Neither HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 nor HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 were recommended by experts this month
On 2 Apr 2024 (22 days ago) we went through 71 Printer expert endorsements , however neither HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 nor HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 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 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
N/A | N/A | $267 | HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
N/A | N/A | $299 | HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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. | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
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Expert reviews [3]
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- without a score: 3
- Main functions of this HP color inkjet photo printer: copy, scan, fax, wireless printing, two-sided duplex printing, color touchscreen, automatic document feeder, Instant Ink ready so you'll never run out of ink, and more
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- Showcase your business, and make a professional impression with high-quality color printing for up to 50% lower cost per page than lasers.
- Print from your smartphone, tablet, and notebook across the office or on the go. It's simple and direct-even without a network-using wireless options or NFC touch-to-print technology. Use Ethernet for wired connectivity.
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Technical summary
HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 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 18.0 ppm (10.0 ppm in color). It's recommended montly page volume is 500 and maximum allowed page volume is 20000.
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 searchable PDFs.
HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 allows printing via Wi-Fi, a mobile phone/tablet, AirPrint, a USB cable and an Ethernet cable.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 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 21.0 ppm (16.5 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 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 8620 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 $32 worth it?
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It is $32.12 cheaper - It
is a little bit quieter .
- It
prints faster in black-and-white - It
prints faster in color - It
takes less time to print the first page in color - It
can produce higher quality black prints - It
can produce higher quality color prints - It can
scan/copy a stack of up to 50 pages , while HP OfficeJet Pro 6968can only go up to 35 .
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HP OfficeJet Pro 6968
is a little bit quieter .When printing, HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 has a loudness of 64 dB (decibels), while HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 measures at 61 dB.
How loud is that? We made a decibel chart for you to reference. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8620
prints faster in black-and-white (21 vs 18 PPM)In black-and-white, HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 prints at 21 pages per minute (PPM). HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 measures at 18 PPM.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 would take about 04:46 to print 100 pages, HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 would take 05:33. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8620
prints faster in color (16.5 vs 10 PPM)In color, HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 prints at 16.5 pages per minute (PPM). HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 measures at 10 PPM.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 would take about 06:04 to print 100 pages, HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 would take 10:00. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8620
takes less time to print the first page in color (13s vs 15s)First page out time is 13 seconds for HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 and 15 seconds for HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 (in color). This makes HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 2 seconds faster at printing first page in color than HP OfficeJet Pro 6968. - HP OfficeJet Pro 8620
can produce higher quality black prints (1200 x 1200 vs 600 x 1200 DPI)The black print DPI of HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 is 1200 x 1200. HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 has the DPI of 600 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.
- HP OfficeJet Pro 8620
can produce higher quality color prints (4800 x 1200 vs 600 x 1200 DPI)The color print DPI of HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 is 4800 x 1200. HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 has the DPI of 600 x 1200.- Unless you are a professional photographer, 1200 x 600 DPI will be fine for printing photos.
- HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 can
scan/copy a stack of up to 50 pages , while HP OfficeJet Pro 6968can only go up to 35 .This feature is known as 'ADF Capacity' - it's the maximum number of sheets that you can fit into the ADF paper input tray.
- 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 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
can scan/copy custom-sized documents (built-in flatbed scanner).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. - Both printers
can scan/copy stacks of documents (built-in ADF).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. - Both printers
support two-sided scanning (duplex ADF scanner).A two-sided (duplex) ADF scanner allows scanning a stack of documents on both sides. -
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. -
Both printers accept touch-screen commands Touch-screen displays allow you to interface with a printer much faster, especially scanning and copying. - Both printers take about the same time print the first page in black (12s) This initialization is period is called 'First page out' time, and is 12 seconds for both printers.
- Both printers are
energy star qualified .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. -
Both printers can combine scans into searchable 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.
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.
- A4
- A5
- A6
- B5(JIS)
- 6 x 8 in
- Executive
- Index card 3.5 x 5 in
- Index card 4 x 6 in
- Index card 5 x 8 in
- Index card A4
- Index card Letter
- 3.5 x 5 in
- 4 x 6 in
- 5 x 7 in
- 13 x 18 cm
- 8 x 10 in
- 10 x 15 cm
- Photo 2L
- 8.5 x 13 in
- Legal
- Letter
- Statement
- Envelope #10
- Envelope A2
- Envelope C5
- Envelope C6
- Envelope DL
- Envelope Monarch
- Card Envelope 4.4 x 6 in
- Letter
- Legal
- Government Legal
- Executive
- Statement
- 3 x 5 in
- 4 x 6 in
- 5 x 7 in
- 13 x 18 cm
- 8 x 10 in
- 10 x 15 cm
- Photo 2L
- Envelope( #10)
- Envelope (Monarch)
- Envelope (5.5 bar)
- Card (3 x 5 in, 4 x 6 in, 5 x 8 in)
- 27 watts maximum
- 5.5 watts (Active)
- 0.29 watts (Manual-Off)
- 1.21 watts (Sleep)
HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 is a very popular and one of the less expensive options. It's in the top 3 bestselling printers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Epson WorkForce Pro WF-7840 or Canon Pixma G4210 .
HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 was released in 2016. There are more than 5 newer printers on the market. Show newer Printers
HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 is $96.45 less expensive than an average printer ($363.45).
HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 is a popular option in the middle of the printers price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling printers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Canon Maxify MB5420 or Canon Pixma MG2920 .
HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 was released in 2014. There are a lot of newer printers on the market. Show newer Printers
HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 is $64.33 less expensive than an average printer ($363.45).