Head to head

HP Smart Tank 7301 vs HP Smart Tank 7602

The HP Smart Tank 7301 is a ink tank using bottles; the HP Smart Tank 7602 is a ink tank using bottles. A black page costs 0.40¢ on one and 0.40¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the HP Smart Tank 7301 works out about $70 cheaper to have owned.

Cost to own · 5,000 pages

HP Smart Tank 7301~$407
~$379 printer + ~$28 supplies
HP Smart Tank 7602~$477
~$449 printer + ~$28 supplies

purchase priceink or toner. An estimate: purchase price plus 5,000 pages at each printer’s computed cost per page, assuming 4 mono pages for every colour page. Printers whose consumable price we could not source are left out.

Where the money goes

HP Smart Tank 7301: ~$379 to buy · ~$407 after 5,000 pages
HP Smart Tank 7602: ~$449 to buy · ~$477 after 5,000 pages

Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.

Spec	HPHP Smart Tank 7301	HPHP Smart Tank 7602
Approx. price	~$379	~$449
Cost per mono page	0.40¢	0.40¢
Cost per colour page	1.2¢	1.2¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages	~$407	~$477
Technology	Thermal inkjet	Thermal inkjet
Ink system	Bottles	Bottles
Black consumable	HP 32XL black bottle · 6,000 pages	HP 32XL black bottle · 6,000 pages
Colour consumable	HP 31 colour bottles · 8,000 pages	HP 31 colour bottles · 8,000 pages
Third-party ink lock	No	No
Print speed, mono	15 ISO ppm	15 ISO ppm
Print speed, colour	9 ISO ppm	9 ISO ppm
Functions	Print · Copy · Scan	Print · Copy · Scan · Fax
Two-sided printing	Auto	Auto
Document feeder	35 sheets	35 sheets
Two-sided scanning	No	No
Paper capacity	250 sheets	250 sheets
Max paper size	Legal	Legal
Connectivity	Wi-Fi · Ethernet	Wi-Fi · Ethernet · Front USB
Display	2-line LCD	3.0" mono touchscreen
Weight	17 lb	17 lb

Tinted rows are where these two differ.

Best for

HP Smart Tank 7301

A tank all-in-one with a cassette, a document feeder and Ethernet, for an office that does not need fax.

Best for

HP Smart Tank 7602

Fax that is still a requirement, on tank running costs rather than cartridge ones.