HP Smart Tank Plus 555 All-in-One Wireless Inkjet Printer
Great tech but missing…
14/11/2022 07:06
I was really looking forward to testing the printer with refillable tanks. Ink is mainly water and has always cost a fortune so great to have a simple, eco friendly way to add new supplies.
The printer was well packaged and had a simple but effective bag with handles to pull it out of the box which I thought was a great touch.
The instructions for setting up the printer were good although I did still manage to spill a little ink from the orange plastic print head support. The initial phase of setup went well and the ink all safely glugged into the storage containers. App installed but once I'd connected to the printer and entered my router password it seemed to fall over. It took several attempts to then get it to connect to my phone and PC with conflicting messages on the printer display.
Once printing I got a random error about print head loosing communication but after opening up and giving it a small nudge all was good.
I love the ink tanks - they're great but the printer is lacking a few other key features that I make use of:
1) Print speed is quite slow
2) You can only store a few sheets of paper which stick out the top of the printer rather than being inside in a print tray
3) The scanner doesn't have an auto feeder
4) Printing both sides is manual so you have to stop and turn each page round manually
That's why the printer gets a 3 star, average rating from me as those missing features are things I make use of regularly. For those that don't this is still a great option.
SABSharpe
Waterlooville , Spojené království
Age: 50
Gender: Female