Although some all-in-ones offer you fantastic quality, some focus on speed and others pack in the abilities; a limited number are successful in incorporating all three with very little compromise, and HP's Photosmart 3110 is one such example of this.
Since the engine recirculates ink when executing cleaning and maintenance cycles, it is more efficient rather than others having permanent print heads.
This turned out to be accurate with our intermittent testing, with the 3110 producing as many prints in intermittent use as it did in the continuous rundown test In tests the 3110's text is black yet slightly feathered around the edges while our monochrome test picture took on a weak green look.
Apart from that, however, we failed to see any weak points all through the photo testing.
The five 6 x 4in prints were fantastically reproduced at precisely the correct saturation and tone, also the level of information was superb, without any noticeable grain or banding.
The latter characteristics are merely noticeable on the A4 photomontage in the event you peer up close.
Although it uses a CIS sensor, both the copying and also the scanning tests ended up the very best on test.
The 3110 created three copies of our 6 x 4in picture in just a little in excess of six minutes and additionally, even though this is in no way the fastest, the actual reproductions were very near to the original and the amount of fine detail was fantastic.
This was further emphasised with our scan tests.
The scan of our 10 x 8in photograph at 600ppi showed up very small imperfections that all other scanner missed completely.
If there is one criticism, it was that a few scans were slightly overexposed, and this is a straightforward matter to repair.
Scans are speedy also, requiring just 40 seconds to scan at 600ppi.
Our 12 x 10in picture scanned at 300ppi in a mere 21 seconds, while copies of text documents were reproduced at a decent pace of 4ppm.
Draft quality isn't a massive step down from Normal, therefore the notable speed of 15ppm and copy speed of 10ppm might prove helpful whenever best quality is not important.
The ensuing image fine detail was good.
You may also share pictures as well as videos from media cards or even an attached digital camera while using EasyShare function.
Note that there is no support for SmartMedia.
Nonetheless, we really enjoy the user-friendly 2.
5in colour LCD, rendering it easy to navigate the 3110's standalone functions.
In fact, the only real function lacking is fax capabilities.
A helpful button labelled Photo Tray is used to switch among paper sources: the 3110 includes a 100-sheet A4 cassette in addition to a separate 6 x 4in picture tray which means you will never need to take out A4 paper when you wish to print borderless photographs.
Yet another helpful option is HP's duplex printing device.
All things considered the 3110 is a good printer which uses six individual HP Photosmart 3110 ink cartridges.
However this is actually a multifunction device, and the scanner and also the copier functions are equally crucial.
In this regard, the 3110 is streets ahead of the opposition.
Since the engine recirculates ink when executing cleaning and maintenance cycles, it is more efficient rather than others having permanent print heads.
This turned out to be accurate with our intermittent testing, with the 3110 producing as many prints in intermittent use as it did in the continuous rundown test In tests the 3110's text is black yet slightly feathered around the edges while our monochrome test picture took on a weak green look.
Apart from that, however, we failed to see any weak points all through the photo testing.
The five 6 x 4in prints were fantastically reproduced at precisely the correct saturation and tone, also the level of information was superb, without any noticeable grain or banding.
The latter characteristics are merely noticeable on the A4 photomontage in the event you peer up close.
Although it uses a CIS sensor, both the copying and also the scanning tests ended up the very best on test.
The 3110 created three copies of our 6 x 4in picture in just a little in excess of six minutes and additionally, even though this is in no way the fastest, the actual reproductions were very near to the original and the amount of fine detail was fantastic.
This was further emphasised with our scan tests.
The scan of our 10 x 8in photograph at 600ppi showed up very small imperfections that all other scanner missed completely.
If there is one criticism, it was that a few scans were slightly overexposed, and this is a straightforward matter to repair.
Scans are speedy also, requiring just 40 seconds to scan at 600ppi.
Our 12 x 10in picture scanned at 300ppi in a mere 21 seconds, while copies of text documents were reproduced at a decent pace of 4ppm.
Draft quality isn't a massive step down from Normal, therefore the notable speed of 15ppm and copy speed of 10ppm might prove helpful whenever best quality is not important.
The ensuing image fine detail was good.
You may also share pictures as well as videos from media cards or even an attached digital camera while using EasyShare function.
Note that there is no support for SmartMedia.
Nonetheless, we really enjoy the user-friendly 2.
5in colour LCD, rendering it easy to navigate the 3110's standalone functions.
In fact, the only real function lacking is fax capabilities.
A helpful button labelled Photo Tray is used to switch among paper sources: the 3110 includes a 100-sheet A4 cassette in addition to a separate 6 x 4in picture tray which means you will never need to take out A4 paper when you wish to print borderless photographs.
Yet another helpful option is HP's duplex printing device.
All things considered the 3110 is a good printer which uses six individual HP Photosmart 3110 ink cartridges.
However this is actually a multifunction device, and the scanner and also the copier functions are equally crucial.
In this regard, the 3110 is streets ahead of the opposition.
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