Review on Highly Efficient HP DeskJet 2722: All-in-One Wireless Color Inkjet Printer by Luca Washington

I've been in IT for almost two decades and have installed and disassembled hundreds of HP printers, so I know the brand well. HP printers are good in the low-to-mid range, not above average and not under $100. There is such a thing as buying too cheap and when you buy HP deals under $100 you are doing just that. This printer has lasted less than 2 months in our family (end of next week - 2 months). . Setup was tricky, HP requires the use of the HP Smart app for anything more complex than a wired USB connection, and the HP Smart app borders on garbage programming in action. Once the printer was installed and set up, we let it run at a few pages a week for about six weeks before it had a rather annoying bug: it didn't properly recognize the page size of the paper we were trying to print through. What's even more annoying is that you can't manually force the printer to accept one paper size or another - you set "small, medium, large" paper sizes on the printer, and built-in sensors determine which one it thinks you've loaded . Once the printer makes sure you loaded medium-sized paper, that's exactly what you get. I couldn't find any physical issues with the paper sensors or paper guides, so either the paper sensor was broken or the printer had a software bug. In any case, for an $80 machine, the troubleshooting effort quickly exceeded the net worth of the printer. Lesson Learned: When you buy HP, make sure you're not buying the HP floor. The previous two HP printers I've bought have lasted over 4 years each and I've had a small HP Laserjet that has lasted over 10 years.