HP, alongside other names such as Canon, Epson, Dell, Compaq, Samsung and Sony, dominates the computer industry from all over the world, ever since its establishment in 1939 in Dave Packard’s garage. HP is in fact the abbreviation of its two creator’s names, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard or simply Hewlett-Packard.




This company specializes in the developing, manufacturing and designing of computers and computer related devices such as printers, scanners or all-in-ones, computer component and part, electronic devices for data storage, software and hardware. HP is also an efficient marketer because each electronic device invented has a particular feature that makes it distinguishable from all the other products from other series.

On the official HP homepage you may find a wide variety of products, each being categorized depending on certain characteristics. Let’s take the HP printers and all-in-ones; there are printers with a single-function inkjet, single-function laser jet and the all-in-one printers, useful for professionals or for business, for graphic arts or simply for at home and for students; depending on the brand, the HP inkjet and laserjet printers are photosmart, business jet, officejet and designjet.

It is probably less cost-effective to buy printers that print only in black and white or grayscale or only color, when at discounted prices you may find some efficient all-in-ones. Of course, when choosing a particular electronic product, people tend to focus more on what they find as appropriate for their profession, one of the main reasons why manufactures such as HP develop various printer series.

Since this article’s main interest are the HP inkjet printers, below you can find a list of some of the most popular examples available for sale, in no particular order.

The HP Deskjet D1660 printer has speeds up to 16 pages per minute in color and 20 in black, with a 15-sheet output tray and 80-sheet fold-up input tray, being made of 25% recycled plastic.

The HP Deskjet D2660 printers has speeds up to 21 pages per minute in color and 28 in black, with a easy Web-page printing and 20-sheet output tray, 80-sheet fold-up input tray, made of 50% recycled paper.

The HP Deskjet D2680 printer has similar features to the HP Deskjet D2660, including the Budget Express software.

The HP Officejet 6000 wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature, cutting the energy use up to 40% compared to lasers, with wireless printing and fast wired.

The HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature with speeds up to 35 pages per minute in color and 36 black, using 50% less energy than the laser printers.

The HP Officejet 7000 Wide Format Printer can be shared with other four users via the wired networking, using less than 40% energy compared with the laser printers and with the lowest cost per page.

The HP Photosmart B8550 Photo Printer has a 2.4″ color display for easy photo review and editing, with an HP Smart Web printing and HP Auto Sense technology, using individual inks, having memory card slots and a front USB port but also a photo tray.

The HP Officejet H470wbt Mobile Printer is lightweight and compact, with a wireless connectivity and Lithium-Ion battery, printing from cameras, phone cameras, memory cards, PDAs and PCs.
The HP Designjet T770 44 inch Printer has a fast printing feature of Ai/D size pages in less than 28 seconds, being ideal for in-house printing of high-quality technical GIS/CAD, using HP 72 inks and supporting sheets of 8.3–44″ wide and rolls 11–44″ wide.

The HP Designjet 130 Printer is for professional prints and photos, accommodating media sizes/types from postcard to poster, up to 80 lb., 0.15″ thick.

The HP Business Inkjet 2800dtn Printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature and a ready network, with an extra tray and easy integration into any environment and four individual cartridges.

The HP Designjet T1200 44inch PostScript Version Printer has to be one of the most expensive HP single-function inkjet printers, printing pages of D/A1 sizes in less than 30 seconds and using the HP 72 inks; it is ideal fro the medium-size teams that need high-quality technical GIS/CAD and supporting two on-line roll sheets of 44 to 66 inch wide at one time.

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