HP or Hewlett-Packard has launched a new series of ink tank printers in the Indian market that is named as HP Smart Tank 700 Series. These printers are specially designed for being used in small businesses and home requirements.
According to the Senior Director of HP Indian Market, Sunish Raghavan, HP always tries to offer the utmost comfort and hassle-free printing experience to people and that is why they innovate modern and sustainable printers that are also pocket-friendly.
In this article, we will compare two printers of the HP Smart Tank 700 Series. These are – HP Smart Tank 720 and HP Smart Tank 750. Both are all–in–one printer with scanning and copying features, apart from printing. So let us go through this article and know the major specifications of these two new products through a comparative discussion.
HP Smart Tank 720 vs 750 Key Difference
HP Smart Tank 720
- Dimension: 43 x 20 x 37 cm
- Weight: 6 kg
- Print Speed: 9 pages per minute in color or up to 15 pages per minute in monochrome
HP Smart Tank 720
- Dimension: 43 x 24 x 37 cm
- Weight: 8 kg
- Print Speed: 9 pages per minute in color or up to 15 pages per minute in monochrome
HP Smart Tank 720 vs 750 Detailed Comparison
Now Have a look at the detailed comparison between these two printers so that it becomes easy for you to choose the ideal one-
Design
It is claimed by HP that all the printers of its smart tank 700 series are made from more than 25% recycled plastic. Even, the HP ink bottles are also recycled through HP Planet Partners. Now let’s see the design of the HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 printers.
Both the HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 printers are small and compact printers. They both manage to fit in a corner of a table or desk and do not occupy much space. As the HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 printers weigh 6 kgs and 8 kgs respectively, they both are easy to be moved around.
Page Yield
Both the HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 printers come with 2 years of ink supply. The HP Smart Tank 720 printer has high-quality ink bottles that can print up to 12000 black pages or 8000 color pages. The HP Smart Tank 750 printer also delivers the same page yield. This printer can also print up to 8000 color pages or 12000 black pages. But there is a condition that you must use the original HP ink to get this high page yield.
Print Speed
HP has claimed that the printers of its Smart Tank 700 Series are capable of printing at a 50% faster speed than any other ink tank printer. So both the HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 printers can save more time.
Both of these printers can print up to 9 pages per minute in color or up to 15 pages per minute in monochrome. Also, both of these printers have a 35 – sheet ADF or Automatic Document Feeder in each that makes the printers able to deliver prints fast.
Print Cost
The print cost of both the HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 is very low. Both of these printers require only 10 paise to print a black and white page or 20 paise to print a color page.
In short, if you are looking for a printer that can print at a quite cheap price, you can go for any one of them.
Print Quality
Both the HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 printers offer automatic duplex printing, which means printing on both sides of a sheet. This is a major feature of printers of this particular series.
The HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 printers are able to deliver each print with exceptional HP quality. You will get a dark and crisp text if you print monochrome pages with these printers. Also, while printing in color, you will get vibrant graphics.
Warranty
The HP Smart Tank 720 printer comes with a warranty of one year or the first 30000 pages. On the other hand, the HP Smart Tank 750 printer comes with a warranty of one year or the first 50000 pages.
Connectivity Features
In terms of connectivity, both the HP Smart Tank 720 and the HP Smart Tank 750 printers support dual-band WiFi, Ethernet port, and Bluetooth LE connectivity. They will also offer you the advantage of accessing the printer remotely through the HP Smart App. This app is also helpful for monitoring ink levels as well as printing or scanning documents remotely.
Security Features
These printers also have basic encryption and password protection system. The HP Smart Tank 720 and 750 – both are equipped with an FW code-signing validation program that allows these printers to validate memory code. This makes these printers reliable to the users as they can protect the printers from any malicious code.
Bottom Lines
These new printers of the HP Smart Tank 700 series come with almost similar features. The only difference we could find is in their warranty, weight and in price. If you want to invest some more, you can go for the HP Smart Tank 750. Otherwise, the HP Smart Tank 720 is also a good choice.
Prabir Mandal is the editor-in-chief of Printer Guru. He is in love with productivity devices, especially printers. His love for printers has made him open this blog where he can share all his knowledge about printers and the experiences he has gathered while using them.