, both printers have their own apps – the HP has a smart app that works on multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac), while the Epson has an iPrint app that's only available on iOS and Android. So, if you're looking for more flexibility in your printing needs, the HP OfficeJet Pro 8035 might be the better choice.

But what really sets the HP printer apart is its overall value proposition. With a list price of $199, it offers a lot of features and functionality that make it a great option for home and small businesses. And while the Epson EcoTank may offer more ink upfront, the HP printer's lower cost and wider range of features make it a more attractive option in the long run.

So, which printer should you choose? Well, that depends on your specific needs and priorities. If you value reliability, ease of use, and faxing capabilities, the HP OfficeJet Pro 8035 might be the better choice. But if you're looking for a more affordable option with a longer lifespan, the Epson EcoTank is definitely worth considering.

For my podcast, I've been using the Rode Procaster microphone, which has been a game-changer in terms of sound quality and durability. The built-in sound effects and processing capabilities make it easy to create high-quality audio that sounds professional and polished.

And speaking of home setups, I've been experimenting with adding some RGB lights to my space. It's amazing how much of an impact these little light strips can have on the ambiance of a room! With a few different options available, it's worth taking a closer look at what works best for your needs and budget.

But back to the printer – I think that's all for now. If you've got any questions or comments about my setup or preferences, feel free to leave them in the comments below. And if you're looking for more information on printers, apps, or accessories, be sure to check out the links down below.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis video is sponsored by hp so when you hear the words youtuber and working from home probably think of something like this it's some iteration of the typical tech youtube setup you've probably seen this hundreds of times probably got two ikea drawer units holding up a block of wood that is obscenely big it's got a mechanical keyboard a wireless charger some logitech mouse and some kind of weird usb accessory a work from home setup may sound like this but in reality it's probably more like this being a full-time youtuber is a dream job i still can't believe that i get to do this for a living but working from home has made that a little bit complicated usually trying to work and film from home has been fine my kids were at school during the day but with the whole pandemic thing going on my whole family is always at home i usually have a small desk downstairs but my parents have been staying with us for the better part of a month while their home was undergoing some construction so i lost that desk and i had to build myself a makeshift office in my bedroom and i wanted to share like a real look at what an actual home office looks like this was built solely for function and without any consideration whatsoever to form an aesthetic so i'm going to pull back the youtube curtain a little bit and show you my setup so for starters welcome to my bedroom this was the only place that i had room to put a table and that table that i have is a costco card table that i borrowed from my mother-in-law to make my makeshift desk there's nothing fancy here this wasn't like a 500 test this was one i could borrow and that was available it's actually worked out pretty well and i'm using as a chair one of our extra folding chairs we use for guests and we have like a dinner party we need more space downstairs at our kitchen to the side of that i have a little rollable stand that was left over from the old technobuffalo office i kept one of them it's holding my roadcaster pro on it i've got a monitor that has been really indispensable for me this one is from benq it's worked out really well my mouse is a little bit old it's my logitech mx master ii my logic craft keyboard i absolutely love i have i guess now an older generation samsung wireless charger that i use to charge my phone when i'm there so that is my not beautiful a real functional space so let's take a little deeper dive let me show you the tech and how it's worked really well for me so the ipad pro has been a staple for me in my office and home since the 2018 model i'm using the 2020 model there's not a huge difference you're looking to get one you're better off with the 2018. i actually gave my 2018 to my dad as an early father's day and retirement gift uh but the ipad cup with the magic keyboard has been really indispensable this work from home setup so it's not always on my desk in there usually i take it with me when i have to watch the kids downstairs my wife is out i'm replying to emails or the kids are outside on a swing set and i need to write up notes for an upcoming video it's been kind of my go-to mobile workstation uh having the trackpad and the mouse been awesome i'm shocked how often i'm using right-click on it i don't mind how small the trackpad is i like it it's a physical click it really has sort of merged the computer and tablet worlds for me i mean i don't i use my ipad daily there's not a day that goes by that i'm not using it for something and being able to have the keyboard and trackpad has just made it more useful so filming from home has been tricky i mean filming is my job and i needed to keep doing it but also filming at home with with kids and family has been hard so i've kind of commandeered this little loft area that we have upstairs and you've seen it in all the videos this has been sort of our makeshift studio so this is what it looks like when i am filming this is all the stuff that i'm generally staring at so the microphone right here at the semi-hyzer was an mkh mkh-50 which has been absolutely awesome it's attached to a boom pole with an xlr cable inside of it on a c stand with audio going to our own sort of little preamp it's a mix pre-three we record that to an sd card and then sync the audio in post-production so the audio sounds really good this microphone has been amazing for like a studio setting where it's just sort of capturing things real quickly from a camera this has been our workhorse now for the better part of a year and i think it is the best value for like professional kind of great cameras it's the blackmagic ursa mini pro 2. um it's not cheap in the camera world but it's certainly not the most expensive it was about 7 500 and we kind of kitted it out a little bit so much to my wife's dismay this giant light here uh it's the aputure 300d uh it's been awesome you can plug into v-mount batteries make it portable but since we're here we just kind of have it plugged in so one piece of tech that i've loved having for the home setup we actually have these led tubes they're by quasar science we've got one that's kind of a regular white light and one that's this full rgb it's kind of what we've got behind the couch here and they've been super awesome to have and you just get a little bit of color or be able to make things look a little bit different like we did the good john badge on for the iphone 11 pro final review we were able to use those for the red and white lights and that's just been fun to have at least something to have some creativity in a very small confined space so when everything shut down kind of the beginning of march uh my kid's school shut down with it and everything went to distance learning and in all honesty i never really gave that much thought to like a printer but when distance learning happened everything that my oldest son was doing had to be printed out whether it was letters or word stuff that he was looking to do for reading comprehension we had to print stuff out he had to do the work we had to take pictures and send it into his teacher and a printer became something very important more than ever been before so the printer i'm using it's the hp officejet pro 8035 all-in-one so this is kind of where i saw the importance of hp's smart app so not only did it let me do things like check my ink supplies and like obviously print stuff but also let me scan documents or write from within the app and then print them or in my case i kind of automated everything using what they call smart tasks inside of the app so it automatically uploaded it to google drive so i could keep it and also emailed it over to his teacher so aside from my kids how the printer has been invaluable for the business has become even more invaluable as i've had to do a lot more remote management of my business as i'm looking to sign a lease on an office and get new business licensing now i could not have gotten through the past three months without a reliable printer this comes with hp instant ink essentially it's going to give your printer eight months of delivered ink so that's the hp officejet pro 8035 we'll link to it down below if you want more printer and i'm going to say it now on printer uh action uh stay tuned to the end of the video we got a surprise for you so for headphones i'm usually using two it's a combination of the bose headphone 700 and the airpods pro uh the airpods pro have been awesome i use them mostly for for phone calls when i just want to get away from my desk i'm not doing a video meeting i want to walk around when i'm listening back to video or i'm sort of doing more serious editing that's where i choose to use sort of the more professionals or better audio sounds that i get with the bose headphone 700 they've got microphones built in for video calls and that kind of stuff it's like you're probably doing a lot of web conferencing stuff zoom hangouts skype whatever it might be for audio the big board it's the road caster pro it's been a really awesome sort of mixing board and i also use it for my podcast if you don't know i do have a podcast myself wrote it for a second uh it's called geared up i co-host it with andrew edwards we bring guests on most week check it out i'll link to it down below uh but it has been nice sort of have that sort of studio type setup for that studio audio so i like that for a few reasons first i can have the built-in sound effects that's kind of nice it's it's all about processing is done inside of it as well so things like compression are all done inside it just ends up with the audio sounding a lot better also gives me more functionality if the world never opens back up again and i have more guests i can plug up to four xlr microphones into it and for the gigantic microphone it's the rode procaster so i know what you're thinking you're saying john your home setup needs a little bit of flare you know you need some rgb lights in there but more about that printer how does it compare to other printers on the market and i can hear you screaming that loud so as you're cross shopping printers you're probably gonna come across the epson eco tank it's a really popular printer for home and small businesses so i took the liberty of doing a little comparison for you with the hp officejet pro 8035 and the epson eco tank line to help you decide which printer you should keep in your house or office for all of your valuable printing things i mean the big one is price 199 bucks for the hp officejet pro 8035 where if you want to pay an extra 100 uh you can get the epson eco tank so now the obviously with printers a big one is is ink you've got the officejet 8035 it uses hp's ink cartridges that are really easy to install and you can just use them right away you're also going to get eight months of ink included with instant ink service so the epson on the other hand uses a tank design that uses special ink bottles that take some time a little bit of skill to install because you actually have to fill up a reservoir so once that reservoir is full epson estimates the included tank provides two years of ink so if you do want faxing capabilities then the hp is the only way to go it can do things like print copy scan and fax whereas the epson you're stuck with just print copy and scan it's got a much bigger touchscreen so it's got a 2.7 inch screen versus 1.44 inches it's got an ethernet jack and it's a house who's hardwired that is awesome to have it just makes it a little more reliable if you are into that also for the apps so hp has a smart app epson has their iprint app which you can only use on ios or android whereas the hp smart app you can use in ios android windows or mac when it comes down to it the hp office jet pro 80 35 just does more for home and business just having ethernet jack alone is a big enough reason for a lot of people to want to go with the hp but things like the bigger screen the more app functionality the faxing capability and you're paying less for it really makes it a no-brainer with ecotank you pay more and you get more ink up front but with the office jet printer you get more features which i think adds a kind of a greater long-term value so this has been my life for the past couple months there was nothing fancy and nothing added here this has really been my setup and my life if anything in particular you want to check out we'll link to it all down below and if you saw something in the video that i didn't mention they've got a question on again leave in the comments and i'll try to answer everyonethis video is sponsored by hp so when you hear the words youtuber and working from home probably think of something like this it's some iteration of the typical tech youtube setup you've probably seen this hundreds of times probably got two ikea drawer units holding up a block of wood that is obscenely big it's got a mechanical keyboard a wireless charger some logitech mouse and some kind of weird usb accessory a work from home setup may sound like this but in reality it's probably more like this being a full-time youtuber is a dream job i still can't believe that i get to do this for a living but working from home has made that a little bit complicated usually trying to work and film from home has been fine my kids were at school during the day but with the whole pandemic thing going on my whole family is always at home i usually have a small desk downstairs but my parents have been staying with us for the better part of a month while their home was undergoing some construction so i lost that desk and i had to build myself a makeshift office in my bedroom and i wanted to share like a real look at what an actual home office looks like this was built solely for function and without any consideration whatsoever to form an aesthetic so i'm going to pull back the youtube curtain a little bit and show you my setup so for starters welcome to my bedroom this was the only place that i had room to put a table and that table that i have is a costco card table that i borrowed from my mother-in-law to make my makeshift desk there's nothing fancy here this wasn't like a 500 test this was one i could borrow and that was available it's actually worked out pretty well and i'm using as a chair one of our extra folding chairs we use for guests and we have like a dinner party we need more space downstairs at our kitchen to the side of that i have a little rollable stand that was left over from the old technobuffalo office i kept one of them it's holding my roadcaster pro on it i've got a monitor that has been really indispensable for me this one is from benq it's worked out really well my mouse is a little bit old it's my logitech mx master ii my logic craft keyboard i absolutely love i have i guess now an older generation samsung wireless charger that i use to charge my phone when i'm there so that is my not beautiful a real functional space so let's take a little deeper dive let me show you the tech and how it's worked really well for me so the ipad pro has been a staple for me in my office and home since the 2018 model i'm using the 2020 model there's not a huge difference you're looking to get one you're better off with the 2018. i actually gave my 2018 to my dad as an early father's day and retirement gift uh but the ipad cup with the magic keyboard has been really indispensable this work from home setup so it's not always on my desk in there usually i take it with me when i have to watch the kids downstairs my wife is out i'm replying to emails or the kids are outside on a swing set and i need to write up notes for an upcoming video it's been kind of my go-to mobile workstation uh having the trackpad and the mouse been awesome i'm shocked how often i'm using right-click on it i don't mind how small the trackpad is i like it it's a physical click it really has sort of merged the computer and tablet worlds for me i mean i don't i use my ipad daily there's not a day that goes by that i'm not using it for something and being able to have the keyboard and trackpad has just made it more useful so filming from home has been tricky i mean filming is my job and i needed to keep doing it but also filming at home with with kids and family has been hard so i've kind of commandeered this little loft area that we have upstairs and you've seen it in all the videos this has been sort of our makeshift studio so this is what it looks like when i am filming this is all the stuff that i'm generally staring at so the microphone right here at the semi-hyzer was an mkh mkh-50 which has been absolutely awesome it's attached to a boom pole with an xlr cable inside of it on a c stand with audio going to our own sort of little preamp it's a mix pre-three we record that to an sd card and then sync the audio in post-production so the audio sounds really good this microphone has been amazing for like a studio setting where it's just sort of capturing things real quickly from a camera this has been our workhorse now for the better part of a year and i think it is the best value for like professional kind of great cameras it's the blackmagic ursa mini pro 2. um it's not cheap in the camera world but it's certainly not the most expensive it was about 7 500 and we kind of kitted it out a little bit so much to my wife's dismay this giant light here uh it's the aputure 300d uh it's been awesome you can plug into v-mount batteries make it portable but since we're here we just kind of have it plugged in so one piece of tech that i've loved having for the home setup we actually have these led tubes they're by quasar science we've got one that's kind of a regular white light and one that's this full rgb it's kind of what we've got behind the couch here and they've been super awesome to have and you just get a little bit of color or be able to make things look a little bit different like we did the good john badge on for the iphone 11 pro final review we were able to use those for the red and white lights and that's just been fun to have at least something to have some creativity in a very small confined space so when everything shut down kind of the beginning of march uh my kid's school shut down with it and everything went to distance learning and in all honesty i never really gave that much thought to like a printer but when distance learning happened everything that my oldest son was doing had to be printed out whether it was letters or word stuff that he was looking to do for reading comprehension we had to print stuff out he had to do the work we had to take pictures and send it into his teacher and a printer became something very important more than ever been before so the printer i'm using it's the hp officejet pro 8035 all-in-one so this is kind of where i saw the importance of hp's smart app so not only did it let me do things like check my ink supplies and like obviously print stuff but also let me scan documents or write from within the app and then print them or in my case i kind of automated everything using what they call smart tasks inside of the app so it automatically uploaded it to google drive so i could keep it and also emailed it over to his teacher so aside from my kids how the printer has been invaluable for the business has become even more invaluable as i've had to do a lot more remote management of my business as i'm looking to sign a lease on an office and get new business licensing now i could not have gotten through the past three months without a reliable printer this comes with hp instant ink essentially it's going to give your printer eight months of delivered ink so that's the hp officejet pro 8035 we'll link to it down below if you want more printer and i'm going to say it now on printer uh action uh stay tuned to the end of the video we got a surprise for you so for headphones i'm usually using two it's a combination of the bose headphone 700 and the airpods pro uh the airpods pro have been awesome i use them mostly for for phone calls when i just want to get away from my desk i'm not doing a video meeting i want to walk around when i'm listening back to video or i'm sort of doing more serious editing that's where i choose to use sort of the more professionals or better audio sounds that i get with the bose headphone 700 they've got microphones built in for video calls and that kind of stuff it's like you're probably doing a lot of web conferencing stuff zoom hangouts skype whatever it might be for audio the big board it's the road caster pro it's been a really awesome sort of mixing board and i also use it for my podcast if you don't know i do have a podcast myself wrote it for a second uh it's called geared up i co-host it with andrew edwards we bring guests on most week check it out i'll link to it down below uh but it has been nice sort of have that sort of studio type setup for that studio audio so i like that for a few reasons first i can have the built-in sound effects that's kind of nice it's it's all about processing is done inside of it as well so things like compression are all done inside it just ends up with the audio sounding a lot better also gives me more functionality if the world never opens back up again and i have more guests i can plug up to four xlr microphones into it and for the gigantic microphone it's the rode procaster so i know what you're thinking you're saying john your home setup needs a little bit of flare you know you need some rgb lights in there but more about that printer how does it compare to other printers on the market and i can hear you screaming that loud so as you're cross shopping printers you're probably gonna come across the epson eco tank it's a really popular printer for home and small businesses so i took the liberty of doing a little comparison for you with the hp officejet pro 8035 and the epson eco tank line to help you decide which printer you should keep in your house or office for all of your valuable printing things i mean the big one is price 199 bucks for the hp officejet pro 8035 where if you want to pay an extra 100 uh you can get the epson eco tank so now the obviously with printers a big one is is ink you've got the officejet 8035 it uses hp's ink cartridges that are really easy to install and you can just use them right away you're also going to get eight months of ink included with instant ink service so the epson on the other hand uses a tank design that uses special ink bottles that take some time a little bit of skill to install because you actually have to fill up a reservoir so once that reservoir is full epson estimates the included tank provides two years of ink so if you do want faxing capabilities then the hp is the only way to go it can do things like print copy scan and fax whereas the epson you're stuck with just print copy and scan it's got a much bigger touchscreen so it's got a 2.7 inch screen versus 1.44 inches it's got an ethernet jack and it's a house who's hardwired that is awesome to have it just makes it a little more reliable if you are into that also for the apps so hp has a smart app epson has their iprint app which you can only use on ios or android whereas the hp smart app you can use in ios android windows or mac when it comes down to it the hp office jet pro 80 35 just does more for home and business just having ethernet jack alone is a big enough reason for a lot of people to want to go with the hp but things like the bigger screen the more app functionality the faxing capability and you're paying less for it really makes it a no-brainer with ecotank you pay more and you get more ink up front but with the office jet printer you get more features which i think adds a kind of a greater long-term value so this has been my life for the past couple months there was nothing fancy and nothing added here this has really been my setup and my life if anything in particular you want to check out we'll link to it all down below and if you saw something in the video that i didn't mention they've got a question on again leave in the comments and i'll try to answer everyone\n"