HP OfficeJet Pro 9135e replacement model Staples
Overall okay printer but…
02/21/2024 10:23
I received the HP OfficeJet Pro 9135e All-In-One-Printer several days ago and decided to test it thoroughly.
It really looks very modern and has a sleek, simple design. I also like the big LED touchscreen. The printer is only connected to the wall outlet. There’s no other cables connecting it to your computer. So you can place it anywhere you want it.
There’s also not really much information coming with the printer. There’s a manual but it only has four pages. It’s really all online. You scan a QR code and follow the instructions to set up the printer. It took me about 45 minutes. It wasn’t the easiest setup I ever did. I definitely can see people struggling with this one. Some things could’ve been explained better.
When you open the front to put in the ink cartridges you have to make sure to not just press the middle part of the front when you close it up again. In the beginning I didn’t notice it but the right top corner never went back into place. You have to push on that part too. This probably could’ve been avoided by better product design/engineering. It’s just a minor flaw but slightly annoying. I was surprised when I opened up the printer because there was quite an amount of ink spilled on the inside. I’m not sure how it happened but so far it hasn’t been a problem.
I already had an instant ink subscription with my old HP printer so I had to login to my HP account and then added this printer to my account. It wasn’t too difficult. I received 3 months of free instant ink. After that you can choose a plan that fits your needs (X amount of pages/month) or cancel the subscription and purchase the ink yourself.
I also tend to always turn off the printer when not in use. Every time I turn it back on I get a notification about the Cyan ink cartridge being previously installed. I don’t know why it happens but also is it really necessary to bring this up again and again?
It’s highly recommended to download and install the HP Smart app to really be able to use this All-In-One-Printer to its fullest potential. Once in the app you login to your HP account and then add the printer. You have to install the app on all devices that you want to have these added features on. The HP Smart app lets you view the ink levels (even though sometimes they seem way off) or start certain tasks like scanning, printing a document remotely and much more.
The print itself looks good and it’s very fast compared to my old printer. So far the colors seem a little muted. Maybe this isn’t really the best printer for photos or artwork. I’ll also have to get some better photo paper to test it. Earlier when I tried to print something and all of a sudden the printer was just “offline” for no reason. I had to restart the printer. I also received a printer error one time for no obvious reason.
Next I tried to scan some of my watercolor art on the scanner glass. There aren’t many options to change the outcome of the scan in the scan dialogue. I had to deactivate all the auto-adjustments because they took away lots of areas that had lighter paint on them.
When I tried the to scan via the document feeder on top of the printer, I received a critical error and had to unplug the printer because it wouldn’t turn off by pushing the button. I tried it again and it worked without problem.
Unfortunately I get weird section cuts in the scanned image when I scan on high resolution (1200 dpi). I’m not exactly sure if this is a hardware issue of my computer (need a new more powerful one) or the scanner software problem. HP customer support told me this was most likely due to my computer being old and not powerful enough to handle that kind of high resolution scan. I had no issues scanning on a lower resolution like 600 dpi. I need a new computer desperately anyway. As soon as I’m able to purchase one I’ll be able to test the high resolution scan again.
Overall this All-In-One Printer has as many features but also many little problems. The setup wasn’t the easiest and I experienced quite a lot of error messages. If you’re a little tech savvy then it’s not a huge problem.
I’m also not sure this is a great printer for art. I think it does better with plain text documents. I only printed maybe 20 pages and the ink levels on the color inks are already pictured as half empty.
There’s certainly a learning curve with this product. I’m still learning new things daily…
Isibunny
Fort Pierce , Spojené státy americké
Age: 37
Gender: Female