Hewlett Packard OfficeJet 720 Multifunction Device

by HP

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Product Manual [913kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 18 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JGPQ
• Item model number: Officejet 720
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Part of Hewlett-Packard's All-in-One family, the OfficeJet 720 offers a printer, fax machine, personal copier, and scanner in one well-built piece of hardware. A nice combination of PC and stand-alone features make this a wise choice for small businesses.

Even with all trays extended, the OfficeJet 720 is small and lightweight. In the rear of the unit is a 150-sheet input tray with a 20-sheet input tray for scanning, faxing, and copying. Both trays feature adjustable paper guides to accommodate narrow stock and a convenient slot for single-envelope printing. The output tray in the front accepts up to 50 pages.

We set up the OfficeJet 720 in about 15 minutes, plugging in the phone line, the parallel cable, and the included black and tricolor ink cartridges without a hitch. The OfficeJet 720 accepts an optional photo cartridge (which replaces the black cartridge) for high-quality photographic prints. We especially liked this model's intuitive control panel, which features traditional numeric keys, a two-line LCD display, and well-marked Copy, Start, and Stop buttons. Our text documents printed at about 2 pages per minute (ppm) in Normal mode and 3.15 ppm in EconoFast draft mode.

One of the nicest of the OfficeJet 720's features is its capability to fax and copy documents without being attached to your PC. We were able to fax and make up to 99 copies of black-text documents. The OfficeJet 720 can buffer up to 65 fax pages, and you can program it with 100 speed-dial numbers.

The OfficeJet 720 comes with Adobe PhotoDeluxe Business Edition for easy image editing and KMT Software's Office in Color--a set of Microsoft Office templates. These business applications round out this fine multifunction device.

Pros:

• Affordable 4-function operation
• User-friendly control panel
• Copies and faxes without being attached to your PC

Cons:

• Output quality is moderate
• Modest print speed

Product Description

Printer, Fax, Copier, Scanner All-in-one machine

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

86 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a great printer., September 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hewlett Packard OfficeJet 720 Multifunction Device (Office Product)

The printer is a gem. Slow in relation to the old workhorse (which I hated to retire) the HP III, but on-the-whole, no slower than most other color printers.

The only real problem I have had is that there was no User's Guide with the machine. Finding one has proven difficult. It is not on the install CD, and I am waiting for an answer to an e-mail note to the vendor.

One document included in those that arrived with the printer speaks of an HP Photo Cartridge and Print Cartridge Storage container, but even the HP website does not recognize the part number.

Aside from what I believe is inadequate documentation, if you are trying to get rid of all those clunky, large, old, single function machines, this is clearly the way to go. Less space and greater functionality are implied in the description. This is a multi-function device that works.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten years old and still going strong!, May 21, 2008

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M. A. Ramos (Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewlett Packard OfficeJet 720 Multifunction Device (Office Product)

I think that this printer is great. I bought it in early January of 1999 and it is still going strong. It is not the fasting at printing that I have seen. But it is an Ink Jet and prints 5 black and white pages per minute and 2 color pages per minute. I now mostly print letters and postage or use it as a copy machine. Plus it works great as a fax machine, scanner and a copy machine.

When you want to print photos, just use the photo paper and install the HP Photo Cartridge. The OfficeJet knows what cartridges are installed. It also lets you know when you are running low on ink, will clean itself and can be controlled either from the OfficeJet control panel or your computer. I have it working on my home network running off Windows XP. XP seems to handle the OfficeJet all right but loads the drivers as an after thought. But it works great. I'll keep using it until it breaks.

1.0 out of 5 stars More of a troublemaker than any help, July 15, 2005

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Steven Bender (Lubbock, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard OfficeJet 720 Multifunction Device (Office Product)

This printer barely gets XP support thanks to Microsoft and HP for not putting verifiable drivers. Another thing is this printer either doesn't take in paper even when you put it or it pulls in too many at a time causing more frequent paper jams. HP should be shot for giving us shoddy products !