H470

Having only one inkjet cartridge makes consumables easy for this printer, we list both the HP337 and larger capacity HP338 cartridge which is also available as a money saving twin pack.

The HP Officejet H470 Mobile Printer series is designed for mobile professionals who need a compact and rugged printer offering print speeds and quality equal to that of desktop printers, plus the convenience of a wide range of connectivity options

HP OfficeJet H470 Review

The H470 is a transportable single-function printer. Centered on a comparable technology to HPs dedicated photo models the OfficeJet H470 is able to run from mains or battery and via USB, Bluetooth or WiFi.

Actually, the basic model, evaluated here, does not include a battery, which is a lithium ion clip-on system, or either of the wireless connections, which are created by way of plug-in, flash-drive-style adapters. Exactly what you do acquire is a tidy, dark grey and silver device.

To begin making use of the printer you must raise the top to create the paper feed tray, while the front cover lowers down automatically as you switch the machine on. There's a second top cover, concealed by the first, which in turn discloses both the ink cartridges, one black and the other tri-colour.

The control panel is really simple and easy, using buttons for paper feed as well as to terminate a task, likewise to turn the machine off and on. You will find three indicators, for low ink in one or the other cartridge and also for paper jams. Upon the left-hand side is a USB socket intended for the optional WiFi or Bluetooth adapters and a second for SD as well as multimedia cards. At the backside are sockets for a USB 2.0 PC connection as well as a PictBridge camera.

Setup using a Personal computer requires the typical method of running the software CD and also hooking up the USB cable, when directed to. If you want to make connection by way of either of the wireless alternatives, you pursue different directions, as you do in order to connect the optionally available battery pack, which clips onto the backside of the unit.

Both the ink cartridges go in to their particular holders on the head carrier and are abnormally difficult to fit in the correct place.

Text print from the OfficeJet H470 is clear and with little spread to the fibres. Even tiny font sizes just demonstrate minor fuzziness round the sides.

Colour graphics are likewise thoroughly clean plus sections of solid colour fill are lustrous and usually clear of stripes or other artefacts. Picture prints are well reproduced, having almost no obvious colour dither across varying colour shades along with substantial levels of detail in the fully lit and partially lit pictures. Colours are usually natural plus photo prints are perfectly up to the level of HP's specialist photo inkjets.

Our five-page, black text print finished in 59 seconds, providing a rate of 5.08ppm, whilst the colour text print, though taking more time at 2:07, nonetheless offers a real world speed of 2.36ppm. The best 15 x 10cm photograph print time we scored was 1:27.

Really the only expenses in running the printer are the HP OfficeJet H470 printer cartridges. They seem to be to be two nearly matching black cartridges, numbers 337 and 338, both of which are quoted as being 14ml cartridges and both of which seem to sell at about the exact same price. However, HP quotes the 338 cartridge as yielding 500 ISO pages, whilst the 337 makes just 440. Guess which cartridge we would choose? With the tri-colour cartridges, there exists a distinct difference between the 343 and 344, with the 344 cited as producing 600 pages.

There's quite a bit going for this particular diminutive inkjet unit, although to tell the truth size is not one of the killer attributes. It's easy to make use of and also flexible for those who pick the WiFi or Bluetooth adapters as well as the lithium ion battery. It is a bit surprising that as a portable machine the battery is not incorporated as standard, however it's just as interesting that operating costs aren't any higher than a normal desktop machine and that rates of speed, even though unremarkable, are higher than HP's claims.