Customer Ratings & Reviews

HP 7300 all in one printer. It arrived nicely packed with foam and plastic wrap to protect it. This printer is white and gray and it comes with refillable ink tanks. According to the manufacturer the ink will last up to two years. Of course that will depend on how much you print. It is very well made, it is not small and it has some weight to it. On the top it has the power button, LCD screen, and 7 additional functions including the Wi-Fi. Setting it up should be simple if the instructions were in the right order. It took me literally over 2hrs to get this printer to work, and I was following the instructions which are easy to read. The problem was the instructions were out of order. Before you can connect this printer to Wi-Fi, you first need to fill all the tanks with ink, install the print heads and calibrate the printer. That may seem simple but, I will list the troubleshooting steps at the end of this review in case you encounter the same problem. Download the HP Smart app, select add new printer and follow the instructions. Once it’s fully set up, using this printer with the app is very simple. The app is very straightforward; it looks and works the same across different platforms like Android and Windows, which are the one I used. The printer is a copier and a scanner as well . You can scan using the flatbed or the automatic feeder on top. The paper tray holds up to 250 sheets and the automatic feeder 35. It prints 15ppm in black and 9ppm in color. The printing quality is extremely good and the colors were very accurate. I will say the printing speed was about average and on par with other printers I owned. This printer is also capable of printing on two side sheets. There are some advanced settings you can access through the app. Within those settings you can adjust pretty much every function and connectivity of the printer. There's even a quiet mode option. I tried that and didn’t notice any difference in the noise. I found some limitations when printing photos while using the app. You can either print fit to paper or borderless, if you want to make the picture to print smaller it wont let you. There’s an edit option to crop it but it will cut out the photo. There are other nice features such as Printables. They have a large selection of cards, craft, productivity and even coloring activities for kids. The best part is you can access them for free. Overall this printer is perfect for the home or office. It has many ways to connect to it, either via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi direct, Air print, Ethernet, Internet printing and USB 2.0. It is cost saving, eco friendly, tanks are easy to refill and their spill free. It works as intended with great printing and scanning quality. In the box you get the printer, power cable, ink bottles, print heads and manuals. Setup Process: First you need to fill all the ink tanks. You will notice when you open the cover the ink head carrier will not move to the center as it shows on the instructions (that was my experience). That being said after all the ink tanks are full, close the cover and power cycle the printer. When the printer is back on, you will notice less icons on the LCD screen. Open the cover, at this time the ink printing head carrier will move to the center. Remove the orange spill cap from the carrier and install the ink printing heads. Don't forget to remove the protective sticker from the ink printing heads. Once installed, the printer should print a Wi-Fi setup instructions and calibration page. If it doesn't print those pages, power cycle the device. Place the calibration page on the scanner flatbed and hit the scan button which will light up. At this time is when the actual printer is in setup mode ready to be connected to Wi-Fi. Now you can use the app to set up the printer.

The HP Smart Tank inkjet printer comes well packaged with a lot of attention to detail. I like that it's wrapped in a plastic bag with handles to use to get it out of the box. All the loose parts are taped down, both inside and out. Setup was simple and the software guides you through everything step by step with pictures and animations. Once the heads and inks are installed, you print an alignment page then scan it and the printer automatically fixes any misalignments. I had it up and working in about 15 minutes. Once the printer was set up, adding it to other computers was easy, they all found it quickly and added the drivers. You can print from a pc without installing the HP Smart Ap but for full functionality, the app needs to be installed. The printer also has a web server that you can use for some features. There is an LCD display on the front of the machine that has various icons to assist. I found the LCD a little difficult to see in dim light. The printer doesn't use combination print head/ink cartridges; rather, the printhead and ink tanks are separate, allowing you to simply refill the ink tanks as needed. Full bottles of ink are included in the box which HP says will print 8000 pages of color and 6000 pages of black. Replacement bottles of ink cost about $15 each making the cost per page much lower than cartridge-based printers. Prints on plain paper are very good with deep rich blacks and nice color accuracy. I didn't notice banding on images or solid blocks of color. The printer has auto-duplexing for printed pages only and the software has options for which side you want the edge to be on as well as allowing you to print multiple pages per sheet to save paper. The printer will take paper sizes from 3x5 index cards to 8.5x14 inch legal paper, envelopes and photo stock. All paper stock is placed in the paper tray; there is no single sheet bypass feed. Printing photos on plain paper and on generic glossy photo paper using plain paper settings were acceptable, however when using the glossy paper setting with my paper stock they came out much darker and unusable. I believe this is the fault of my generic paper rather than an issue with the printer. As with all printers, using recommended/brand paper results in a better finished product. There are dedicated buttons for copying; however, the HP Smart app is required for scanning. There is no dedicated button on the machine to initiate a scan and have it sent to a printer. The app has several other nice features like Mobile Fax. Using the app, you can send a fax to anyone without having to connect your printer to a landline. Unfortunately, this only works for sending, you are not able to receive faxes. You can also set up shortcuts for features you use regularly. My only complaint with the app is you have to set up an account and sign in to use many of the features. Overall, I really like this HP Smart Tank printer. There are a couple of things I would have expected on a device of this price: backlit LCD and single sheet paper feeder for example. I also believe that printer manufacturers are going to get their money either through ink refills or initial cost of the device. While per page costs for ink are considerably less, this is one of the more expensive inkjet printers I've seen. All things considered, this is a great printer and I highly recommend it.

The 7301 requires a bit more setup time than previous printers, due to filling the tanks with the provided ink, but boy, is that worth it! Since we already had an HP printer with the "Instant Ink" feature, the HP program recognized & installed the 7301. After printing the test and alignment pages, it was all ready to go. Having a new grandson, and my wife being a bit of a photo bug, the first test was to print photos from her camera, and to scan a few 8x10 glossies for possible framing. I defer to her in this area, as she does have a very critical eye for color, and I can't tell you how many printers she's rejected over the years for being fuzzy, off color, misaligned, etc. Not this time. She was extremely pleased with the sharpness, clarity, and color of the prints using a quality photo paper. Another nice feature of this printer is the removable/replaceable print heads. Ever had the print head clog after a period of disuse? Normally that means junking the printer, but here, you have the option to clean/replace. Given the cost of this unit, this is not a casual purchase as I've treated other printers in the past. But the 800 lb gorilla in the room is the ink storage tanks. There's a healthy supply included with the unit, and replenishment bottles are a far better buy than cartridges. There's a good reason for the missing star on the review - the tiny display. A difficult to read one line monochrome display on a top of the line inkjet? It really should've come with at least a 2x2 color LED offering some more info. That said, I'm very glad HP decided to provide the option to put those high priced cartridges to bed. Looking forward to the 7301 being a long term companion in our home.

easy set up and works great. Fits in a small area and looks good.

Setup: Setting up the printer was quick and easy, thanks to the clear and concise instructions in the Getting Started booklet. Connectivity: I was able to connect the printer to my home WiFi network effortlessly with minimal steps, thanks to the setup guide. Once the network was connected, every PC, laptop, and phone on the same network easily connected to the printer. The HP Smart application I downloaded made other functions like scanning and printing remotely simple and convenient. Output: I have been scanning and printing multiple documents almost daily since I purchased this printer almost a month ago and I haven’t put a dent in the ink wells! Pros: The printer is easy to set up and use, offers economical ink purchase options, and includes a surprisingly generous amount of ink in the box. It also offers versatile and convenient features like double-sided, edge-to-edge, and remote printing. Cons: Occasionally, I have to restart my laptop or PC to re-establish connectivity with the printer. Overall: Great value for the cost, convenient features, wonderful connectivity, and clean, crisp printouts.

I never really liked inkjet printers as I always thought the price of cartridges too high, and they’ve been that way as far back as I can remember. But with our color laser getting low on toner “and if you think inkjet cartridges are expensive”, and happen to see HP had the new Smart Tank AIO 7301 out so it was time to give a new printer a try. Unboxing and first impressions: The printer arrived in a nice looking, heavy weight logoed cardboard box nestled in a foam frame. I liked that upon opening the top of the box you could see the printer was inside a plastic bag that has handles for you to grab onto and pull the printer out “much easier to get out this way”. And along with the printer was a power cord, ink bottles “full ones”, a setup guide and a user’s guide. The printer itself is lighter and smaller than our laser printer, which surprised me, “not the weight but the size”. Setting up: The first thing the instructions have you do is plug in the printer “after removing all the packing material” and power it up. Then you download the HP Smart app to your phone “if you don’t already have it” and start the setting up process on the phone. “I didn’t attempt to try setting it up on my PC as the phone was handy and I wanted to try it out”. The app will guide you through setting up the network connection “also using WiFi instead of being directly hooked to my router”, then it will have you add the ink to the ink tanks. That part is super easy, just open the cover and lids on each ink tank, flip the lid on the ink bottle and shove it down over the tube protruding out the ink tank. Wait till the bottle empties and remove, replacing all the lids and covers. The next step has you install the print heads “nice that they are removable”, and once done add some paper and let the printer print the alignment page, which it will ask that you let scan it and that it, you’re ready to use. I also had the HP Smart app on my Windows 10 PC and it immediately found the printer on the network and had me set it up along with the software for it. Use: There really isn’t much of an information screen on this printer, “that did surprise me” and only gives basic information. You really have to use the app to get to all the features and that’s really not an issue as the phone app gives you access to all settings and controls just like having a dedicated screen on the printer itself. There are buttons for Power, ID Copy, B&W or Color Copies, Information, Resume and Cancel, very basic and simple. My first test I did was to check out the scanner and how good of a color copy it makes. I was extremely impressed with how well it made a copy of my Car and Driver magazine cover, it’s so close to the original it’s hard to tell other than the magazine has a glossy finish and the copy is plain ol copy paper. Our HOA had some flyers they wanted to send out so I volunteered to do some printing “with the ink tanks and low cost of ink I figured “why not””. I ended up printing 250 flyers on heavyweight 64lb colored paper and only had a very few “around 10” that weren’t aligned quite perfectly but that 64lb paper actually fed through the paper tray without issue, it wasn’t even curled up “which I figured it would be as our laser printer curls the heck out of the heavy paper if you use the tray and not the manual slot”. The prints were all done using black ink, printed on both sides, and again the printers duplexing worked perfectly and didn’t even curl up the pages. I did like that the printer, once one side was finished it would pause for approximately 10 seconds then print the opposite side “this pause lets the ink dry on the newly printed side”, so none of the pages smeared. Each print took right at 30 seconds to print “not the fastest, but I was printing on heavyweight paper, on both sides with some graphics, so in all I didn’t think that was bad at all, and it did so without a single jam. I’ve also used the auto document feeder to scan a few pages and found it works perfectly and it’s very easy to scan a document from the Android app on my phone. I also like that the feed tray for the document feeder folds over to cover the feed slot when not in use, “many times I’ve tried to use the document feeder on other printers only to find something “like a paperclip” had been dropped down in there and you have to fish it out. Conclusion: With these huge ink tanks this is going to be the printer you want if you plan on doing a lot of printing. The bottles it comes with are good for about 6k pages of black or 8k pages of color, “that’s a lot of printing and should last the normal household over a year”. The ink is also very inexpensive when you have to get more, I actually don’t mind printing a lot from our inkjet printer now. The output is vibrant and clear, as good as our laser printer, and you can only really tell if you are looking at the page very very closely. The color copy really blew me away, it’s amazing just how accurate it came out. Printing speed is on par with other printers we’ve owned, it’s not the fastest but it sure isn’t the slowest we’ve used before, and we can easily live with a slower print over the cost of printing any day as this is the way inkjet printers should have been designed all along. I also like the fact that the print heads are removable in case you wear one out or it gets plugged “replacements aren’t that expensive either”. Sound levels are on par with any other inkjet we’ve used and you’ll hear it if it’s on a desk next to you but I if you set it up on the other side of the room you’ll barely ever be bothered by it printing. So if you are looking for a new printer, and want one that will not break the bank buying cartridges then this is going to be a printer you want to take a hard look at. It would even be fine for a SOHO setup, the cost of the bulk ink brings the overall cost per page within reach “and better” than our color laser printer.

I’ve had this printer for over a month now and I find it to be everything it was advertised. It’s fast, more compact than the HP it replaced, and prints photos that are excellent. Very happy with it. Still learning it’s ins and outs, if there are any “outs.”

Setup was extremely easy, as the printer is labeled with plain language and instructions for unpacking and putting the two cartridges in and filling the ink wells that supply 2 years of ink!!! We will see if it lasts that long with my daughter who prints out everything haha, but I looked up the cost of the bottles and they were very inexpensive (less than $20 per bottle and that’s a lot of ink!). It prints extremely fast, the quality is great. Also, if the print quality from your mobile device isn’t quite as good as you would like, you can put it on the scanner and hit copy and it improves the image! The prints in color are just as fast as black and white which is a big change from our last printer! Love that! You get a link from the app to share with your family so you can easily print from any mobile device, so everyone instantly was connected to the printer. There was no setup there…Amazingly easy!! Scanning is easy, you can use the feeder or the flat bed. It only does one side but I’m not running an office! If I am scanning it’s more likely one document or two at the most so it suits my purposes very well! If you were running a small business it would probably suit you just fine! It’s a little powerhouse for the price! What I love the most: 1) The link that we shared to connect everyone quickly to the new printer. 2) How long the ink will last. 3) How fast it is for color. 4) Using the scanner to fine tune anything you print from your mobile device. 5) Not spending a lot of money or feeling like I needed to call support while setting it up.

I bought this printer to replace another HP printer to get away from the expensive ink cartridges that would either dry up within days of starting to use and end up having to just keep buying ink. So i decided to get the smart tank and give it a shot. First the bad.. while my last HP printer's paper tray was way better for several reasons like how you could add photo and regular paper in at the same time and just select which to use before printing the smart tank only allows either paper or photo and you have to change out each time. The paper size adjustment tabs on my last printer were way easier and smoother to adjust but on the smart tank the tabs are extremely stiff and feels like you may break them when trying to adjust them to the paper/photo size. Next my last printer from HP had automatic slides that came out to catch the paper when you printed anything but on the smart tank everything is manual and are also really stiff to get get out. But to me these things are minor but the major bad that i have come across so far is that the printer has froze up on me twice and had to unplug it to reset it. This could be due to needing an update or something so ill have to wait longer to see if it continues. Now the good. Honestly this printer overall is freaking aweome... everything i could do with my last printer i can not only do but it does more. For example the smart tank does double sided printing which i tried out lol, and at first i thought how is it going to do it but then it pulled the paper back into the printer and when it came out it was printed on both sides. The imaging or print quantity is way better than i could have imagined especially with the photos. So far i have printed close to 1000 pages and have printed about 30 photos so far stopping and restarting a few days later to see what this printer will do and i have to say i am extremely impressed. Days after printing anything i can go back and just start printing without having to fight with the ink cartridges. And the biggest plus is that all the printing i have done so far the printer has barely used any if the ink which is amazing considering all the photos I have printed. I do recommend this printer to anyone. It is alittle pricey but trust me and spent the extra money. While you may spend $180 on a printer then imagine all the cost on ink cartridges and that adds up quick. I have read reviews on the smart tank printer where a woman said something about HP needs to color code something as to know where what color ink goes where but im not sure what she was talking about because this printer's ink tanks are colored so i would say that was user error and she was trying to blame someone else. Overall this is a great printer.

EASY TO SET UP. EXCLLENT PRINT QUALITY. FAST PRINT OUT RESPONSE TIME AND PRINTING CYCLE. SMALL DESKTOP FOOTPRINT.

Setup was easy and I like the ink system. It takes a little longer to print the first page which is fine. The biggest issue is that if you don't print for a couple of days, the printer goes offline. The only work around is to power off the printer then power on. Also, be aware that there is no scan to USB memory stick option which is a bummer. Regardless, I bought this to print so I would buy again.

I have used several printers from this brand in my past. When I think of printers I usually think of this brand or another leading name in the office equipment space. I have noticed that over the years that this brand's quality has increasingly improved. Adding wireless capabilities, listening to the customer's well known "ink price gouging" mind set, and even making the printers very quiet (comparatively to older models) have been only a handful of enhancements that I have noticed over time. This all in once really aligns with the previous sediment. The high capacity ink tank makes it easy to refill and keep levels high, while not breaking the bank doing so. The design is light weight, yet sturdy while providing all of the prerequisite "all in one" features, wireless functionality being one. All in all I am pleased with this printers as its easy to set up, easy to refill with cost effective ink, and very easy to troubleshoot. If you are looking for a cost effective printer that has longevity and all of the all in one feature this is the model for you.

This is my first printer with a tank vs cartridge. I was very careful filling the tank and putting the heads in. It was not too difficult. The printer is fast and works well.

This is my first HP printer in a long time. The setup and install process is very streamlined and easy to perform. HP incorporated color caps on the ink tanks to guide you in filling the tanks with the correct colors. You must install the HP Smart app and create an HP account in order to install this printer. I have mixed feelings about this requirement. For being a $440 printer, I am very disappointed in the craftsmanship of this printer. It feels very cheaply constructed. I would highly recommend purchasing the Geek Squad Protection Plan to make up for HP’s lack of build quality. However, the print quality is OUTSTANDING! I printed out 15 glossy 8X10’s of my granddaughter and it didn’t even make a dent in my ink level. The quality of the print outs are gorgeous (I had the quality set to Best w/maximum dpi). I was on the fence about this printer and I’m honestly still on the fence only because of the build quality. However, since I did purchase the 4yr. Geek Squad Protection Plan I do have this peace of mind in case the printer falls apart. I would highly recommend this printer if your main concerns are saving money in ink and achieving superb print quality with maximum ink yields (HP estimates 8,000 color and 6,000 black). Without the Geek Squad Protection, I would not recommend this printer in terms of build quality.

This HP7301 tank style printer replaced an Epson 2850 tank printer that only lasted 7 months with very light printing before it malfunctioned. This HP prints better and was much easier to setup operation and get online. Just a much better design. By the way, we own another Epson printer that works fine but after our experience with Epson on their warranty compliance, we won’t be going back to them again.

This all in 1 printer has only one major flaw that I have discovered so far. The software engineers that wrote the parameters for the settings force you to choose a time-out of 5-10-15 minutes, there are no other options. Worse, the printer has a hard shut off of no more than 2 hours. At that time you need to physically turn the printer back on before you can print! They state that this reduces wear and tear on the printer. Starting and stopping the machine is what stresses the components! If you can tolerate this inconvenience, the features of the printer are great, set up was efforless, and the print quality is just fine for this class of machine. I haven't printed enough yet to determine how cost effective the replacement ink is compared to their cartridges.

I absolutely hate printers. They are the most painful piece of tech. I’ve managed fleets of pc’s, Mac’s and Ricoh, xerox printers. I needed a simple, reliable, MFP that would work for years. I didn’t want to drop $800+ for a color, laser MFP. Inkjet has great quality but cartridges and print heads are a joke. I decided to give this a try because of the simple refill and cost per print. First impressions, this unit should last for many years. I did have some reoccurring disconnect issues from both my Mac and mobile app. Auto update was on but firmware updates were failing. After downloading the Mac app and successfully updating, the printer has been stable and reliable. Seems HP has put some effort into improving this experience.

Finally! Let's see an end to cartridges. It's a monopoly. Most companies don't even profit off their printers but depend on their ink sales. They make cartridges pennies on the dollar. Google it. Ink is a scam. It's refreshing seeing these printers with tanks. No more expiring cartridges, no more paying for ink that cost almost more than the printer. This printer was easy to set up, reliable, use it everyday without issue. I'm happy for the printer and the availability of these tank printers.

We've had this printer almost a month. I rarely give anything 5 stars but this is close - probably 4.5. So far so good. We decided to crack open the checkbook & buy a more expensive printer hoping for better overall results plus the the refillable ink wells was a big selling point. Our use is primarily home office and family/school printing needs. Pros: I can honestly say it was probably the easiest s/u to our network yet. Prints very fast & the colors are accurate for documents. I haven't printed photos yet Also like that the print heads are easily replaced if they go bad. Cons: We initially had an issue with the paper feed when trying to double side but i took the trays out & reseated all the internal covers & that seemed to fix it. Doesn't have a phone line fax port but if i need to go "old school" i can always fire up my old printer. No other issues so far. Overall this seems to be a much more solid printer than the cheaper versions we've purchased in the past - hope it lasts a while.

The HP Smart Tank 7300 is an exceptional choice for home and semi-commercial use, known for its reliability and cost-efficiency. This all-in-one printer excels in high-volume printing with its refillable ink tank system, drastically reducing the cost per page. Its user-friendly design includes easy-to-refill ink tanks and a straightforward setup process, making it ideal for frequent users. Performance-wise, the HP Smart Tank 7300 delivers crisp and vibrant prints, suitable for both documents and photos. The printer also supports wireless printing, allowing seamless integration with multiple devices. With its robust build and efficient operation, this printer proves to be a reliable workhorse for both personal and small business needs, ensuring you save significantly on printing costs without compromising on quality.