HP OfficeJet 200 Wireless Portable Color Inkjet Printer

Pros: Have to add the disclaimer that if the 250 version of this printer didn’t exist, this would be given a full 5 egg review, but it is just not so. Prints in extreme high quality even on the standard setting, was surprised at how fast and clear the text was on paper. My all-in-one does not hold a candle for this. The battery will last quite a bit, but I don’t recommend printing more than 30-50 pages at a time, since the battery does get a bit hot after a while (even in A/C). Connectivity is a breeze, instructions were left in the box the first go-around and my wife had no issue connecting it to our wi-fi network and installing the e-print app for printing from her phone. Extremely tiny, wish I could keep it as the default in my house due to size but it just can’t happen due to the lack of features my all-in-one has. For traveling (if you know only printing is what you must do) then this is perfect and fits easily in most crevices in any car (including the bags behind the seats). Battery charge from about 20% to 100% ends up being about an hour, so it’s not horrible. It’s rechargeable, of course, and everything feels premium. When on the road, you can also directly and wirelessly connect to your laptop or another device (with proper know-how) and print without ever connecting to the internet on the printer itself. Good purchase, but not the best for around the same money. If you have slightly more room and you need a travel-printer (that has slightly more features, look at the 250. Cons: This model could be skipped, the 250 is what’s at this price range and also has scanning/copying. Overall Review: Missing copying/scanning functionality. I really wish it was more feature-packed. It’s a basic printer that does an excellent job at its only task, but save yourself the hassle if you scan/copy and get its bigger brother.

Pros: This printer is pretty neat. You can print while on the go! I tested this with my phone and iPad and had no issues. The setup was easy. I like that it still has the ability to print envelopes too. A little info on the printer: The paper loads from the top, so that it could be more compact. It can hold up to 50 pages in the feeder. It has a display screen/menu that’s easy to navigate and it tilts so you can see it better. It’s not a touch screen display, you have to use the buttons on the sides of the display. It uses two “62” series print cartridges but you can use the “XL” cartridges. It has a rechargeable battery that is removable from the back. The battery charges via the included AC adapter, OR a USB cable if you wanted to charge it in the car via a car charger. The car charger has to provide at least 1 amp. If you charge it via USB, you have to power off the printer. The display shows you the battery charge percentage, as well as a button on the back of the printer. You can use the printer while plugged into AC like a regular desktop printer. The software is easily found on hp’s website. You connect to the printer via a laptop, you use WiFi direct. If you use a phone, you connect to the printers wifi hotspot to print. You can also print directly to the printer via USB from a laptop. It also has the ability to print images from a flash drive. The quality of the print is decent. Black/white is great. Color is good. The print speed is also decent. It doesn’t print super fast, but it’s not slow either. If you need a portable printer, I recommend this one! Cons: No touch screen display.

Pros: – Great quality – Battery life – Wifi abilities – Quick printing Cons: – Ink is a fortune – No scanning Overall Review: I really liked this printer. I have worked with a ton of the other mobile HP printers and the advances in this model are a life saver. I haven’t had any issues connecting or printing, and I have been very pleased with its performance so far. I really needed a printer upstairs but I didn’t want to have a giant deskjet up there, so when I saw this I knew it would be perfect. Now my wife can print whatever she needs without coming downstairs to grab it off the big printer, so it fits its role perfectly. Due to its small size and battery, it can be stowed in the linen closet easily when not in use. The ink is expensive, super expensive, and makes me want to take a look for bootleg stuff or get them refilled locally (if they can). It works well, but it costs more then gold per ounce I think, and that’s just crazy. The speed holds solid between regular printing and battery printing, and even though the description calls out different numbers I can’t notice. Highly recommended for a mobile work printer or second printer in the house. 5 eggs.

Pros: Easy set up. Portable. Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and USB connectivity. Rechargeable battery. 50-sheet input tray. Output quality better than many desktop inkjets. High claimed page yields for print cartridges. Prints from USB thumb drives. Fast photo printing. I timed the OfficeJet 200 at 9.5 pages per minute (ppm) in printing the text-only (Word) portion of our new business applications suite, a speed that’s very close to its 10ppm rating for printing in black. Its first-page-out time averaged 11 seconds. The printer slowed only slightly, to 8.9ppm, when I switched from AC to battery power and printed out the same document. The OfficeJet 200 did well in printing thin lines, gradients, and zones of similar tone in graphics. Colors were well saturated and background fills were largely smooth. Cons: I really do not have any cons. Overall Review: I would recommend this printer to anyone that needs a printer on the go. Like your vehicle is your office. Keep in mind that inkjet printers give you better yield if you print a lot at once instead of one here one there. Simply the nature of how inkjet printers work. If need copy and scan features perhaps the OfficeJet 250 is what you should get.