2024 the best printer to print photos review
Price: $259.99 - $189.99
(as of Nov 25, 2024 23:43:09 UTC - Details)
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The HP Smart Tank 5103 is a smart, connected and refillable tank printer that makes printing seamless for the whole family with its high capacity and wireless connectivity. Create everyday color documents at a low cost with 2 years of Original HP Ink included in the box.
FROM AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED PRINTER BRAND – Perfect for families printing a variety of color documents in high volumes.
FULLY LOADED WITH SAVINGS – Best for low-cost, high-volume printing—2 years of HP Ink included; get up to 6,000 black or color pages right out of the box. Includes a 100-sheet pack of photo paper.
KEY FEATURES – Print, copy and scan, plus borderless, mobile and wireless capabilities. Print up to 12 pages per minute black and 5 pages per minute color.
BEST EVERYDAY PRINT QUALITY – HP tank printers deliver crisp text and frame-worthy photos with vivid, true-to-life colors for consistently impressive prints
EASIEST-TO-USE TANK PRINTERS – Quick setup, easy print and scan, reliable Wi-Fi and an app that makes it all easy
HP APP – Print, scan, copy or fax right from your smartphone with the easiest-to-use print app
WORRY-FREE Wi-Fi – Stay connected with self-healing Wi-Fi that automatically detects and resolves connection issues
SIMPLE, SPILL-FREE REFILL – Replenish ink with HP's easy-access, spill-free refill system. Simply plug the ink bottles into the ink tank and let them drain—no squeezing, no spilling.
PROTECTS YOUR DATA – HP Wolf Essential Security helps maintain privacy and control with basic encryption and password protection
INCLUDES HP PHOTO PAPER: Smudge-resistant, quick-dry prints with a glossy finish for brilliant, long-lasting photos you can frame right away. Turn your ideas into memorable home photos, projects, or crafts all on FSC-certified, recyclable paper
Reviewer: Ron Moseman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great printer.
Review: This is a very nice printer. The set-up was fairly straightforward. It connected to our Wifi with a minimum of hassle. Adding the ink to the tanks was an easy, no-mess operation. It prints and copies well. We don't fax anything but I can only assume that it works as well as everything else. The copies are sharp and clear. The color copies look great. I can print from my laptop and phone from just about anywhere in the house. It's not lightning fast so it's probably not for running a small business or for someone who needs to make a lot of copies quickly, but for the average household, it's perfect. We have only had it for about a week so I can't speak to how long the ink will hold out, but the ad says the included ink will last for two years. We don't print a lot so I'm expecting it to last a lot longer. I really like this printer.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy to set up -works great so far-had it about a month - will see how it holds up!-
Review: Easy to set up. I like that the ink doesn't seem to dry out as fast as with the old style printer cartridges.Hopefully it lasts several years- I have really had it with planned obsolescence and I am tired of investing in items that only last a short time- hopefully this last well beyond the promised 'you get 2 years worth of ink- implying the product will last beyond that- which I hope it does. We are all trying to function in the modern world but if it become too burdensome to do so more of will simply 'opt out' of all of it, so I hope companies start to realize that and build products that people can buy maybe 2- 3x in their lifetime vs having to fill land fills and dump plastic in the oceans. Anyway sorry for the mini rant but seriously it's enough. The printer has worked very well for 1 month so far- I need to print scripts at home for my work which I feel guilty enough about. I hope I don't need to throw this printer in the trash in a year- will circle back after some time has passed and up dated but so far so good- easy to connect to wifi nice image quality - having some trouble printing some PDFs in color- but that might be a local problem.
Reviewer: Stephanie G
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: SLOW, disconnects constantly, but good quality.
Review: The good, easy enough to setup, ink goes a long way, and the print quality is nice. I'd give it a 2.5 if possible.The bad- it disconnects constantly, and there is no way to reconnect, or even power off. I have to unplug it from the power source and plug it back in to let it completely reconnect. It disconnects after almost every single print, and definitely if you leave any time between prints.It also is SO slow. Like insanely slow, 3 minutes per color page slow. Just for a normal quality, with some colored text, nothing too saturated.In addition there is no double-sided print. This is listed, however I didn't even think to look as this seems like a pretty standard feature for printers. I was able to double side print on my cheap $60 printer easily, this one requires manual turn over which is ridiculous at this price point.The control screen is worthless and no user friendly at all.
Reviewer: Michael
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Printer - 2 Years of Ink? I think Not
Review: Packaging: Shipped in HP box that was heavily padded. The product was packed tightly in styrofoam and plastic and it even gave you a handle to pull it out easier which was a nice touch.Product Impressions: The directions push heavily for the HP app but I used WIFI direct and other means to add it to my devices, even my iPhone. Directions were easy to follow and took about 20 minutes to set up and test print. I think the whole "2 years" of ink is not correct as the bottles are filled maybe half full. They made them large to make you think it's full of ink but thats not the case at all. Print quality is great and it isn't very heavy at all to carry. I am able to print from my iPhone, desktop, and laptop wirelessly quite easily. I also wish the screen was larger. It was a lot of button pressing to do certain actions.Usability: Works for people who print from time to time/maybe a few times daily. I would not recommend for small business.Overall Thoughts: Price is fine, it works well, just think the whole ink thing is scammy.
Reviewer: Mare
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy set up, clear instructions
Review: Print quality is midrange. But adequate. Bonus points for amount of ink included and ease of set up.
Reviewer: Robert G
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good price for quality product.
Review: Easy to setup. Good print quality. So far no problem with connectivity
Reviewer: Dave
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy Peasy!
Review: Works great and we are happy. Great product.
Reviewer: Wayupnorth
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: We have owned a few printers over the last 30 or so years. Most have been HP and we have always liked them and had good luck with print quality and features. The one sticking point has always been cartridge cost and reliability. And they have never worked well refilling them.Our last printer was a Canon and we will never buy one again. I had been watching the ink tank printers but price was the stumbling block. With the 5000 series the ink tank printers they are finally affordable.This printer makes very nice crisp prints in both letters and pictures. It does scan, the tray is direct feed from the rear top of the printer making it nice if you make water slide decals or anything similar. Super easy to set up and install the software, print heads fill tanks etc. Once on your network it just powers down and waits for the next time you tell it to print.The printer appears to be a winner and now we just have to test it for long term reliability of print heads etc. But as it stands we are impressed and do recommend this if you are tired of the small amounts of ink in cartridges and the high cost.
Reviewer: Jim M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Great printed works well although setup was a bit of a pain because t after that all good
Reviewer: brian piervry
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Prints clearly and print speed is good.
Reviewer: Linda Hodgson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A little larger than I thought but not a problem. Seems to print well and I like the idea of not having to buy cartridges every couple of months. Price point is very reasonable. The first print of the day is quite the procedure with lots of setting up internally on the machine. The operator doesn't need to do anything, just wait. Inconsequentially the colors on the flat bed top are not the best.
Reviewer: Alex
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I like HP products. Previously had another HP printer model which uses the standard ink cartridges. Thought I could save money buying this HP Ink Tank model. Setup was relatively easy. Quality of print out is good. It comes with ink bottles which is supposed to last quite long. Everything was working beautifully until around the 2 month mark when I started getting errors on the printer indicating a problem with the color print head (print heads look just like an ink cartridge but they do not have ink inside). I was disappointed to learn that you cannot purchase these print heads on the HP Canada website. They do have print heads for this model available on Amazon but is pretty expensive. About $100 and up for the two print heads required (black printhead and color printhead). I ended up purchasing a single print head from Ali Express for way cheaper. Shipped from China and arrived 3 weeks later. I've had it installed and working properly once again for the last couple weeks, no issues so far.
Customers say
Customers have negative opinions about the connectivity of the printer. They mention it constantly disconnects from WiFi and gets paper jams. Opinions are mixed on the print quality, ease of setup, functionality, value for money, and color quality.
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