Neither HP DeskJet 3630 nor HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 were recommended by experts this month
On 4 Mar 2024 (24 days ago) we went through 71 Printer expert endorsements , however neither HP DeskJet 3630 nor HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 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 Rtings.com (29 Feb 2024), PCMag (2 Mar 2024) and PC Guide (5 Jan 2024).
Rank | Change | Price | Printer | reviewed.usatoday.com | BestReviews
| Rtings.com | Digital Trends | LD Products | PhotoWorkout | PCMag | TechRadar | Gadget Review | PC Guide |
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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 |
N/A | N/A | $200 | HP DeskJet 3630 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
N/A | N/A | $473 | HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rank | Change | Price | Printer | reviewed.usatoday.com | BestReviews | Rtings.com | Digital Trends | LD Products | PhotoWorkout | PCMag | TechRadar | Gadget Review | PC Guide |
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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 | - | $110 | 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. | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
3 | - | Check price | HP OfficeJet Pro 9015 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
4 | +2 | $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. | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
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Expert reviews [7]
- with a score: 4
- without a score: 3
Highest score by TechRadar | 80 |
Average score based on 7 reviews | 65 |
Lowest score by Tech Advisor | 60 |
Score distribution:
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- Easy mobile printing -Connect your smartphone or tablet directly to your printer and easily print without accessing a network
- Simplify your tasks. The display panel features simple icons for controlling print, scan, and copy functions.
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- Sold as 1 Each.
- Affordable, professional color.
- Everything you need to finish jobs fast.
- Mobile printing that keeps your business covered.
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Technical summary
HP DeskJet 3630 is a wireless injket printer with a built-in scanner and copier.
It prints at the speed of 8.5 ppm (6.0 ppm in color). It's recommended montly page volume is 175 and maximum allowed page volume is 1000.
It can scan custom-sized documents (such as passports) with its flatbed scanner, but it can't scan stacks of paper, because it doesn't have an Automatic Document Feeder. It has an extra perk of converting scans to PDFs.
HP DeskJet 3630 allows printing via Wi-Fi, a mobile phone/tablet, AirPrint, a USB cable and an Ethernet cable.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 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 25000.
It can scan a stack of up to 50 papers (using Automatic Document Feeder), as well as custom-sized documents (such as passports) with its flatbed scanner. It has a couple of extra perks: a built-in duplexer (2-sided scanning), sending scans to an email and converting scans to searchable PDFs.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 allows printing via Wi-Fi, a mobile phone/tablet, AirPrint, a USB cable and an Ethernet cable.
Are they good for Occasional Home Use
Are they good for Small Office Use
Are they good for Heavy Office Use
Is the price difference of $273 worth it?
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It is $273.01 cheaper - It
is a noticeably quieter .
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supports double-side printing , butHP DeskJet 3630 does not . - It
can scan/copy custom-sized documents , butHP DeskJet 3630 can't . - It
can scan/copy stacks of documents , butHP DeskJet 3630 can't . -
It
supports two-sided scanning , butHP DeskJet 3630 doesn't . - It
prints faster in black-and-white - It
prints faster in color - It
takes less time to print the first page in black - It
takes less time to print the first page in color - It
is energy star qualified , butHP DeskJet 3630 is not . - It
can combine scans into searchable PDFs , HP DeskJet 3630can't combine scans into PDFs .
- HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
supports double-side printing , butHP DeskJet 3630 does not .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. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
can scan/copy custom-sized documents , butHP DeskJet 3630 can't .Flatbed scanners allow scanning documents one by one. Unlike ADF scanners, you can only scan one page at a time. However, flatbed scanners allow you to scan custom-sized documents, like passports, drivers licenses, etc. Flatbed scanners also tend to produce higher quality images. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
can scan/copy stacks of documents , butHP DeskJet 3630 can't .ADF, or Automatic Document Feeder allows a printer to scan or copy a stack of pages. This feature is so important that even the cheapest printers try to include it. Technically speaking, ADF is not a feature of the printer - it is a feature of the scanner or copier. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
supports two-sided scanning , butHP DeskJet 3630 doesn't .A two-sided (duplex) ADF scanner allows scanning a stack of documents on both sides. - HP DeskJet 3630
is a noticeably quieter .When printing, HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 has a loudness of 63 dB (decibels), while HP DeskJet 3630 measures at 47 dB.
How loud is that? We made a decibel chart for you to reference. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
prints faster in black-and-white (22 vs 8.5 PPM)In black-and-white, HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 prints at 22 pages per minute (PPM). HP DeskJet 3630 measures at 8.5 PPM.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 would take about 04:33 to print 100 pages, HP DeskJet 3630 would take 11:46. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
prints faster in color (18 vs 6 PPM)In color, HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 prints at 18 pages per minute (PPM). HP DeskJet 3630 measures at 6 PPM.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 would take about 05:33 to print 100 pages, HP DeskJet 3630 would take 16:40. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
takes less time to print the first page in black (9s vs 14s)This initialization is period is called 'First page out' time; it's 14 seconds for HP DeskJet 3630 and 9 seconds for HP OfficeJet Pro 8710. This makes HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 5 seconds faster at printing first page in black than HP DeskJet 3630. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
takes less time to print the first page in color (10s vs 17s)First page out time is 10 seconds for HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 and 17 seconds for HP DeskJet 3630 (in color). This makes HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 7 seconds faster at printing first page in color than HP DeskJet 3630. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
is energy star qualified , butHP DeskJet 3630 is not .Energy Star is a set of standards that aims to reduce energy consumption of various devices. An Energy Star Qualified printer consumes less electricity to operate and is more environmentally friendly. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8710
can combine scans into searchable PDFs , HP DeskJet 3630can't combine scans into PDFs .This is a very important feature for those who plan to scan a lot of multi-page documents. A printer will combine the pages into a single PDF file. So instead of receiving a dozen pictures, you get one PDF. Going a step further, certain printers use embedded OCR Software (convert image to text) to create searchable PDFs. This way allows you to do computer wizardry with the resulting scan file, such as copy, paste, search, edit, etc.
- 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
have a built-in scanner & copier Scan and copy technology have a large hardware overlap. If a printer supports scanning, it will likely support copying. -
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. - Both printers produce the same quality black prints (1200 x 1200 DPI) Both printers have a maximum black DPI of 1200 x 1200. What is DPI? In short: the number of dots a printer "draws" per inch. Higher DPI means a 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 possible to conserve ink.
- Both printers produce the same quality color prints (4800 x 1200 DPI) Both printers have a maximum color DPI of 4800 x 1200.
- Unless you are a professional photographer, 1200 x 600 DPI will be fine for printing photos.
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.
- Letter
- legal
- 4 x 6 in
- 5 x 7 in
- 8 x 10 in
- No. 10 envelopes
- custom size 3 x 5 to 8.5 x 14 in
- A4
- A5
- A6
- B5 (JIS)
- Envelope (DL, C5, C6, Chou #3, Chou #4)
- Card (Hagaki, Ofuku Hagaki)
- 35 watts maximum
- 0.14 watts (Manual-Off)
- 6.10 watts (Standby)
- 1.20 watts (Sleep
HP DeskJet 3630 is a well-known option on the lower 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 Canon Pixma TR8620 or HP OfficeJet 5255 .
HP DeskJet 3630 was released in 2018. There are a couple newer printers on the market. Show newer Printers
HP DeskJet 3630 is $150 cheaper than the average printer ($349.99).
HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 is a very 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 Epson EcoTank ET-4760 or HP OfficeJet Pro Premier 9019 .
HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 was released in 2016. There are dozens of newer printers on the market. Show newer Printers
HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 is $123.01 more expensive than the average printer ($349.99).