There are three levels: Occasional Printing (up to 50 pages per month, for $2.99 a month), Moderate Printing (up to 100 pages per month, at $4.99 per month), and Frequent Printing (up to 300 pages per month, at $9.99 per month). According to HP, by enrolling in one of HP's Instant Ink subscription programs, you can save up to 50 percent on ink costs. If you were to buy HP's highest-capacity cartridges individually, running costs would come to a relatively high 8.7 cents per monochrome page and 19 cents per color page. There was some loss of detail in bright areas in one print, and our monochrome image had a slight tint. Most of our test prints were at least as good as what we would expect from drugstore prints, and a couple of prints were better. It's okay for printing your own graphics, but not really suitable for printing documents such as PowerPoint handouts meant for distribution to others.Īs the 3755 is designed primarily for photo printing, and photos are one of HP's fortes, it is not surprising that it has above-average photo quality, despite the fact that it has only two ink tanks-one for black, and one for cyan, magenta, and yellow-while most printers have separate tanks for each color. With graphics, we noticed moderate banding, a regular pattern of faint striations, in some illustrations, and some backgrounds seemed a bit blotchy, suffering from uneven distribution of ink. As long as you stick to commonly used fonts, you should be fine. For the four standard fonts in our test suite, it was better than usual for an inkjet, while it had problems with with the three more exotic fonts in the suite. Good For Photosīased on our testing, overall text quality is average for an inkjet, with average text quality, sub-par graphics, and above-par photo quality. The Brother MFC-J6535DW ($829.00 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window), for instance, averaged 1 minute, 25 seconds per print.
(We timed the Epson Expression Premium XP-640 Small-in-One Printer, the closest comparable printer, at 3.2ppm for the full suite, although in printing out our Word test document it was a relative speedster at 9.5ppm.) The 3755's photo-printing speed (averaging 46 seconds per print) is also slow, but not the slowest for an inkjet that we have tested. Both for printing out our Word test document (4.3 pages per minute, or ppm) and our full business suite (1.4ppm), the 3755 turned in the slowest timings of any printer we have tested using our current test suite. We didn't expect rapid speed from the 3755, and we did not get it. It works well with the HP Smart mobile app. The 3755 is Apple AirPrint and HP ePrint compatible. It also supports direct, peer-to-peer connection with a compatible computer or mobile device via Wireless Direct. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Epson Expression Premium XP-640 Small-in-One Printer ReviewĬonnectivity is via USB or 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. Our test unit is Electric Blue other colors available in North America include Sea Grass, Dragonfly Blue, Sporty Purple, Cardinal Red, Stone, and Poppy Pink. The 3755 is available in seven colors, each a two-tone mix combined with white. This compares favorably with the Epson Expression Home XP-430 Small-in-One ($379.99 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window), which measures 5.4 by 15.4 by 11.8 inches-more than 4 inches deeper than the 3755. The 3755 measures 5.6 by 15.9 by 7 inches (HWD) when closed, 10.4 by 15.9 by 17.8 inches with trays extended, and weighs a lightweight 5.1 pounds. The 3755's slow speed and sparse feature set limit it to light-duty use, but it should do well in its intended role.
Unlike the business-oriented HP OfficeJet 250 Mobile All-in-One Printer, our Editors' Choice portable AIO, the 3755 is geared toward consumers, particularly millennials, looking to print out photos from mobile devices.
It certainly is small, and uniquely styled. HP touts its Deskjet 3755 All-in-One Printer ($69.99) as the world's smallest home all-in-one (AIO) printer.