HPSmart Tank 7005 All in One Printer | Perfect for Home | Colour | Wireless | Print, Scan, Copy | Includes up to 3 Years of Ink | Refillable | 2-Sided Printing | Easy Setup | Reliable Wi-FiBlue Angel

As an office manager used to large industrial printers, I wasn’t sure what to expect from a home colour printer but I’ve been really impressed with the HP Smart Tank 7605. It's a fantastic choice for home use if you take your time with the setup, which is straightforward if you’re patient and follow the instructions exactly, even down to removing the bits of internal packing cardboard in the right order. I recommend going straight to the HP website once it’s plugged in, as it’ll walk you through linking it to your Wi-Fi and handle most of the installation with helpful prompts. I also downloaded the app, and can also print direct from my iPhone too.Filling the ink is easy — just press the bottles down firmly until they click into place. Installing the print heads takes a bit of care to make sure they’re facing the right way, but again, the instructions guide you through it. Print quality is great, especially for colour and photos. It’s not lightning-fast (don’t expect office-grade speeds!), and it can be a little noisy and clunky, but for home projects, it does the job beautifully.A few tips:Keep it switched on 24/7 — it uses hardly any energy in standby mode, but this helps it stay updated and prevents the print heads and ink from drying out.Print a page once a week if it’s not in regular use, which stops it from drying out too.I bought the optional 3-year warranty for peace of mind — worth it at the sale price.It’s light enough to move around and compact enough to live happily in a corner of my kitchen. Overall, I’m really pleased. It’s a solid, well-designed printer with refillable ink tanks and smart features that make it a great investment for home use. The ink supplied should last for 6,000 pages and original refills are good value for money.UPDATE: It's now June and I've been using this printer a lot, without any issues. However, 2 weeks after I bought it my PC did a big update and whenever I tried to print, my PC said 'rendering error'. After a while, I realised I could still print perfectly from my iPhone, so it wasn't a printer error. I realised that I had installed the HP Smart App on my PC, but my PC had uninstalled the printer. So if you get this error, just install the printer the old fashioned way on your PC and only after doing that, reinstall the HP Smart app. That'll fix it.

Using the HP phone app the setup was a breeze as it walks you through every step, then adding it to my PC after this was easy as well, launch the PC HP app and add printer, the app found the printer on my network and had it ready to use in no time.I have it set to print using draft quality most of the time, which makes it pretty quick with good quality prints. However setting it to the best print quality and using photo paper for photos gives great results, however it does increase the print time considerably.I have not used the scanner other than the inital setups alignment process so I cant comment on that as of yet. It does hold a good amount of ink and I can imagine it lasting a good long while without needing to be refilled, and it does come with all the inks to fill the tanks and an extra black ink bottle too.

I bought this printer as a successor to my venerable HP LJ 4700 colour laser, which served faithfully for fifteen years. While that old workhorse is still chugging along, it’s bulky and far more than I need nowadays. Admittedly, I’ve been inkjet-free for years—those machines were always too slow and costly to run—but this one lured me in with promises of ink-tank economy. How could I resist?This all-in-one (AIO) printer offers scanning and printing capabilities. The scanner? Flawless. The printer? Well, it’s a mixed bag. It holds just 100 sheets of A4 paper, but that’s fine for my small office setup. The printing experience, however, is a bit of a clunky symphony. The first page takes its sweet time to appear, but once it gets going, the speed is respectable. As for colour documents, they’re decent—though not show-stopping. And photo prints? Let’s just say, I’ve seen better from inkjets designed specifically for photography. For the price, I had higher hopes.Speaking of price, the build quality leaves something to be desired. It’s clearly tailored for home or small office use—not a robust contender for busier environments. The design is clean but uninspired—aesthetically neutral, you might say. Setup was straightforward enough, provided you follow the instructions carefully (read: don’t wing it).Am I dazzled by this printer? Not quite. But it’s good enough to avoid a return trip to the store. Next time, though, I’ll probably give other manufacturers a closer look.