When you think of office printing, it’s hard not to think of HP. It’s a safe bet that any person or company who has ever owned a printer, has probably owned an HP.
[amazon_my_favorites design=”2″ width=”250″ title=”HP PhotoSmart eStation C510a” market_place=”US” ASIN=”B003YT6RMY” color_theme=”Orange” columns=”1″ rows=”1″ outer_background_color=”” inner_background_color=”” background_color=”” border_color=”” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” linked_text_color=”” body_text_color=”” shuffle_products=”True” show_image=”True” show_price=”True” show_rating=”True” rounded_corners=”False”/]Over the course of the last couple of years, HP has sought to really innovate what a printer looks like and the way we use them. Take their latest [amazon_link id=”B003YT6RMY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Photosmart eStation C510a[/amazon_link]. This baby is a fast color inkjet multi-function device with a unique difference. HP calls this “difference” the Zeen, a removable touchscreen control panel running the Android 2.1 operating system and offering tablet-PC-like functionality, including Web browsing. It even acts as detachable eReader.
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Cost: $249.99-$399.99
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No one can argue that tablets are probably the best selling consumer electronics product this year. Marrying a printer with a tablet is an interesting idea to say the least, but if you’re willing to spend a little more on your inkjet, you do get a pretty nice little ancillary Android device that allows you to do some limited, but fun functions.
The 7-inch Zeen looks and works great as the C510a control panel. Its color touchscreen is gorgeous, and it accepts “taps” and “swipes” for navigating and performing key printing functions. When the Zeen is undocked, you still are able to control the Photosmart eStation, or you can print from an SD card loaded in the top-mounted slot, as well as print Web pages.
The C510a has a 125-sheet input tray with an integrated 20-sheet photo tray, as well as a 50-page output area on top of the input tray’s cover. Automatic duplexing of documents is standard, and you get a lot of scanning options including scan directly to a memory card and scanning to a PC.
The Photosmart eStation can print b/w at around 8.3 pages-per-minute, and color at 3.8 pages-per-minute. Print-quality-wise, the Photosmart eStation is a winner, as you would expect from most HP products. Documents come out crisp, sharp and full of color and contrast.
The Photosmart eStation c510a with Zeen tablet is not just a unique idea, but a very versatile one. The [amazon_link id=”B003YT6RMY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Photosmart eStation C510a[/amazon_link] works great as a printer, and pretty decently as a tablet as well. Expect to pay between $250 and $400 for the C510a, depending on where you buy it.
Check out the video on the HP Photosmart eStation All-in-One C510a….
http://youtu.be/hpB4TDQsk-o
