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Its main buyer is the business customer, but it could be perfect for those operating a small business out of a home or printing loads of documents. HP Officejet Pro X576dw is an inkjet multifunction peripheral for businesses. The HP Officejet Pro X576dw is able to printing faster than a laser printer.
HP Officejet Pro X576dw: Design And Features
This device is lighter than it appears, uses far less energy than a laser and generates a lot less heat. On the time of launching the HP Officejet Pro X576dw is the top of the line model within the X series, and its size certainly communicates that stature. Its dimensions 20.3 inches and 20.3 inches tall and wide respectively put it in the identical weight class as larger workgroup laser printers Control is via a 109 mm colour touchscreen, which is simple to use, although not as sensitive as a modern smartphone display, but it is surprisingly portable around the office. It has an industrial design that appears nice, although it could look too “businessy” for the home.
The massive flatbed scanner comes full with a 50-sheet ADF, which just like the printer is a duplex device. Unlike a normal inkjet, which wants to wait for small heads to traverse the page, the wide head within the HP Officejet Pro X576dw covers the whole page width while the paper flows underneath without pause.
The speed increase is outstanding, and HP claims a 70ppm print speed at draft settings, which is quick sufficient to embarrass a departmental laser printer. The HP Officejet Pro X576dw 792Mhz processor is pretty powerful, and it is possible to make use of different functions, such as scanning to a USB stick
HP Officejet Pro X576dw: Specification
- Dimensions: 20.4 x 15.7 x 20.4 inch
- Weight: 52.91 lbs
- Functions: Scan/Print/Copy/Fax
- Inks: 4-ink tank
- Connectivity: USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, Google Cloud Print, Apple AirPrint, Brother Cloud apps
- Paper input tray capacity: 1050 sheets
- Display: 4.3-inch LCD screen
HP Officejet Pro X576dw: Connections
The X576dw has a CIS scanner with 1200 x 1200 DPI resolution. The scanner is efficient and fast and permits you to send scans straight from the printer to an Ethernet-connected computer or Wi-Fi, a USB key, a folder on a linked network or to a correspondent through e-mail.
HP Officejet Pro X576dw: Cartridges
HP Officejet Pro X576dw has been leading the way in making it easy to insert and replace inkjet cartridges. The HP Officejet Pro X576dw uses 4 pigment inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.
HP Officejet Pro X576dw: Performance
The text print quality is much as you would anticipate from an HP inkjet, with sharp black text and shiny, clear graphics. Registration of black over solid color is good while photo replica is excellent on photo paper and decent on plain paper. Shame the printer can not do borderless photo prints, though.
The HP Officejet Pro X576dw big weakness is its power consumption. It uses up 4.5 W on standby, whereas practically all of its competitors use less than 1 W. While running it consumes 40 W, which is reasonable.
It is also loud as multifunction go, producing 52 dB(A) of noise. Printers are considered quiet at under 50 dB(A).
HP Officejet Pro X576dw: Print Cost Per Page
Using HP’s 970XL black and 971XL color cartridges, color prints cost 3.3per page and black prints value just 0.8p per page. The HP Officejet Pro X576dw is not cheap to purchase, but it is extremely cheap to run.
HP Officejet Pro X576dw: Verdict
The HP Officejet Pro X576dw is affordable, economical and well-designed. It merges comfort, speed and print quality with the low price per page.
Pros
- Extremely fast
- Duplexer
- Good connectivity options
Cons
- Expensive and heavy for an inkjet
- Soggy ink on light paper
- Output was not photo quality with papers