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HP Officejet 7210 ALL-IN-ONE

77

Good
  • Pros
  • Fast copying and photo printing
  • High-quality prints and scans
  • Cons
  • Lacks a color LCD display
  • Pricing: Expensive: $300 (8/21/2007)
  • Performance: Very Good: 84
  • Features: Good: 76
  • Design: Very Good: 83
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Expensive: $300

Performance

Very Good: 84
Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm) 6.8 
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 50 
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 87.68 
Text Output Quality Very Good 
Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 2.2 
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 48.88 
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) 90.61 
Color Photo (secs) 22.87 
Color Output Quality Good 
Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) 0.9 
5 x 7 Photo (secs) 65.18 
Color Photo Quality Superior 
Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) 26.49 
Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Line Art Output Quality Good 
Scan Tests (in seconds)
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi 9.46 
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi 10.19 
Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi 14.95 
Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi 9.62 
Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi 8.19 
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi 10.19 
Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi 16.28 
Copy Tests
One-Page Copy (secs) 15.17 
Copy Output Quality Very good 

Features

Good: 76
Dimensions
Dimensions 19.7 by 15.6 by 11.4 
Weight (pounds) 23.2 
Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min. B&W PPM:9.8 
Color Pages per Min. Color PPM:5.7 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 1200 by 1200 
Max. Color dpi 4800 by 1200 
Language & Emulation
PCL Emulation PCL 3 
Interfaces
Parallel Port No 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 Yes 
USB 2.0 No 
Ethernet Yes 
Media Card Readers CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SD Card, SmartMedia, xD-Picture Card 
PictBridge Yes 
Drivers
Macintosh Yes 
Windows 98 Yes 
Windows NT No 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Linux No 
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 75 
Standby Power Draw (watts) 7.5 
Multifunction Printer Specs
Scan Area (inches) 8.5-by-11.7 
Max. Scanning dpi 2400 
Maximum Enhanced Scan Resolution (dpi) 19200 
Scanning Image Sensor Type CCD 
Scanner Type Flatbed 
Maximum Scan Color Depth 48-bit 
Maximum Scan Grayscale Depth 16-bit 
Fax Resolution (dpi) 300 
Fax Memory (pages) 130 
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard 1 
Number of Input Trays, Maximum 1 
Tray Capacity, pages 150 
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays 150 
Manual Feed Slot No 
Maximum Paper Size Banner 
Output Tray Capacity 50 
Auto Duplexer No 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 24 
Saturday Support Hours 24 
Sunday Support Hours 24 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle 5000 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category More bad news for HP: below-average grades for out-of-box problems and significant problems with its printers. Readers aren’t thrilled with HP’s phone support either. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Worse than Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Worse than Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Average 
Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support Average 
Overall quality of vendor's phone support Worse than Average 
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service Average 
Overall quality of service Average 

Design

Very Good: 83
About the Test Center

HP OfficeJet 7210 All-In-One Review

by Paul Jasper

- The HP OfficeJet 7210 All-In-One crams everything you could want from a home- or small-office MFP into a single unit that costs $300.

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User Reviews for HP Officejet 7210 ALL-IN-ONE

  • Reviewed by: MarknFL

    Duration of ownership: 22 Months

    Strengths: As the article says, it has it all with the printer, fax, copier, and scanner. The network connection is a great plus. The software is easy to use.

    Weaknesses: The document feed is junk. I have had more faxes jam in the take up as well as trying to copy or scan multiple pages. I had to take that apart several times to make it work. the mechanism is to light and fragile in design. In usual HP reliability, it died at 22 months. All lights flashing upon turning it on, and of course, warranty is gone. Just like the OfficeJet G85 I had, it runs about 2 years and dies. These are nothing like the old HP LaserJets that were the workhorse of the document world. This is probably the last HP I will own.

    Overall Evaluation: I doubt I ever own another HP based on how this one died at 22 months for no reason. G85 - fool me once. 7210 - fool me twice. Cost to fix? More than to buy a new and better printer. HP's recomendation? They will upgrade me to a 7310 for only $299. The problem is that the 7310 has equally bad reviews on it. http://reviews.pricegrabber.com/printers/m/4215713/discussions/ Consider any HP equipment you buy to be temporary disposable equipment to use for the warranty period only. If you are expecting long lasting equipment, that HP is long gone.

  • Reviewed by: rydawg

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: none

    Weaknesses: bad bad

    Overall Evaluation: poor quality

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