HP Smart Tank 7602 vs Xerox C235
The HP Smart Tank 7602 is a ink tank using bottles; the Xerox C235 is a color laser using toner. A black page costs 0.40¢ on one and 5.7¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the HP Smart Tank 7602 works out about $399 cheaper to have owned, despite costing more to buy.
Xerox says the C235 is no longer sold as new and points buyers to the Xerox C325. It stays in this comparison for anyone weighing a remaining unit.
- HP Smart Tank 7602~$477~$449 printer + ~$28 supplies
- Xerox C235 (discontinued)~$876~$399 printer + ~$477 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.
- HP Smart Tank 7602
- ~$449 to buy · ~$477 after 5,000 pages
- Xerox C235
- ~$399 to buy · ~$876 after 5,000 pages
Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.
| Spec | HPHP Smart Tank 7602 | XeroxXerox C235 (discontinued) |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$449 | ~$399 |
| Cost per mono page | 0.40¢ | 5.7¢ |
| Cost per colour page | 1.2¢ | 25¢ |
| Cost to own, 5,000 pages | ~$477 | ~$876 |
| Technology | Thermal inkjet | Laser |
| Ink system | Bottles | Toner |
| Black consumable | HP 32XL black bottle · 6,000 pages | Xerox 006R04383 black toner · 1,500 pages |
| Colour consumable | HP 31 colour bottles · 8,000 pages | Xerox 006R04384 colour toners · 1,500 pages |
| Third-party ink lock | No | No |
| Print speed, mono | 15 ISO ppm | 24 ISO ppm |
| Print speed, colour | 9 ISO ppm | 24 ISO ppm |
| Functions | Print · Copy · Scan · Fax | Print · Copy · Scan · Fax |
| Two-sided printing | Auto | Auto |
| Document feeder | 35 sheets | 50 sheets |
| Two-sided scanning | No | No |
| Paper capacity | 250 sheets | 250 sheets |
| Max paper size | Legal | Legal |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi · Ethernet · Front USB | Wi-Fi · Ethernet · Front USB |
| Display | 3.0" mono touchscreen | 2.8" colour touchscreen |
| Weight | 17 lb | 46.1 lb |
Tinted rows are where these two differ.
Fax that is still a requirement, on tank running costs rather than cartridge ones.
A small office that needs colour laser copying and faxing and is buying on purchase price rather than running cost.