Officejet Pro276dw

by HP

4/5

$400.00

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Pros
  • Fast
  • Great print quality
  • Comprehensive features, including management tools
  • Ink is far cheaper per page than the toner from like-priced color laser models
  • Reasonably priced inks
  • Two-year warranty
  • Impressively long feature list includes NFC and CD/DVD printing
  • Good speed
  • Good color scanning
  • Low purchase price
  • Good text quality
Cons
  • Expensive purchase price
  • Copying two-sided documents is a tedious, manual process
  • No duplex scanning support for the ADF
  • Pricey toner
  • Color graphics are mediocre
  • Control panel lacks a menu button
At A Glance

The OfficeJet Pro 276dw is expensive, but it's a Cadillac among inkjet MFPs—fast and capable—and a bargain compared to the laser competition.

Specs

Ports and Connections

Available Interfaces USB 2.0 USB   USB 2.0
Ethernet Type 10/100 Mbps 10/100 Mbps 10/100 Mbps 10/100 Mbps
Wireless connection 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n
PictBridge   Yes    

Dimensions

Width 19.5  inches 16.1  inches 16.0  inches 16.1  inches
Depth 18.1  inches 14.7  inches 13.3  inches 18.3  inches
Height 12.4  inches 7.1  inches 15.1  inches 9.4  inches
Weight 27.8  pounds 20.1  pounds 24.47  pounds 39.0  pounds

Media Handling

Standard Number of Input Trays 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Standard Input Sheet Capacity 250 100 250 250
Optional Trays Available 0.0   0.0 0.0
Manual Feed Slot 0.0   1.0 1.0
Automatic Duplexer Standard Standard Standard Standard
Media Sizes Accepted Legal|Letter  inches Legal|Letter  inches Legal|Letter  inches Legal|Letter  inches
Paper Handling Support Envelopes|Labels|Photo Paper   Card Stock|Envelopes|Labels Labels
Automatic Document Feeder 1.0 1.0 1.0  
ADF Sheet Capacity   20.0 40.0  

Storage Media

SD card SD Card SD Card|SDHC Card|SDXC Memory Card    
Memory stick   Memory Stick Duo|Memory Stick PRO Duo    

Scanning

Scanner Type Flatbed|Flatbed with ADF Flatbed with ADF Flatbed with ADF  

Platform Support

Printer languages supported HP PCL 5|HP PCL 6|PostScript Level 3 GDI/Host-based GDI/Host-based|HP PCL 6 HP PCL 6|PostScript Emulation

Printer Type

Number of Colors 4.0 4.0 1.0 4.0
Colors Available Cyan|K (Black)|Magenta|Yellow Cyan|K (Black)|Magenta|Yellow K (Black) Cyan|K (Black)|Magenta|Yellow

Vendor Rated Speeds

Monochrome print speed 25.0   ppm 33.0   ppm 29.0   ppm 23.0   ppm
Color print speed 25.0   ppm 27.0   ppm   23.0   ppm

Warranty

Warranty information 1 Year Limited Warranty 2 Year Limited Warranty   1 Year Limited

Requirements

Operating System Compatibility   Mac|Microsoft Windows 7|Microsoft Windows 8|Microsoft Windows Vista|Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 2000|Microsoft Windows 7|Microsoft Windows 8|Microsoft Windows Server 2003|Microsoft Windows Server 2008|Microsoft Windows Vista|Microsoft Windows XP Linux|Mac|Microsoft Windows 7|Microsoft Windows 8|Microsoft Windows Vista|Microsoft Windows XP

Faxing

Fax page memory capacity   200.0    
Maximum Fax Speed   14.4kbps 33.6 Kbps  

Cost Per Page

Monthly Duty Cycle   2500 20000 30,000
Plain Text Page (Highest yield vendor ink)     3.3  cents per page 2.8  cents per page
4-color page (cheapest vendor ink)       3.72  cents per page

Performance

PCWorld Test Center (Quality)

Print quality: Text

  Very Good Superior Superior
Print quality: Color photo

  Good Fair Fair
Scan quality: Text

  Superior    
Scan quality: Color photo

  Fair    
Scan quality: Line art

  Good    
Copy quality

  Very Good    

PCWorld Test Center (Speed)

Print speed: Text

ppm

  7.9 19.3 12.2
Print speed rating: Text

  Good   Good
Print speed: Color photo

ppm

  0.9 5.5 2.9
Print speed rating: Color photo

  Poor   Very Good
Copy speed

ppm

  3.2    
Copy speed rating

  Fair