Neither Epson WF-7210 nor HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 were recommended by experts this month
On 2 Apr 2024 (22 days ago) we went through 71 Printer expert endorsements , however neither Epson WF-7210 nor HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 were included in any of those recommendations. Since neither Printer received a single endorsement, as far as expert recommendations go, it's technically a tie. We do, however, recommend taking a look at Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850 or other critically acclaimed Inkjet Printers of this month.
For reference, Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850 received 3 endorsements this month, from PC Guide (5 Jan 2024), PCMag (2 Mar 2024) and Rtings.com (29 Feb 2024).
Rank | Change | Price | Printer | PC Guide | reviewed.usatoday.com | BestReviews | TechRadar | PCMag | PhotoWorkout | LD Products | Digital Trends | Rtings.com | ZD Net |
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1 | - | Check price | Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850 The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850 is a versatile all-in-one supertank printer that produces high-quality prints with sharp details and vivid colors, offers a wide range of connectivity options, and has scanning, copying, and faxing capabilities, making it a great investment for home or office use. | 1 | - | -
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N/A | N/A | $537 | Epson WF-7210 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
N/A | N/A | $538 | HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 The HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 is a versatile all-in-one printer suitable for small to medium-sized businesses and home offices, offering well-saturated and accurate color prints, fast and efficient printing, multiple connectivity options, and additional features such as scanning, faxing, and copying. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Curious to see this month's entire Inkjet Printers ranking? It's here
Rank | Change | Price | Printer | PC Guide | reviewed.usatoday.com | BestReviews | TechRadar | PCMag | PhotoWorkout | LD Products | Digital Trends | Rtings.com | ZD Net |
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1 | - | Check price | Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850 The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850 is a versatile all-in-one supertank printer that produces high-quality prints with sharp details and vivid colors, offers a wide range of connectivity options, and has scanning, copying, and faxing capabilities, making it a great investment for home or office use. | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
2 | - | $109 | Brother MFC-J1205W The Brother MFC-J1205W is a versatile printer with high-quality prints, multiple connectivity options, and the ability to handle different types of paper and media, but lacks automatic duplex printing and an ADF. | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
3 | - | Check price | HP OfficeJet Pro 9015 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
4 | - | $135 | Brother MFC-J4335DW The Brother MFC-J4335DW is a versatile all-in-one printer suitable for home and small office use, offering good print quality, decent speed, reliable paper handling, and efficient ink usage. | -
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Expert reviews [13]
- with a score: 8
- without a score: 5
Highest score by Expert Reviews | 100 |
Average score based on 13 reviews | 83 |
Lowest score by TechRadar | 60 |
Score distribution:
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- Epson printing system is specifically designed to be used with Epson Genuine Cartridges. Use of non-genuine ink could cause damage not covered under the printer’s ltd. wnty.
- Get Performance Beyond Laser — the Workforce WF 7210, powered by Precision Core
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- Wide-format (11x17) printer for the Office – Print up to 11x17, scan and copy up to legal size inches with this all-in-one, high-volume printer.
- Easily Print from your mobile device – simply connect your iOS or Android device and Print using Wi-Fi or AirPrint with the HP officejet Pro 7720 Printer.
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Technical summary
Epson WF-7210 is a $537 wireless injket printer.
It supports automatic two-sided printing, borderless printing and prints at the speed of 18.0 ppm (10.0 ppm in color). It's recommended montly page volume is 1300 and maximum allowed page volume is 20000.
Epson WF-7210 allows printing via Wi-Fi, a mobile phone/tablet, AirPrint, a USB cable and an Ethernet cable.
HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 is a wireless injket printer with a built-in scanner, copier and fax.
It supports automatic two-sided printing, borderless printing and prints at the speed of 22.0 ppm (18.0 ppm in color). It's recommended montly page volume is 875 and maximum allowed page volume is 30000.
It can scan a stack of up to 35 papers (using Automatic Document Feeder), as well as custom-sized documents (such as passports) with its flatbed scanner. It has an extra perk of converting scans to PDFs.
HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 allows printing via Wi-Fi, a mobile phone/tablet, AirPrint, a USB cable and an Ethernet cable.
Are they good for Occasional Home Use
- Wireless Printing
- Designed to print about 1300 pages per month
- No build-in Scanner/Copier
- Two-Sided Printing
- Status Display
- Touch Screen Status Display
- No flatbed scanner
- No ADF Scanner
Are they good for Small Office Use
- Wireless Printing
- Designed to print about 1300 pages per month
- Two-Sided Printing
- Status Display
- No Automatic Document Feeder
- Can't scan to email
- Can't scan to PDFs
- No TouchScreen
- No Flatbed Scanner
- No Fax
- Ethernet
Are they good for Heavy Office Use
- Wireless Printing
- Designed to print about 1300 pages per month
- Two-Sided Printing
- Status Display
- No Automatic Document Feeder
- Print speed is 18 pages per minute
- Scan-to-Email not supported
- No TouchScreen
- Can't scan to PDF
- No flatbed scanner
- No fax
- Ethernet
Price is about the same. So which one is better?
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It is $1.20 cheaper - It
is a noticeably quieter . - It
can produce higher quality black prints - It
can produce higher quality color prints
- It
has a built-in scanner & copier , butEpson WF-7210 does not . - It
prints faster in black-and-white - It
prints faster in color
- HP OfficeJet Pro 7720
has a built-in scanner & copier , butEpson WF-7210 does not .Scan and copy technology have a large hardware overlap. If a printer supports scanning, it will likely support copying. - Epson WF-7210
is a noticeably quieter .When printing, HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 has a loudness of 60 dB (decibels), while Epson WF-7210 measures at 48 dB.
How loud is that? We made a decibel chart for you to reference. - HP OfficeJet Pro 7720
prints faster in black-and-white (22 vs 18 PPM)In black-and-white, HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 prints at 22 pages per minute (PPM). Epson WF-7210 measures at 18 PPM.
HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 would take about 04:33 to print 100 pages, Epson WF-7210 would take 05:33. - HP OfficeJet Pro 7720
prints faster in color (18 vs 10 PPM)In color, HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 prints at 18 pages per minute (PPM). Epson WF-7210 measures at 10 PPM.
HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 would take about 05:33 to print 100 pages, Epson WF-7210 would take 10:00. - Epson WF-7210
can produce higher quality black prints (4800 x 2400 vs 1200 x 1200 DPI)The black print DPI of Epson WF-7210 is 4800 x 2400. HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 has the DPI of 1200 x 1200. What is DPI? In short: number of dots a printer "draws" per inch. Higher DPI means higher quality print. It's not the easiest thing to understand, so if print quality is very important to you, we suggest reading an article on DPI.- 600 x 600 is more than enough DPI to print any kind of documents.
- Higher DPI takes more ink to print, draining your cartridge/toner faster.
- Whenever you see 'DPI', it's actually referring to the 'maximum DPI'. Your printer will often choose to lower the DPI where necessary to conserve ink.
- Epson WF-7210
can produce higher quality color prints (4800 x 2400 vs 4800 x 1200 DPI)The color print DPI of Epson WF-7210 is 4800 x 2400. HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 has the DPI of 4800 x 1200.- Unless you are a professional photographer, 1200 x 600 DPI will be fine for printing photos.
- Both printers
can print over Wi-Fi Printing over Wi-Fi is a very common feature, available even in most budget models. - Both printers
can print from mobile In most cases, if a printer supports wireless printing, it also supports Wi-Fi printing. - Both printers
support two-sided printing Automatic duplex printing (also known as two-sided printing) refers to a printer's ability to print on both sides of the paper, without having to manually flip it. -
Both printers have an LCD status display LCD status displays are very useful. Your printer can tell you if ink is low or paper is jammed. -
Neither printer accepts touchscreen commands Touch-screen displays allow you to interface with a printer much faster, especially scanning and copying.
The four main functions of printers are: printing, scanning, photocopying, and faxing. Either your device will be print only, print/scan/copy, or an all-in-one printer that does printing, scanning, copying, and faxing. Note that scanning and copying almost always come together, since the hardware for these features overlaps significantly. Generally speaking, all-in-one printers are larger, so those with space constraints may find this to be an inconvenience. Additionally, printers with a fax feature are typically more expensive. It would be wise to only consider this feature if you plan to fax often. If not, you’ll be satisfied with a print/scan/copy device.
Network printers can be wired or wireless. A printer with a wired network connection uses an Ethernet cord that connects directly to your router. A wireless printer connects to your home or office Wi-Fi network. Any computer also connected to your network can use your printer, whether it’s wired or wireless. You will have to install software, or printer drivers, on the computer before you can print. Also, there is a setup process for the printer to get it on the network. If your printer is not wireless, you’ll need to connect it directly to your computer via USB cable, which is not ideal if you have multiple users that need the printer simultaneously.
Outside of Wi-Fi, there are a number of ways a device can connect to a printer. If the printer is not wireless, you’ll have to connect to your printer via USB cable. Some people prefer using the wired connection because it allows for faster data transfers and quicker printing. Depending on the speed of your Wi-Fi and how strong the signal is, it can take time for the document to send from computer to printer over the network. Using a wired connection eliminates this issue. Other connections you may have are: Ethernet for wired connection to your network; Airprint or Google Cloud Print for quick direct printing over the cloud/internet; USB hard drive or memory card to print directly from storage devices; or PictBridge to print directly from cameras.
Printers with an LCD screen/display give you the option to control some settings directly on the printer, such as a one-touch print, scan, copy, or fax. You may also be able to adjust print quality, preview the print job, and/or view connection settings. Some screens are programmed to offer setup instructions for easy installation. For those who are not particularly tech savvy, this could be helpful.
- 3.5" x 5"
- 4" x 6"
- 5" x 7"
- 8" x 10"
- 8.5" x 11"
- 8.5" x 14"
- 11" x 17"
- 13" x 19"
- A4
- A6
- half letter
- executive
- user definable (3.5" — 47.2" in length)
- 13" x 19" (A3+/Super B)
- Envelope # 10
- A3
- A4
- A5
- A6
- B5 (JIS)
- Envelope (DL)
- Envelope (C5)
- Envelope (C6)
- Envelope (Chou #3)
- Envelope (Chou #4)
- Card (Hagaki)
- Card (Ofuku Hagaki)
- Costum (3 x 5 to 11.7 x 17 in)
Epson WF-7210 is a popular option on the higher end of the price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling printers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Bentsai B2 or Brother MFC-J6545DW .
Epson WF-7210 is $173.37 more expensive than the average printer ($363.45).
HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 is a well-known and one of the more expensive options. It's in the top 3 bestselling printers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Bentsai B2 or Brother MFC-J6545DW .
HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 is $174.57 more expensive than an average printer ($363.45).