HP 870 Ink
Deskjet 870 Ink Cartridges

HP 870 Printer Review

There are plenty of people out looking for a new printer for their home or work space. College kids all over the world are in search of a reliable machine that will provide solid prints and not empty their limited bank accounts. Enter the HP Deskjet 870. This inkjet dream will provide quality text and graphics and do so in a timely manner. It is said to last for roughly 60,000 pages printed, which for standard users will be enough to last a decade, if not more.

Quality prints start with good printer ink. The HP 870 ink is new and improved from previous models. It now dries much faster to avoid running or smudging, and it is more fade-resistant so prints can last a lifetime. There are only two Deskjet 870 ink cartridges in this unit, one black and the other tricolor. The tricolor tank consists of cyan, yellow and magenta printer ink.

When the black HP 870 ink is exclusively in use, up to 8 pages per minute can be printed. This ink is also capable of reaching a resolution of 600x600 dpi and yielding 830 pages per tank. The color Deskjet 870 ink maxes out at a resolution of 600x300 dpi, yields 460 prints per tank and produces 4 pages per minute. For a home or small office, these speeds and high quality will be perfect.

This unit can make things happen for various occasions. Whether it requires labels, envelopes, transparencies, greeting cards, photos or plain paper, the 870 can print on it. It provides a status message to let the user now how far along the print job is, and it has a spooling queue so the user can continue working while printing. It has 5 MB of memory and networking capabilities. Add these features to the high quality HP 870 ink, and this inkjet printer is a powerhouse.