The differences are mainly down to variations in preparation times from run to run. With very similar print engines in both printers, the performance results from this one are very similar to those from the Photosmart Premium eAll-in-One. It’s a very frustrating experience and not helped by Yahoo! – which is used for news and weather functions – claiming its not connected to a network, when the Android browser, Facebook and ePrint apps all suggest otherwise by working fine. With insufficient sensitivity to touches and a slow response, you’re never sure whether the Zeen has failed to register a tap or is just thinking long and hard before acting. Four of five presses were sometimes needed to get a response. Under test, we could often wait over a second for a confirmatory ‘click’ when pressing a touch button and the same again before any action was taken. The Zeen tablet, based on the Android 2.1 operating system should be very useful around the house as an eReader and Internet pad, but is hopelessly unresponsive. The biggest problem with the Photosmart eStation C510 should be its biggest asset. In fact, we strongly suspect both models use the same print engine and with very similar feature sets other than the Zeen, you’re effectively paying £240 for the upgrade from touch panel to tablet. The five ink cartridges, including both pigmented black and dye-based photo black, clip into the pre-fitted head, as on several other recent HP launches, including the Photosmart Premium eAll-in-One. The machine has drivers for both Windows and OS X and comes with support software for both platforms. Wireless setup is pretty straightforward and you can use the touch keyboard on the Zeen to enter your WPA pass code. The Photosmart eStation C510 has a USB socket at the rear, but no Ethernet capability as an alternative to its wireless connection. The power supply, even on this very high-end machine, is still a separate power block, free to kick around under the desk. The flatbed scanner uses a Contact Image Sensor (CIS) with no Automatic Document Feeder and the duplexer is a clip-on bulge at the back. There’s not even a PictBridge socket as a catchall for cameras using other card formats. The only memory card connection is a single SD slot set into the top edge of the Zeen, so printing photos from cameras is more awkward than on some other models. The twin paper trays layout, with a 125-sheet plain paper tray fitted below an automated photo paper tray, which can take up to 20 sheets, is conventional enough. The rest of the machine has a straightforward design, though unusual styling. It slips into a holder at the top-left of the machine’s front panel and connects wirelessly with your router, so can be used away from the printer, in addition to being its control panel. In an attempt to repeat the step-change, it first introduced the Internet-aware ePrint facility and has taken the idea further with the Photosmart eStation C510.Īs the touch screens on high-end HP all-in-ones have been getting bigger, perhaps it’s a natural progression to reach the stage where the one on this machine is removable as a separate mini-tablet, which HP calls the Zeen. HP used to use the slogan ‘HP Invent’ and over the years the company has come out with a number of innovative printing tools including, arguably, the first all-in-ones.
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