HP OfficeJet Pro 9730e All-in-One Printer | Colour |
HP OfficeJet Pro 9730e All-in-One Printer | Colour | for Small Office | Wireless | Print, Scan, Copy, ADF | Up To A3 | 2 Tray | 3 Months of free Instant Ink
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| Weight: | 19500 Grams |
| Brand: | HP |
| Colour: | Black/White |
Delivery was excellent, informed of day and the driver phoned approximately 30mins before it arrive to ensure I was in. Packed in sturdy box with handle heavy plastic bag to help lift the printer out.
The print quality is excellent especially for photographs. I occasionally require A 3 size prints for larger size reports on excel to enhance the words and do posters. It is compact and more up to date than my last HP printer. It has double -sided printing which saves on paper.
due to setting up additional premises we needed another printer.
we decided on this one as we have always had HP printers and it does everything we needed.
SO far so good, took it out of the box and set up was easy, it prints quickly with good colour quality.
scanning can be achieved once you download the HP App,
we have used the item both wirelessly and connected directly to our network.
well priced and suitable for a small business.
Because of its A3 capability the printer is quite large on the desk. As expected it prints well and is very good at double sided scanning. The software was relatively easy to set up and gives the user flexibility to set up bespoke print menu options.
I had hoped that scans would be able to produce searchable pdf documents and allow OCR functionality but this doesn’t seem to be the case. I’m investigating this further with HP.
It will take some time before a judgement can be made on the Instant Ink offer.
This is a high-quality printer that delivers excellent performance. It connects easily via Wi-Fi and is very quick and intuitive to use once the password is entered. The printing speed is impressive, and the overall setup is straightforward. Another great feature is the two paper trays, one for A3 and one for A4, which makes it ideal for printing larger formats without having to constantly switch paper. Overall, it’s a reliable, efficient, and user-friendly printer, perfect for both everyday tasks and professional use.
I received the big box this morning, and my first impression was that it’s quite huge and heavy (around 20KG) — understandable given its ability to scan and print A3 documents double-sided!
The setup was straightforward: after removing all the protective films, I simply plugged it in and followed the instructions via the LCD touchscreen. It supports 5GHz Wi-Fi, so an Ethernet connection is not mandatory. HP kindly includes a nice bonus: several free months of ink and packs of premium papers, provided you sign up for the instant ink plan using the promo code gbdzc4. Last time I got 6 packs of 80 gsm A4 papers, 500 sheets per pack, hopefully they could give me the same this time. xD. You’re free to cancel after the trial period and switch to more affordable third-party cartridges, it is totally up to you.
As for user experience, it is solid, but there are a few points to note:
1. The official manuals are quite vague, especially for advanced features. For example, if you want to scan directly to cloud services like OneDrive or Dropbox, you will need to use the HP Smart app. You will create cloud scan configuration profiles (so-called Shortcuts in HP’s dictionary) within the app, which then sync to the printer. The sync to network folder (Samba/SMB/CIFS) is an amazing feature, you can simply scan documents and save to your network share (NAS like Synology or QNAP or whatever you have) in one click.
2. For scan to email, you must configure an email account as the sender- that’s quite intuitive for people with such a tech background, but not for normal people.
3. When it comes to the paper trays, only Tray 1 supports various media types (like envelops and glossy photo paper). Tray 2 is limited to plain paper only. Unfortunately, HP doesn’t clearly mention this in their product description, which I found frustrating—and apparently, so have other users, that’s why this machine got so many low ratings online.
4. The ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) works well, but there is a slight skew (about 1 degree) shown in the scanning outputs. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I was hoping for perfect alignment. For scanning based on ADF, it only supports up to 300 DPI, however, it could be 1200 DPI using the scanner glass (flatbed). The Scan to Network Folder/USB feature can only do up to 600 DPI.
5. The print quality is good as usual, 1200 DPI under “Colour – Best Quality” profile looks fabulous as long as you use good papers (>= 80 gsm). I used HP Premium A4 (90 gsm). Don’t buy those cheap 70g stuff from Tesco—they are affordable but lead to a poor print quality.
So overall, this is a powerful all-in-one printer with great functionality, especially for those who do need A3 capabilities. I couldn’t judge HP more as they offered free ink, tons of papers and 50 cash rewards (limited event if you purchase it from Amazon). Just be prepared for a bit learning curve with the more advanced features and limitations in paper handling of the trays.