HP Smart Tank 7305

HP · Smart Tank

Smart Tank 7305

Released September 2021

A colour ink-tank all-in-one that prints, scans and copies from refillable ink bottles, with a 35-sheet document feeder, automatic two-sided printing and Ethernet, for home offices printing up to 800 pages a month.

Type
Ink tank
Colour
Yes
Does
Print, Scan, Copy
Pages a minute
15
Both sides
Yes

Printing

Type
Ink tank
Colour
Yes
Speed, black
15 pages a minute
Speed, colour
9 pages a minute
Resolution
4800 × 1200 dpi
Prints both sides
Yes
Printing detail
Automatic two-sided printing; borderless up to A4; draft speeds up to 23 ppm black, 22 ppm colour; print language HP PCL 3 GUI; 800 MHz processor, 256 MB memory
First page out
As fast as 14 sec black, 16 sec colour (A4, ready)
Resolution detail
Up to 1200 x 1200 rendered dpi black; up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi colour (1200 input dpi)
Ink or toner
Refillable tanks filled from HP 32XL black (135 ml) and HP 31 cyan, magenta and yellow (70 ml) bottles; replaceable black and tri-colour printheads
Page yield
HP 32XL black bottle: ~6,000 pages; HP 31 colour bottles: ~8,000 pages each; bottles in the box (UK): ~15,200 pages black, ~9,600 pages colour in draft mode
Duty cycle
Up to 5,000 pages a month (A4); 400 to 800 pages recommended

Scanning and copying

Does
Print, Scan and Copy
Document feeder
Yes
Scanner
Flatbed (up to 216 x 297 mm) and 35-sheet automatic document feeder (up to 216 x 356 mm); up to 1200 dpi optical; up to 8 ipm black, 3.5 ipm colour (A4, 200 ppi); JPG, PDF, PNG, TIFF
Copying
Up to 13 cpm black, 6 cpm colour (ISO, A4); up to 99 copies; 25 to 400%; ID copy

Paper

Largest paper
A4
Paper tray
250 sheets
Paper sizes
A4, A5, A6, B5 (JIS), envelopes (DL, C5, C6), cards; custom 88.9 x 127 to 215.9 x 355.6 mm
Paper types
Plain, photo, matte and glossy brochure papers, envelopes, labels, cards; plain paper 60 to 105 g/m², photo paper up to 250 g/m²
Output tray
100 sheets

Connections

Connects by
Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB and Wi-Fi Direct
Connection detail
Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Gigabit Ethernet; dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 and 5 GHz); Wi-Fi Direct
Printing from phones
HP app, Apple AirPrint, Mopria, HP Print Service Plugin (Android), Wi-Fi Direct
App
HP app
Control panel
2-line LCD (70 x 12 mm) with guided buttons

Design

Weight
7.7 kg
Power use
1.10 W sleep, 0.1 W off; TEC 0.20 kWh a week
Noise
6.5 B(A) sound power, 59.4 dB(A) sound pressure (printing at 10 ppm)
Size
427.5 x 364 x 240.3 mm (W x D x H); up to 453.55 x 440.73 x 249.63 mm with trays extended
In the box
Printer, 2 HP 32XL black bottles, HP 31 cyan, magenta and yellow bottles, black and tri-colour printheads, setup guide, reference guide, power cord

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Refillable tanks; a 135 ml black bottle is rated for ~6,000 pages and each 70 ml colour bottle for ~8,000
  • 35-sheet document feeder and automatic two-sided printing
  • Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct

Cons

  • 15 pages a minute in black and 9 in colour (ISO, A4)
  • Two-line LCD with buttons rather than a touchscreen
  • No fax, and the feeder scans at up to 8 ipm in black

Closest rivals

Model
TypeColourDoesPages a minuteBoth sidesReleased
Ink tankYesPrint, Scan, Copy, Fax15.5YesOct 2021
Ink tankYesPrint, Scan, Copy16YesApr 2021
Ink tankYesPrint, Scan, Copy18YesNov 2022

Sources

  1. hp.com/gb-en/shop/products/printers/hp-smart-tank-7305-all-in-one-28b75a-bhc
  2. www8.hp.com/h20195/V2/GetPDF.aspx/c07736121
  3. data.energystar.gov/resource/t2v6-g4nf.json
  4. www8.hp.com/h20195/V2/GetPDF.aspx/c08997787

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