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An all-you-can-print buffet
ByWilliam Harrel May 28, 2020
Editors’ Rating: excellent
PROS
PROS
Very low running costs. Great print quality. Small footprint. Decent volume rating.
Non-duplexing print engine. Ink bottles not keyed to corresponding onboard tanks. Lacks automatic document feeder.
The HP Smart Tank
Very low running costs. Great print quality. Small footprint.
Low capacity and volume ratings. Non-duplexing ADF and print engine. Ink bottles not keyed to corresponding onboard tanks.
The HP Smart Tank
Terrific print quality. Low running costs and huge ink allotment. Expandable paper capacity. Single-pass auto-duplexing ADF. Emulates PostScript and PCL page description languages.
No borderless photo output. Initial paper input capacity a bit
PROS
Rock-bottom running costs. Up to 18,000 pages worth of black ink included. Excellent print quality, especially photos. Good feature set, software bundle, and paper capacity. Auto-duplexing print engine.
CONS
No automatic document feeder. Archaic