Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
Chris Moody photo
1 Level
1368 Review
33 Karma

Review on πŸ–¨οΈ HPRT MT800 Portable A4 Thermal Printer - Outdoor Printing for Home Office, Travel, Students, and Cars - Supports 216mm Width A4 Paper - Ideal for Mobile Offices by Chris Moody

Revainrating 3 out of 5

It works but with some significant limitations

I was a bit hesitant to buy it but I needed a very small mobile printer. It was a good decision. A few important facts: 1. It works on my Android2 phone. Works on my iPad (miracle of miracles)3. requires standard printer paper US 8 1/2 "X 11" (also A4 size). It took a while for everything to work. I had to download their printing app, one for my phone and one for my Apple iPad. This worked fine, but it was a bit of fiddling to connect the printer to my systems. Another peculiar feature of the printer is that when you want to print a document, you don't have to do it from within the document. You do this through the MT800 printer application. You have to locate your document in the printer app, and that also made me a bit fiddly to get it done successfully. The information I found on the Revain webpage for the printer has led me to believe that the printer may not yet be able to print from my iPad. Well it can - and it's good. Which is REALLY a plus for me. This printer solves my problem of having to print a document from any desktop printer. I was surprised at how well it works, how good it is and the quality. to press. Another surprise for me was how hard it was. It looks like a brick (but it actually weighs about half a brick). The printer has one major disadvantage. You cannot print from a file that you need to print. You need to go to the printer app and then find the file you want to print from the app. Sometimes that's not possible, at least for me. The ability to browse for a file within the application is EXTREMELY limited and useless. So if I can't find the right file, the printer is useless. Another problem is that you have to ask for the code every time you start the application. This is a big pain. If HPRT could fix this application so you can print from a file it would be much more useful.

Pros
  • POS (Point of Sale) Equipment
Cons
  • Only available in black