HP ENVY Photo Inspire vs Smart Tank printers

You can use an ENVY Inspire printer for personal use or for your home office. In addition to family photos and school documents, you can print paperwork or invoices. The medium-sized HP ENVY Inspire printers have a maximum height of 24cm. This allows you to easily place it on a wide desk or a large cupboard. The ENVY Inspire has a higher print resolution, so it's also very suitable to print photos.

Do you print more than 400 pages per month? Choose a Smart Tank. These printers are suitable for your home office or a small office. Most Smart Tank printers have room for 250 sheets in the paper tray, so you don't have to refill it often. Choose a model with a print speed of at least 15 pages per minute. This way, you don't have to wait for your large document for a long time. The Smart Tank is less suitable for printing photos, due to the lower print resolution.

An ENVY Inpsire printer has low purchase costs, but higher usage costs. These printers have a black cartridge and a 3-in-1 color cartridge. If 1 of the colors runs out, you have to replace the whole color cartridge. These cartridges are often more expensive than ink bottles. HP ENVY printers are suitable for HP Instant Ink. This way, you can print a fixed number of pages per month. When you almost run out of ink, you'll get new cartridges sent to your home automatically. With HP Instant Ink, the price for a colored page is almost the same as a black and white page. Instant Ink subscriptions start at € 0.99 per month.

A Smart Tank printer is more expensive to purchase, but the usage costs are low. This way, a Smart Tank is more affordable in the long run. A Smart Tank has ink tanks that you can refill with ink bottles. With a full ink tank, you can print up to 7000 pages. You can see how much ink you still have via the app. When you almost run out of ink, you can easily refill it.

All ENVY Photo Inspire models are all-in-one printers. This way, you can print, scan, and copy. Do you want to scan and copy a whole stack of paper at once? Choose a model with an automatic document feeder (ADF). These are the HP ENVY Inspire 7924e All-in-One and the HP ENVY Inspire 7920e All-in-One. You can also print in duplex automatically with the ENVY Inspire printers. This way, you can save paper.

Save paper with a model with automatic duplex printing. If you also want to copy and scan, choose an All-in-One model. Scan and copy a large report in 1 go with automatic duplex printing. The printers with the most options are the HP Smart Tank 7305 All-in-One and the HP Smart Tank 7306 All-in-One.