subject: HP Photosmart 3110 Ink Review [print this page] While some all-in-ones offer excellent quality, several concentrate on speed while others pack in the abilities; a select few triumph in blending all three with little compromise and HP's Photosmart 3110 is but one such case in point.
Because the engine recirculates ink when carrying out cleaning as well as maintenance cycles, it's considerably more economical than others using permanent print heads. This proved accurate with our intermittent testing, with the 3110 producing as many prints with intermittent use as it did under our constant rundown test
In tests the 3110's text is black but a bit feathered around the edges plus the grayscale test picture took on a slight green look. Apart from that, however, we did not see any sort of weak points all through our picture assessments.
The five 6 x 4in images were fantastically reproduced at precisely the right saturation and tone, and the level of fine detail was outstanding, with no visible grain or banding. The latter characteristics are only noticeable on the A4 photomontage should you peer up close.
Even though it uses a CIS sensor, both the copying as well as scanning tests were the very best on test. The 3110 created three copies of our 6 x 4in photo in just a little more than six minutes and, even though this is actually by no means the quickest, all the reproductions were really near to the original and the amount of information was wonderful.
This was further emphasised with our scan tests. The scan of our 10 x 8in photograph at 600ppi turned up very small flaws that every other scanner missed totally. If there's one issue, it was that a few scans were a little overexposed, and that is a very simple matter to repair.
Scans are fast as well, requiring only 40 seconds to scan at 600ppi. The 12 x 10in photo scanned at 300ppi in only 21 seconds, while copies of text documents were reproduced at a good pace of 4ppm. Draft quality isn't a huge step down when compared with Normal, therefore the outstanding pace of 15ppm as well as copy pace of 10ppm might prove useful whenever very best quality is not essential. The ensuing image fine detail was fine.
You may also share photographs as well as videos from media cards or an attached digital camera while using EasyShare function. Remember that there isn't any support with regard to SmartMedia. Nevertheless, we really really like the user-friendly 2.5in colour Liquid crystal display, rendering it simple to use the 3110's standalone functions. Actually, the only feature lacking is fax capabilities.
A helpful button labelled Photo Tray is used to switch amongst paper sources: the 3110 includes a 100-sheet A4 cassette in addition to a separate 6 x 4in picture tray and that means you will not have to take out A4 paper when you want to print borderless photos. Another helpful option is HP's duplex printing device.
With that said the 3110 is a good printer that uses six specific HP Photosmart 3110 ink cartridges. However this is really a multifunction machine, and the scanner and copier functions are just as significant. In this respect, the 3110 is streets ahead of the opposition.
Alone or on a network, no matter whether you might be scanning, copying or printing, the HP Photosmart 3110 is a great all-in-one.
