HP Smart Tank Plus 5105
A lovely family printer
28/05/2023 08:53
The printer came in a well packaged box. Although it came with an eighty-six pages of instruction booklet (six pages of 14 different languages), the installation was relatively straightforward. It took less than 10 minutes to set up the ink tanks and the connection, especially with the extremely helpful app graphic prompts.
The size of the printer is relatively big compared to those I used previously (44 x 16 x 36 cm). As the paper feeds vertically, the height would be around 45 cm with paper instead of 36cm. Therefore, one would need to put this in a tabletop or cabinet top with enough height (rather than putting in a cabinet).
There are 8 buttons (including the power button) for basic functions. Hence, most of the set up would need to be controlled from the App. Some other HP printers have a touch screen which would allow one to have more local control.
The print quality is generally good! Not too noisy and reasonable speed. Very subtle difference noted between the HP Smart Tank Plus and HP Office Jet Pro quality of photo printing. (The HP Office Jet Pro is slightly richer in colour). The printer does not turn the page so one has to re-fit the paper for double sided printing when prompt on screen.
The scanning function needs to be controlled from the App remotely. The high resolution scanning did take slightly longer than one expected, but the quality was good.
The absolute attractive point of this printer is of course the ink capacity. Difficult to confirm this on the testimonial now but one would hope to make some substantial savings on ink and does not need the HP Instant Ink subscription.
Overall, a lovely versatile printer suits very well for a family from day to day printing, photos, and scanning. I would recommend it!
GooGooBe
London , Spojené království
Age: 46
Gender: Female