The HP Smart Tank 7602 is an all-in-one inkjet printer with refillable tanks that use HP 32 XL black ink and HP 31 color ink. It features a three-inch touchscreen display that HP advertises as a "Magic Touch Panel," ADF and flatbed scanners, and fax and copy capabilities. Its connectivity options include USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and Ethernet, and it also supports Apple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service, and HP's Smart App.
Our Verdict
The HP Smart Tank 7602 is great as a family printer. It offers an outstanding cost per print and a wide range of connectivity options that make it accessible to every family member. Black and color documents print with impressive clarity and details. Scan quality is exceptional on this printer, although it lacks duplex scanning. This printer struggles with color accuracy and has a narrow color gamut, so colors generally appear muted, and fine details get lost in color images.
- Very low cost-per-print.
- Solid and well-built.
- High-page yield for black and color prints.
- Easy to fill ink tanks.
- Wide range of connectivity options make printer easy to access.
- Lacks duplex scanning.
- Color accuracy is sub-par.
- Photos may curl from uneven black and color ink application.
The HP Smart Tank 7602 is a great printer for a small or home office. It offers a fantastic cost per print, and its refillable tanks have a high page yield in black and color prints. Refilling the tanks is easy, and this printer has many maintenance features. Scan quality is excellent, although the ADF scanner isn't capable of duplex scanning. Black and white, as well as color documents, look sharp. Printing speeds could be better, particularly in an office setting.
- Very low cost-per-print.
- Solid and well-built.
- High-page yield for black and color prints.
- Easy to fill ink tanks.
- Wide range of connectivity options make printer easy to access.
- Lacks duplex scanning.
- Slow printing speeds for black and color documents.
The HP Smart Tank 7602 is an excellent printer for students. It offers exceptional value with a very low cost-per-print and a high yield of pages before needing to refill its tanks. This printer has a wide range of connectivity options, making it easy and convenient to use. It produces detailed black and color documents. Scans are crisp, with lots of fine details, and you can use OCR scanning to create searchable PDFs. However, the scanner doesn't have extendable lid hinges, so scanning larger items like textbooks may be difficult.
- Very low cost-per-print.
- Solid and well-built.
- High-page yield for black and color prints.
- Easy to fill ink tanks.
- Wide range of connectivity options make printer easy to access.
- Slow printing speeds for black and color documents.
- No expandable hinges for scanning larger items.
Black and white printing is good on the HP Smart Tank 7602. Black documents look great, as there's a good contrast between lighter and darker elements, and text appears clear. This printer can yield a high number of pages before having to refill its black ink, making for an excellent cost per print. The printing speed of black-only documents is quite slow.
- Very low cost-per-print.
- High-page yield for black documents.
- Good contrast between lighter and darker elements.
- Slow printing speed of black documents.
The HP Smart Tank 7602 is good at printing color photos. It reproduces small details in photos, and you can print a wide range of photo sizes. The cost per print for photos is fantastic, as you can print many photos before refilling the ink. However, the color accuracy and color gamut are middling. As a result, photos look washed out, and skin tones appear unnatural.
- Very low cost-per-print.
- High-page yield for black and color prints.
- Small details look great in photos.
- Color accuracy is sub-par.
- Photos may curl from uneven black and color ink application.
- Poor color gamut results in loss of photo detail.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the HP Smart Tank 7602, and you can see its label here. It's a part of the HP Smart Tank 7600 series. There are a few regional variants of this printer; the features and performance are identical, but there are some cosmetic differences.
| Model | Region of Sale | Color |
|---|---|---|
| HP Smart Tank 7601 | EU | Basalt Gray |
| HP Smart Tank 7602 | North America | Dark Surf Blue |
| HP Smart Tank 7605 | UK/EU | Basalt Gray |
| HP Smart Tank 7606 | UK/EU | Dark Surf Blue |
Popular Printer Comparisons
The HP Smart Tank 7602 is an inkjet printer with a supertank. It has a huge page yield and offers good overall printing and scan quality compared to its peers. However, the limited color gamut and poor color accuracy make this a disappointing model for printing photos and limit its use as a true all-in-one device.
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The HP Smart Tank 7602 and HP Smart Tank 7301 are similar products. While the housing and specs are almost identical, there are some differences in performance and features. The 7602 features fax capabilities, a much better display, and improved scan quality. By contrast, the 7301 is better at printing photos and documents with a lot of black ink, as the 7602 saturates pages with black ink, causing them to curl.
Despite both targeting small and home office use, the Brother MFC-L2750DW and HP Smart Tank 7602 are very different printers. The Brother is an all-in-one monochrome laser printer, so it's the ideal choice if you only need to print in black and white. It pushes up to 36 pages per minute, and its ADF-equipped scanner can perform single-pass duplex scanning at up to 7 pages per minute, so you won't have to manually flip pages as you scan long, double-sided documents. By contrast, get the HP if you need to print in color. It's an all-in-one supertank inkjet printer that yields many more pages before needing a refill; however, it prints much slower at 12 black and six color pages per minute, and its scanner can't duplex scan.
The HP Smart Tank 7602 and Epson EcoTank ET-3850 are both all-in-one super tank printers that perform similarly. The HP offers better build quality and a touchscreen display, whereas the Epson uses physical buttons. Both printers have a wide range of connectivity options, but only the 7602 allows you to print directly from USB flash drives. While both printers offer a fantastic cost per print, the 7620 yields almost double the color pages, and the 3850 yields a third more black pages before needing a refill. Both printers suffer from poor color accuracy, however, but the Epson has more saturated colors making for very pleasant photos.
The HP Smart Tank 7602 and Epson EcoTank ET-4850 are all-in-one supertank printers with similar overall performance. Both offer exceptional cost per print; the 4850 yields a lot more black pages, while the 7620 yields far greater color pages. While neither printer has great color accuracy, photos look significantly better on the Epson due to its superior color gamut. The 7602 allows you to print directly from USB flash drives, offering a convenience that the 4850 lacks.
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