All in one printers combine faxing, printing, photocopying and scanning into one machine. This makes for better space usage in the modern world. Among the many producers of such machines is HP, one of the leaders of the printer market. The price of these HP machines varies depending on the features and size.

HP in the printer market

A brand established in the 1930s producing electronics, among their products are printers that have a few different lines. Hp has developed printers for a diverse market keeping in mind the needs of different segments and making use of their innovation to stay among the top producers of commercial printers. Keeping with the times Hp has essentially started wireless printing and the ability to use your smartphone to send it documents to print. With a few printers that are able to connect to Amazon Echo and Google Home, entering the smart era of voice commands to get your tasks done by technology.

All in one printers from HP

A machine that combines multiple devices that can undertake various tasks. It is commonly a combination of a printer, a fax, a photocopier and a scanner. As a combined machine it has a smaller footprint in the office or home, this works well for smaller businesses especially in today's market.  The printing abilities are mostly based on laserjet as it is faster and have better colour saturation. This works well for large businesses. There are some HP all in one printers that do have inkjet printers, but these models are few despite HP being the best in the inkjet category generally.

HP's all in one printers are available in different sizes, the larger ones are more powerful when it comes to speed and the ability to store more paper. There are units that can fit on top of a desk while others are floor standing, similar to photocopy machines.

Possible features of HP all in one printers

It is important to consider what kind of functions you would need from your all in one printer. For instance, not a lot of HP machines have duplex printing; the ability to print on both sides simultaneously. The DPI varies, as does the formats of paper a machine can stock. Some machines have USB ports that one can print from directly, while others connect to a WiFi network so more users can access the machine. There is also a smart 'self-healing' wireless feature that can detect network connectivity issues and will try and reconnect to your WiFi or reset its own WiFi adapter if it is unable to connect. 

Certain models have an internal hard drive as well so documents can be stored and printed again in case needed. HP also has apps that can be used to print documents from one's smartphone. 

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The HP Smart software allows users to change settings on the machine from their laptop and also keep an eye on the ink levels. In case one has an all in one printer that has a hard drive it would be important to crypto-shred it before discarding or selling it off. The hard drive may still contain documents that are unencrypted.

The prices of HP all in one printers vary, this mainly depends on the size and features of the machine in question. Generally, an expensive machine to purchase.