Traditionally, an entry-level all-in-one for the home or small office will have a lower purchase price and ink cartridges are expensive. But the tricolor and black cartridges for the HP Deskjet F735 cost only Rs 415 each. HP claims 250 pages from the color cartridge but they will last a lot Iess printing full color borderless photos on glossy paper. The F735 can work with just the black cartridge installed too. Buying just the black cartridge, and printing text pages on fast draft mode, you'll get a cost per print ofrnunder Rs 1. Since it's an all-in-one, there is a control panel on top with one-touch access to scan and copy functions. Copying a sheet is just as placing a sheet and pressing a single button. It takes about 1 min 6 seconds to print a borderless color 4×6 print on glossy paper. That goes up to 4 mins 40 seconds for an A4 size. For scanning, it takes 31 seconds per A4. A color copy is done in about 40 seconds (with normal paper) while a B/W copy is done in just 24 seconds. A standard text page takesrnabout 4 seconds in fast draft mode and 8 seconds in normal mode. That translates I into about 15 pages of text per minute in fast draft mode and 7.5 ppm in normal mode; lower than the 28 ppm and 9 ppm claimedrnby HP, but pretty fast nonetheless. The supplied software is a little intrusive; it includes the HP Solutions Center (which everyone may not take to), takes ages to install the printer and installs additional 'bloatware' if you don't look carefully at what you're doing. The quality of color prints on glosy paper will surely amaze you. The dual size droplets in the ink heads gives results with astonishing clarity, detail and color depth. Overall, the F735 is great value if you're doing low volume printing. Highly recommended!
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