HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One

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We haven’t touched upon printers at this blog but that is set to change as I review one of the best AIO printers by HP, pioneer in making printers. The Officejet series from HP is aimed at professionals working in small to medium organisations. HP has always been a pioneer in printer manufacturing and HP Officejet Pro L7680 is no exception.

HP Officejet Pro L7680 specifications :

• Dimensions : 20.9″ x 15.8″ x 14″
• Printing Technology : Inkjet Color
• Monthly Duty Cycle : 7500 pages
• Display : 2.4″ color display
• Standard memory : 64MB
• Flash memory support
• Copying speed : 35ppm(mono)/34ppm(color)
• Scanning resolution : 2400 x 4800 dpi
• Printing resolution : 1200dpi(mono), 1200 x 4800 dpi(color)
• Printing speed : 35ppm(mono)/34ppm(color)
• Paper tray capacity : 250
• Approx. price : $300

The Officejet Pro L7680 has minimalistic looks and the black body is quite apt for office environments. Its dimensions are no where near small and its bulky weight keeps it quite stable at the desk even when employees give it a couple of knocks! Its price is very attractive and its performance as we will see later is what makes it a winner.

The L7680 supports only 250 pages in its tray which is a bit less considering medium business organisation but HP gives you the option to jack it up to 600 pages after buying a secondary optional tray. It also has support for flash memory such as CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SD Memory Card, XD-Picture Card. HP has done well to include Pict-Bridge support, hence enabling you to print photos directly from Pict-Bridge enabled devices such as your digital camera.

The control panel has a 2.4″ color display which is also capable of displaying copied documents before printing. The buttons on the printer are widely spread and neatly organised into groups, making navigation very easy. The cost of cartridges is also low making it highly cost-efficient, a need for all organisations.

The printer has quite a number of fax features such as assigning frequently used numbers to speed dial, block faxes from a certain number, forward faxes to another number etc. Copying isn’t as feature rich but as I mentioned before, you can preview the copied page before printing. Scanning has a great option called “Digital Filling” which can scan your network folders without the need for a PC. Scans turn out pretty good at the mentioned resolution.

Printing is a strong point of the printer. It managed to print black and white text pages at 10.2ppm and colored ones at 5.5ppm. Photo prints were slow at 1.5ppm. Documents were copied at 6.6ppm for black and white pages and the colored ones at 4ppm. The print quality was great and the letters had the sharpness and there was no visible distortion. Color prints also turned out brilliant with optimal color saturation. The grayscale prints disappointed and were a bit messed up.

Pros :

• Good design
• Nice set of features
• Color display
• Excellent print quality

Cons :

• Slow scanning
• Below average grayscale prints

Final Thoughts

The HP Officejet Pro L7680 is a great printer for small to medium organisations. It has got everything right about it and its negatives aren’t much of a concern too. You get great quality prints at low cost and the copy,fax function also do the job efficiently. So go ahead and invest in it.

My Rating : 4/5