HP Smart Tank 615 is a business printer of HP continuous ink supply series. It supports wireless transmission printing. It can print at any time as long as there is Internet access. It also supports ADF automatic document feeding, which can easily meet the needs of office document scanning. In terms of ink, it has maintained a large print volume and low cost. It can be said that it is a printer with an affordable price.

In a start-up small and medium business, the printer is an indispensable tool. Generally, there are two options for printers in the company, one is a high-quality and relatively expensive laser printer, and the other is a continuous ink supply printer with a large print volume demand. Printers will be a good choice for saving money. First, HP is a big brand with guaranteed after-sales service and quality. Second, the cost of consumables is low.

When I haven't used the remote printing function of the printer, I thought that the printer is something that I only want to use in the office or at home. Sure enough, I discovered the convenience of ADS5520IPAPR wireless printing when I was traveling or traveling. I will mention this as Because downloading the HP Smart app on the mobile phone can print files remotely and send them to the printer's email address Eprint, and the operation steps are simpler, let's take a look at the printing and operation of the HP Smart Tank 615 printer. how it performed.

Features of the HP Smart Tank 615 Photo Inkjet MFP:

◆Print/photocopy/scan/fax 4 in one;

◆Black and white 6000 sheets/bottle; Color 8000 sheets/bottle;

◆Support mobile printing;

◆Print resolution color 4800x1200dpi;

◆ePrint cloud mobile printing, WiFi Direct printing function;

◆USB2.0 / Dual Band Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G) / Bluetooth LE.

●【Unpacking】

From the perspective of the outer packaging box, the printer is a high-capacity ink cartridge, which retains the advantages of large print volume and low cost of the Tank series. The diagram on the left side of the outer box shows that you can use your mobile phone to print anytime and anywhere through the HP Smart app.

After unpacking, there is a printer, power cord, four bottles of CMYK ink and two print heads. The more intimate packaging design is the hand-pulled bag, which can be taken out of the printer with very little effort.

The printer looks black with gray trays. In terms of safety, the printer is also well protected. The body is almost undamaged and scratch-free. Although the body is made of plastic, the quality and the touch of the printer are very good, and the casing is solid. The desktop version of the printer does not come with a (USB) cable, and there is still a reserved transmission line interface on the fuselage. If necessary, you can purchase additional cables by yourself.

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The operation of the printer is to use a 2.2-inch touch screen with a translucent ink cartridge on the front. The back of the printer is the interface for the power cord, USB transmission line, and telephone line. In terms of volume, the maximum size (width X depth X height) is 449 x 605.65 x 258.7 mm, and the weight of the printer is 6.19 kg. In the paper input tray of the printer, the maximum quantity can be up to 100 sheets and the automatic paper tray is 35 sheets, and it supports four sizes of A4, B5, A6, DL envelopes. If you need to print multiple pages, you only need to unfold the bottom to output the paper. The extension plate of the box is sufficient.

After connecting the printer to the power, you need to select the language you want to use, and then open the front cover to fill the ink, and then just follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setting.

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Open the front cover

The ink uses black 135ml GT53XL and color 70ml GT52 series. The estimated capacity of black ink bottle is 6000 pages, and the capacity of color ink bottle is estimated to be 8000 pages. The new formula GT53 waterproof black ink, the color is saturated and not smudged. When the ink bottle is opened, it can be poured directly into the ink cartridge, which is convenient and full. The innovative sealing port is adopted at the joint at the end of the ink bottle, which has the advantage of not splashing, and it is not easy to get dirty hands even when changing the ink.

The next step is to install the black and color print heads. It is easy to get started if you install the printer heads for the first time, because there will be instructional instructions on the screen.

The installation can be completed in a few simple steps. First turn and remove the orange tenon, then pull out the tenon of the printhead, tear off the chip sticker, and put it into the printer. The printhead has a foolproof device, so no need I'm worried it will be wrong.

After the installation is complete, the printer will first print a calibration page for the printer. After the printing is completed, put it into the glass cover, click to scan and half of it is completed, and quickly go to the next step to connect the printer to the network.

●【Install the driver】

Make sure that the WiFi network at home can be connected normally, and then prepare a computer to download the HP Easy Start printer driver software program from the official website, and then you can start the initial setting of the printer.

The whole installation process is simple, just follow the instructions of the application program interface to complete the operation, and the interface is easy to understand. The printer and the current ink level will be displayed on the main screen, and the shortcut keys of the printer can be set in the lower row, including smart tasks, scanning, printing documents, printing photos, help center and print settings.

Enter the connection setting of the meter machine, you can set the network connection method, as well as set the energy saving mode, background maintenance and printer update.

●【Water splashing test】

The black ink with waterproof effect is still full, and the words and background colors are not blurred after the water is sprayed, and the waterproofness of the color ink is relatively poor.

●【Barcode Test】

If there is a payment demand for printing barcodes, the barcode clarity of this unit can also be met.

●【Photocopying Test】

When the printer uses the original factory default, test the time required for A4 color printing, the printed material is the original specification sheet, a total of 2 pages are printed, and the time from the computer to click print to the printer is about 43 seconds. According to official sources, the black and white printing speed is normal: up to 11 ppm. Normal color print speed: up to 5 ppm.

Due to the small font size, you can directly click on the picture to enlarge it. The printed text is sharp and clear at the edges, and even small numbers are fully clear.

The picture below is the A4 color picture output, there will be a little color difference due to the direct shooting of the camera. The actual printed skin color is more realistic, and the color image output is bright.

Printing can be matched with special photo paper, which has a non-fading effect according to official claims.

The picture below shows the use of HP printer and photo paper. The upper row outputs a portrait photo taken by Jim and a snowy owl photo taken by his friend Mark. The hairline and hair color gradient are obvious in the portrait, and the blue sky in the snowy owl photo. The color of the original image is not much different from the real photo. The lower row outputs black-and-white landscape photos and aurora. The rendering of black-and-white photos is also very good. The resolution of some of the aurora photos is also good. You can see the stars in the dark night and the color of the aurora gradient.

●【Remote Printing】

The remote printing function of HP printers is a modern version of flying pigeons. Even if people are not at home, as long as the document or photo is sent to the printer's exclusive email address, the printer can print it directly.

After the file is sent successfully, you will receive a letter from ePrint, and the printer will execute the printing action.

After installing HP Smart Tank on the mobile phone, you can select the built-in files or photos from the mobile phone. It also supports reading data from Dropbox, Box, Evernote, Facebook, Instgram and Google Drive and printing directly.

On the mobile terminal, you can also set page arrangement, number of copies, color and quality, paper, and adjust page size.

The picture below shows the document output by mobile printing. The printing speed will depend on the file size and the speed of the network.

●【Scan function】

The scanner supports glass, ADF and mobile scanning.

Use the scan function to set the resolution to 300dpi, which takes about 10 seconds, and can be easily edited on the computer after completion.

You can crop and adjust contrast, brightness, saturation.

The picture below shows the image quality of the test scanner, and the material is the back cover of the magazine.

The picture below shows the photo printed by the printer with the image quality set to 300dpi using the scanner.

Scanning can also be directly photographed and printed from the mobile phone through the lens, and the built-in automatic recognition can also manually adjust the position of the border.

●【Photocopy of ID card】

The printer has a built-in ID card photocopying function, which meets the needs of the daily office. You can also choose to print in black and white or in color, and you can print the ID card on the same page of A4 paper.

The picture below shows the finished product photocopied by the ID card and then scanned and uploaded by the scanner.

●【Summary】

After a round of testing, the HP Smart Tank 615 connected business machine brings a good user experience. First of all, in the setting link, it only takes about 5~10 minutes of lead time, and the process from booting up to installing the driver , there are schematic guidelines. The ink supports 6,000 pages of black and 8,000 pages of color, which is very cost-effective. In terms of the quality printed by the printer, the fonts in the document are clear, and the background color of the subject and portrait in the picture has obvious gradient. Color reproduction is accurate in parts of the scanner, and details in text and pictures are clear.

The HP series of business machines have significant upgrades in hardware and software, maintaining the Tank series' high print volume, low cost, and the convenience of ink filling, as well as high-quality color printouts.

The printer's built-in wireless network and Bluetooth functions allow users to connect wirelessly, making it easier to operate the printer remotely, saving more steps and time. This printer is also recommended for small and medium-sized enterprises or studios.

Buy the HP Tank 615 Value Pack now and get 4 packs of special photo paper and an extra bottle of GT53XL black ink, so you can enjoy an extra 12,000 prints right out of the box!