HP PSC2710

It's easy to think of multifunction devices as jacks of all trades, offering reasonable, but not outstanding, performance. With the Photosmart 2710, however, HP attempts to show that it doesn't always have to be this way.

At 8.5kg, the 2710 is large and hefty, understandable given that it incorporates colour scanning, printing, copying and fax functions. It also features a built-in card reader and a 3.4in LCD which, in conjunction with an easy-to-use control panel, lets you adjust fax and copy options and view images stored on most popular memory cards or Pictbridge-compatible digital cameras.

The Photosmart 2710's biggest selling point is arguably its integrated 802.11b/g wireless adapter, allowing you to print documents without the need for a USB or Ethernet cable. This gives you the freedom to position the printer anywhere, although big jobs worked more reliably using a wired connection.

We were pleasantly surprised by the Photosmart 2710's print quality. Photo prints were excellent on HP's own paper, while black text prints were up to the usual high standards. Unfortunately, if you print lots of documents, its 2.1 pages per minute print speed (at the highest quality setting) may prove too slow for you.

At £300, the Photosmart is expensive but it has reasonable running costs. HP black ink cartridges cost around £23 and provide 800 pages approx at five per cent coverage, while tri-colour cartridges provide 450 pages at 15 per cent.

If you're after a high-end all-in-one device, the Photosmart 2710 is worth considering. It may be pricey, but its solid performance and reasonable running costs are hard to ignore.

Contact:
HP 0870 010 4320
www.hp.co.uk

Specifications:

• Thermal inkjet
• HP Photoret III
• 800 x 1,200 optimised dpi colour printing
• 2,400 x 4,00spi colour scanner
• Up to 30ppm black text printing/20ppm colour (draft mode)
• 30 copies per minute (max)
• 3 seconds per A4 page faxing
• Input: up to 150 sheets
• Output: up to 50 sheets
• Modem
• Ethernet, Wireless 802.11b/g networking
• USB
• Pictbridge

See also:

Brother DCP-310CN

Value printing, scanning and copying  03 Feb 2005

Samsung SCX-4100

A fast laser printer and multifunction device  15 Nov 2004

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