The HP brand is worldwide renowned, in my experience their printers have always lasted years. When contemplating the purchase of this HP 6001, it seemed like a no brainer the savings in ink alone should pay for the printer. The print quality seems excellent and fairly fast. Hopefully the printer will last as long as other HP printers I have owned. My only negatives are the instruction manual is horrible, the LCD screen is hard to see, and isn’t backlit.
Are you tired of purchasing HP expensive cartridges? Think about this!
on May 29, 2023
Posted by: Virginia Beach Tech
from Virginia Beach
Verified Purchase:Yes
I am so tired of the expensive ink cartridges. I purchased the Smart Tank 6001 to try to mitigate the cost. I really have no idea how much ink is in HP cartridges, but they seem to become empty at the worst time. With the Smart Tank printers, you get 4 individual bottles of ink. You can see the volume and the amount is printed on the bottles. Even though I have been in the IT field since the 1970s, I found installing the printer to be cumbersome. I did get through it and so far, I am happy with the printer. Figuring out how to install the print heads and the actual ink took a while. They are into big pictures/drawings with few words. There were parts that had to be removed and thrown away. I really did not like the driver/software installation process. I wanted to just download the installation software, so I could move the printer around to other computers if i need to in the future. But you have to install an HP App from the App Store and install while on-line. I installed with a USB cable vice wireless connection. I can print even is my internet/router are having problems. I already purchased replacement ink and it was less than a black cartridge and 3 color cartridges. While I am not sure of the projected life of the print heads which look similar to ink cartridges, I think this will be less costly in the long run. Only time will tell.
So far, so good. Printer was easy to setup and install. Driver seems to be dependable and the printer has yet to fail. A bit on the slow side after sleep, but part of that could be attributable to slow laptop.
My HP Envy stopped working and would only let me make copies (no scanning etc.) so I decided to get something that would help me to save on buying ink cartridges. The HP Smart Tank will help a lot in that respect--no more buying cartridges. From what I can see from the first few days of using this machine, it looks like I can now get back to doing all the things my old machine stopped doing. And that's a great feeling!