HP Smart Reviews

The HP smart is a good way to access mobile uses, printer setup settings, and various other useful tools. The software seems to work well. However, the development team seems to have left out a very important function for Apple Mac users that used to be in the old “HP Utility” application before “HP Smart” came around. The printers have a “scan to computer” function where you stand at the printer and load files and press the printers touch screen button to scan the loaded pages directly to a computer. This function can only be turned on to recognize a Mac computer to scan to by turning on the tool under the “HP Utility” scan settings on the computer itself and not through the printers webpage settings. Now that HP Utility is no more and we only have HP Smart this scan to computer setting is missing. There is no longer a way to scan straight from the printer to a Mac. Instead now you have to load the items to scan at the printer and then walk back to the Mac to press the scan button on the HP Smart app and then go back and forth to the printer again to retrieve the hard copy pages. Additionally, I assume an update to the software would be in the works to better support the apple silicon devices. The current version has to run in Rosetta.

I logged in, which all on its own was not the best because multiple times it gave me an error message that was the equivalent of “something went wrong” without any explanation, after struggling with HPSmart for 20min it finally connected at which point the instructions, which are repetitive and clear as mud, were to close the printer door which I did admittedly closed the wrong door and struggled for another 5 minutes. Finally, after going through all that the printer printed the first side of my sheet fine and then proceeded to print some sort of HP tester page on the other side (it held no information by the way) so I reprinted that sheet and moved on to the next which printed the first side fine but for the back side IT PRINTED IN TINY FONT I never figured out why, never changed the settings, never moved anything but the sheets and this happened twice then it printed the sheet right but was missing parts at the bottom so I tried again and yet again it printed in tiny font and then I ended up using 2 sheets of paper which for what ever reason worked and finally finished it up after and hour of struggle (this process started at 9:40 and ended at 11:10). I’ve struggled before with other hp stuff and the customer service are awful and I will NEVER be buying from these people again.

I just want to say that I think all these apps and new features on these printers are just amazing and I think it makes it easy for people like myself who uses my phone more than I use my laptop I have this really cheap laptop that is very slow and I’m kind of likeWhy should I buy an expensive laptop that I’m barely going to use because I have a printer that I barely use and I go through printers yearly no matter how expensive they are because I would have them sit there and the ink dry out and damage the printer so I only use my printer once or twice a yearSo instead of me rushing to the store to spend money for a decent working laptop I use my phone and print from my phone scan from my phone I mean my head just exploded because I was so excited I was able to scan a document that I need to really quickly and email it right away from my phone and I just think that was just amazing and I’m so happy thank you , thank you keep these new features coming

After persevering, seems fantastic!! Need phone help when directions and apps are coming at you from all directions, some scan-a-codes provide nothing ( out of date?? Or just not functioning well during covid? ). Since Tango X printer was on Apple and ordered thru them, I expected grtr ease of setup because Apple has been very good at insisting on that in past, just by nature of Apple carrying product when not an Apple product. Idea of automatically paying monthly for a printer plan and having ink arrive when I’ll be needing it is fantastic. I have no computer just phone and ipad, but so far so good. Why do we even need computers anymore for home use where we don’t do significant qty of printing—I’ll happily go to print/shop store if needed for great quantities. BUT set up definitely needs availability of someone to talk to when difficulty occurs, in part because at some point in my way past I had been HP printer registered owner, also, HP says go them to get app, I went directly to Apple for dwnload before realizing HP’s recommendation, so i was already off course to begin with!

When I start a scan job that is supposed to scan several pages, process them, and then upload them to Dropbox the job never finishes. It just spins on “Processing page x”, where x is the last page. Just keeps spinning. Never quits. I just have to force-kill HPSmart . I’ve had to disable the final upload step and do it manually. It had previously been a really efficient way to process a bunch of multi-page scans. Today the printer/scanner had a real fit. It kept “processing” even after I force-killed it. I’d restart it, still “processing”. It finally lost network connectivity. I tried to get to the web interface to cycle power but the pages took forever to load and then wouldn’t execute correctly. Finally all connectivity disappeared, and the front screen went blank. After several tries I finally was able to get it to shut down. Started it up and tried scanning with manual processing and what I did worked fine. Seems like a race/memory leak or something. Is anyone else now having problems? I just upgraded to iPadOS 14.0.0. Five stars if it would work correctly again.

I used to work in Information Technology back in the 20th century. I used to build exchange and NT servers for IBM when the internet for most was obtained by a screeching modem call.
Oh how times have changed!! I love HPSmart I might just do a scene from “Office Space” on my old laptop because I might not need it anymore! I can batch scan a document from my iPhone. The document to be scanned I put in the document feed tray on my printer. The document feed tray scanned it and then I edited the scan all on my phone. I then had multiple file types to choose. I saved it as a pdf which took hardly any space and I saved to a location of my choice. You pay a bit more for HP printers but “Brother;-)” it works so much better than my last multi-function printer(MFC) which was a lot less than this model.
This scan to phone is new because I was using the scan to email which was a bit hit or miss. This scan to app is 100 times better way to go HP, I am liking the 21 century app! Bravo Zulu to you!

This is the best, most user friendly printing experience I’ve ever had! I love this little machine. Everything is so simplistic. I never have to worry about ink, it actually tells my suppliers when it’s running low and they just send the ink to me in the mail!
I love my beautiful, useful, user friendly all in all printer! I’ve done it all with this one machine! I have faxed, scanned, copied, printed, stored documents, edited and uploaded them to others all on this all and all printer.
I’m not very computer literate but it easily syncs with my phone and laptop. I have gained so much confidence in my office skills, I now want to further my educational experience! Everything is online, now I feel that I can very successfully complete all of my goals!
Thanks so much! Oh yes, last but not least the price is so reasonable. It will pay for itself within the first month! -especially if you like to print your own photos!

This was, hands down, one of the easiest set-up processes I’ve ever encountered. Just follow the cues, let it do its thing, and voilà, this new printer connected itself to my secure Wifi, it visually guides you for everything, it senses if you’ve maybe skipped ahead (or forgot to remove a piece of packing material).

Mine came with six free months of HP+ which is definitely worth trying. I’m eager to see if it truly does anticipate when I’ll need fresh ink so that I don’t run out. I also have no issue with using HP’s own ink for the life of the printer. My last printer, a workhorse HP Officejet, lasted for many years… until I cheaped out one day and put in generic ink. That was the beginning of the end for that printer.

I don’t usually write long reviews like this but this new printer, it’s software, and the promise of years of trouble-free printing, really has me feeling like I made the right decision sticking with HP. Highly recommend.

HPSmart is amazing! Here there are 5 people in my house, and only 1 working computer! As my sister is working on her Spanish project, I have to work on Science Fair, and my brother working on his Heritage project, we’re all fighting for the computer. I need to print out my graphs and photos and data tables, and HPSmart makes it easy for my to do that. HPSmart is very accessible and has many features provided. I will definitely be using HPSmart 24/7! I think HPSmart is only for HP printers (because of HPSmart title), but I don’t think it has to be a color printer. My printer is a color printer so I’m not very sure, but if you have a HP printer, I 100% advise you to get HPSmart! HPSmart is free and you don’t have to pay anything to extra features. I love HPSmart and I’ve LITERALLY had it for not even 5 minutes. I got to resize my photo and in one button press print! HPSmart is phenomenal and it is extremely helpful for those with a single computer and struggles around their home.

I’ve had major issues printing from my iPhone to my HP network printer because it chops off the bottom in the top of images when I print them from my phone and I can’t choose the size or change hardly any parameters, so I’ve stayed frustrated trying to use the print-from-phone feature.. So I downloaded HPSmart in hopes that it would work, and it does! I printed the whole image and the quality is great! But WHY am I limited to printing five? I needed to print 15 copies so I had to do it three times, and it says “stay on the screen until your print job is submitted” but it stays on that screen the whole time. Also, the verify you’re a human was really annoying. And I had to do it three times. Why do I have to set up an account to use your app to print my own printer it’s made by your company? It’s a little weird. Maybe this is not an HP app. I don’t know . I was able to print my image the way I needed to print it so I will continue to use this, but it’s not quite as seamless or user-friendly as I had hoped. But still better than nothing!

Recently got a new modem, which means new network name (SSID). Wow, I didn’t know how many devices I have now that would be impacted by that. Made the change in the vacuum cleaner, it was straightforward. Even the sprinkler controller could do this without a hassle. And the HP printer app? Has never heard of this situation. Looked it up online, LOTS of hits (in other words, lots of people with the same problem), a few suggestions for hacks to erase the settings and start over as if it’s a new printer, none of which worked for me.

The initial setup was clunky, support for making changes after setup is non-existent, I’m basically just going to end up doing any future configuration through the printer’s four-inch touch screen, and HPSmart seems mainly designed to encourage me to use up my toner cartridges so I have to buy more. Why am I giving it two stars instead of one? Well, the original setup was… easy-ish. Not as easy as other similar apps I’ve used, but reasonably straightforward. I’ve loved HP printers for forever, but when it comes to the wi-if connection, they REALLY need to up their game.

I’m not one to write reviews because I don’t care enough but since HPSmart wanted me to write a review so bad here you go. HPSmart/printer is terrible. Every time, not once not twice, EVERY TIME I try to print something with HPSmart it can’t find my printer. Every single time I have to reset the connection on the printer or restart HPSmart on my phone because for some odd reason HPSmart can’t find the flipping printer ever. If this only would happen occasionally that would be a different story but no this happens every time. It’s my grandparents printer so every time they need something printed I need to do it because there’s no way they could figure it out. HPSmart is supposed to be easy, which it is, only if it could actually find the printer the first time. They need to update HPSmart so that it works with the printer most of the times (note I didn’t say always just most of the times please) instead of me having to screw with this printer every time they need something printed. Hint: I only said the word screw because I’m sure Apple wouldn’t like the f word. Do better developers!!

I thought HP had abandoned its LOYAL customers when it discontinued the HPeprint application. While shopping today, I met an HP Rep who explained that I could continue to remote print using this new App! I can't tell you how relieved I was to learn how easy it was to setup remote printing again. I had set up a printer at grandma's house. She does not have a local computer to serve as a print server. I thought I had lost the ability to send her photos of her grandchild. This is a really big deal for so many HP customers. While the functionality is not identical, people who place printers on remote networks can with little effort continue to remotely print HURRAY!! For customers who swore to never purchase another HP product, you like I can feel better about HP. As for HP, always do your best to continue to support legacy products you have sold to your loyal customers. We buy printers for many decades.

Thank you from the bottom (ventricles) of my heart.

Matthew

HPSmart DOES NOT WORK, nor it is required in order to use HP wireless printer. I finally figured it out. I was trying to set up my new hp printer and followed instructions that came with it. Second step was to download HPSmart than everything else would be set up from HPSmart . After connecting my printer to my WiFi next step would be to set up printer in HPSmart . It would not work. It kept popping a window saying No network connection, try again. EVERY SINGLE TIME. I finally contacted customer support, which halos was useless. They wouldn’t know what the problem was either and couldn’t help me. Finally after a couple of hours of frustration and almost decided to return the printer I decided to just try printing something from my phone. iPhone had an option to print from every photo, document and everything. I started printing everything from my phone, pictures, emails etc just to make sure it works and it did!!!! I don’t need to use this useless app at all. As long as my phone and printer connected to the same WiFi, it prints just fine. I deleted this “smart” app. Can’t believe I was blaming my printer!!!

For some ridiculous reason usb printing is now 100 times harder to use then wireless, literally doesn’t make any sense. Attempted to setup a m29w on Mac, I installed Hp easy, which actually recognizes the printer through usb which is great! But the hp easy program then gets locked in a screen requiring you to get hp smart app to finish setting up your printer. That’s also ridiculous because I just installed a program thinking it would setup my printer but all it does is redirect you to another app that sets your printer up. Why not remove the fricken hp easy program then!? Especially because it’s listed on HP’s website as the program you NEED to use to setup your printer on Mac.
Then in setting up a new printer in hp smart it just doesn’t recognize the printer through usb, I sat here for an hour watching the spinning circle while it tried to recognize the device. Meanwhile the hp easy easily recognized the printer instantly and even in printers and scanner setting on the Mac the printer shows up as plugged in through usb. My only problem is HP is REQUIRING the use of hp smart app basically and it doesn’t even work as good as hp easy?

I’ve been wasting my time and energy getting very frustrated while being stuck home very ill with my second bought with Lyme in less than 15 months and thought I’d give this mobile fax a try. Big mistake since stress makes Lyme so much worse and I am disappointed that I had to just give up. I have an IPhone XS Max and plenty of options like acrobat and Adobe to condense files into whatever PDF or dox is needed for faxing but nothing is working for the “so called easy to use fax” option and it has a mind of its own and just picks out a screenshot that I have no interest in faxing anymore and I have been dealing with severe symptoms for over two weeks now. I have no more time to play games with this shoddy fax system. In the past I never had problems with all the other options they provide but faxing using your Apple phone is futile. Perhaps someone would be so kind to guide me through the process since I’m in a difficult position. I would appreciate it more than you could understand.
Thank you

I enjoy using my hp printer, scanner and copier. Everything is literally at the palms of your hands. I mainly use it from my mobile app, instead from a laptop or desktop. To avoid going through all the steps of starting up a laptop or desktop. The only reason I gave it 4 stars, because I really don’t care for the company charging for papers that’s printed. I can go to the library to print papers because it’s the same amount of .10 per page when ordering HP’s ink refill service. I have to pay for my own paper and pay for my documents to be printed after paying for the printer. The only reason I might still use the service because I’m always forgetting to buy ink when it’s needed during the middle of the night. HP sends ink to your mailbox automatically when ink is getting low in the printer.
Do some better about the price of paper being printed!!!

HPSmart was functional on the iPhone 7 I had. The only issue was I wish I could print directly from gmail attachments but I have to pull everything into google drive to print. If there’s a way to print through gmail and I missed it...then I think it should be easier to figure out how to print from gmail so that’s still an issue to me.

Beyond this though, I am now on an iPhone 12 and HPSmart is basically useless. It’s connected to the printer but every time I try to print I get an error message telling me there’s something wrong with my internet connection. This is the only thing on my phone where I have trouble with the “internet” so I’m positive it’s not my internet connection. I switched back to my iPhone 7 to try it out and was able to print just fine.

The support experience through HPSmart is terrible, so that’s why I’m writing a review here. If whatever bug with HPSmart on iPhone 12 is resolved, I’ll adjust my review but for now HPSmart is totally useless to me and I can’t print anything.

I’ve had all sorts of printers, single printers, multi function monster of Printers and now I have an HP Officejet 5200 all in one. When I bought this I downloaded HPSmart and thought ok now what? I usually just print from my computer or scan from the printer. I never had an app where I can print scan fax or create things from an app right on my phone. Everyone In Our house uses HPSmart for school, work and personal business. I think my fav feature is the ability to scan from my phone multiple pages just by taking a picture of the pages. Then I can email, text, fax save all from my phone! It comes out like I ran it through the printer directly. HPSmart is easy to use! I also signed up for the instant ink program right from HPSmart which is a really great deal, and it is all managed from HPSmart . Never run out of ink again!

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Hi, I am a self-employed Tattoo Artist. I have tried several brands of printers along with the apps that come with them. I have an iphone 6s plus. I just recently purchased the HP Envy 4512 for quick use while out of town. This is my first hp printer in about 10 years. Epson printer app works great for my use, well at least i have gotten use to its minimal customization. I was blown away when i tested the direct mobile-to-printer capability because i wanted to print something really small to not waste ink. I could literally manually rotate and resize the image to my specification. I am absolutely so satisfied. Wow. I always wondered why these companies make an app for the products and you cant hardly do nothing on it. Technology is how we live now days and I'm so excited about HPSmart. This is my first time doing a real review but i had to take the time out of day to let others know. Super excited!!!!!

If you need a reliable printer that is business critical, return the hp while you can. Cute for home or casual college use but if you need it to be reliable for critical tasks, do not risk this product line.

HPSmart should clearly be called hpStupid, not this app. I laugh at that welcome screen. I had just enough time to scan one very important, business critical document before work that was 15 pages long. Not too complicated of a task. So I scanned it with just seconds to spare before my ride to work. I first tapped share and save 15 images to phone so they would be safe.

POOF. ALL GONE. HPSmart went back to the main menu and my document was GONE. Well, at least it saved pictures of my .pdf to my photos so it's SOMEWHERE, that's why I clicked that option first below saving it to a.pdf. NOPE! It randomly threw the first three introductory pages in there that I DIDN'T need as much, but the important stuff: DEFINITELY NOT THERE. GONE. No time to rescan it all now, I'm at work without it using their epsom printer to get the job done right and on my lunch break I'll be shopping for a new epsom printer and tonight I'll be returning that crappy hp system.

I find HPSmart to be quite useful as it gives me a variety of options of printing from my phone. One feature I just took advantage of was the ability to link to Google Drive. This is useful to me because my school uses Google drive heavily, and my school laptop only prints on school network printers. HPSmart allows me to access my drive and print at home through my phone. My only complaint with HPSmart is that when I am on the preview to print a document, it takes awhile for it to be ready to print as if it’s not connected. In a minute or two it will give me the option to print as its ready. This could be reasons other than HPSmart though, as I have an older HP printer, and my home network can also factor in. If you have an HP printer, I definitely recommend trying HPSmart. I don’t regret it.

I am very disappointed with the ink program. Upon starting I received two large cartridges. I didn’t print out ten pages when the color cartridge would not work. I kept getting an error message and though I would be contacted by HP. Then a week later my son needed something printed out for school. I would up going to the store and purchasing an ink cartridge so he could do his assignment. My credit card I used for the ink program expired about the same time and I did not respond to the emails they sent me regarding payment due and found out quickly that they take over your printer and you cannot use it until you are paid up. So all in all I’m paying them even though the cartridge they sent me was very short lived. I guess I’ll have to call them up and find out when I can get out of this program without them shutting down my printer.
This program is nothing like I expected and in the long run I am paying much more than if I had just purchased cartridges from a local store.

The setup was a bit of a pain and at times confusing in regards to the wifi requirements. I realize that it could’ve been entirely due to me, but keeping that in mind I do think HPSmart ’s user interface should be considered despite experience level. I am no expert, but also not a novice. That’s my very minor complaint and it doesn’t affect its rating so far. It’s been great for remotely scanning documents from the printer to my phone, printing, and even allows for some readjustment for size. That’s been a great feature when I’ve used it for art projects. I would love to see more customization for sizing, positioning, and preview, but I haven’t fully toyed with HPSmart yet and it may be there. If not, that would be a request and still doesn’t take away from the 5 stars.

I have a 2year old $400 HP Color Laserjet Pro MFP M277dw that suffered a hardware failure (nothing that I did) and now the display screen is blank. I spoke with HP customer service who diagnosed this problem and said that there was nothing they could do and I’d have to buy a new machine. WHAT?! They only warranty their products for 1 year and the extra coverage that I had purchased through Staples expired just days before this happened. NOT HAPPY... I had a $400 machine that was essentially a paper weight. With HPSmart, I have regained some control of my machine since I can no longer use the touchscreen on the actual printer. (Btw, HP did not suggest HPSmart as an alternative control, I found HPSmart by talking to a friend.) I have given only 4stars, because although HPSmart works great, I’m disappointed in HP and their product and HPSmart does not control ALL of the functions of my All-in-one.

I have been looking for an app that scans and emails, straightens out scans, etc. After reading reviews, downloading a few and trying them, and so on, which by the way, was disappointing because most of them have subscriptions. I will not pay for any subscriptions for a scanning app. If I found one that was good enough I wouldn’t have minded paying for HPSmart but not a subscription. However, Apple does not allow you try apps like I was able to with a past phone I owned. I have an HP printer and when this one popped up while I was doing another search I was pleasantly surprised after downloading it and giving it a try. If you have an HP printer give this a shot. I don’t believe you will be disappointed.

HP has gone down hill. I spend a ton of cash buying their brand computers & all in one printers & they NEVER hold up anymore. Computer was bought brand new at same time & recently the hard drive failed. & it barely got used. This printer is crap & HPSmart isn’t any better. Why can I not print multiple pics on one page?! Back in the day they had that feature. I will NEVER buy anything HP brand from here on out! this printer has too many issues & it’s not but a few years old. Nothing they make is made to last; like it was in the past. I have always been a huge #1 fan, not anymore. HP was the only brand I’ve ever bought. That ends now! & ink should never be as expensive as HP demands. For now on out; if companies want my business they will have to earn it by making quality products & I will never buy anything else with such a short warranty. If you believe in your products then you will stand behind them.

I needed to scan and email some documents and HPSmart was nearly perfect in helping me succeed however I made the error of adding too many documents to one pdf. You would think a simple fix would be found within HPSmart , however, once you scan a document and save a file as a pdf you can not separate the images. They are saved as one slide show and you would have to go back and rescan each item and save each item as a downsized image that way. If one could simply edit the saved pdf after within HPSmart after a save, I would rate this 5 stars but it inconvenienced me snd caused me to have to use an external source to achieve my goal. Emailers be mindful and check your Pdf sizes before considering yourself safe to save all those scanned documents and go about your business with this easy to use and confuse app.

Clearly, they make their money by selling ink, so they want the printer connected to every device, web service and potential user imaginable. That capability is great, but if you unknowingly check a box that gives them the right, you’ll come into your room/office (like I did) to find a PRINTED notice that my FIRMWARE had received and installed an update while I was away. You HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS! You have access to my phone AND Mac apps, but I need a color page with about 300 words telling me that a firmware update occurred? Well OF COURSE THEY THINK I DO... just waste away my ink AND paper notifying me of something that 52 million other apps/devices/operating systems do JUST FINE WITHOUT USING PAPER AND INK!

Ugh. So now I’ve shut off virtually EVERY ASPECT of this printer’s connectivity, because I STILL don’t feel comfortable that I actually know where or what I checked giving them the right to print things on my printer while I’m not even there... OR AM THERE and have the misfortune of leaving paper in the machine!

I finally figured out how to resize photos with the updated version of the hp smart app on my i phone. The hp community wasn’t able to help but after many attempts I accidentally got it to resize. You click on the blue square that says print. The select your photo and click print. Then click the tiny arrow in the upper left corner of your photo. If you don’t see the arrow, click the upset left corner of the photo anyway. At the bottom of your screen, click the icon labeled manual. That will allow you to resize the photo with your fingers. So glad to find this feature did not disappear with the update. It was just difficult to find. Great app and I use it all the time!

It works but initial printer setup was painful and slow. App menus pretended to go to another menu but sat on existing menu with title changed. Rebooted printer and app and things worked better. No back option when going to send a link to someone else. Option to change auto off timing but is preset? Still shows greyed drop down.

This is somewhat outside of HPSmart but when ordering ink HPSmart opens a browser. It does automatically send the printer model but the site doesn’t actually show ink for your printer. It seems to try and then gives up, showing the generic options like you didn’t search at all.

For our printer if it auto shuts off there is no printing to it until someone gets up and turns it on again. Probably more a printer feature issue but app could have wake up in it. PCs have had the option for over 2 decades.

I wanted to print something but did not have my laptop handy. On a whim, I searched for an app that would allow me to print directly from my phone to my HP D110 series printer. HPSmart was incredibly easy to set up. A couple of clicks, and it had automatically detected my printer. I love that it displays estimated ink levels. Honestly, the longest part of the process was finding the document I wanted to print from my gmail inbox, and that is just down to my own search speed.

I've only used HPSmart to do one thing, but it did that one thing quickly and with absolutely no fuss. If my other experiences using HPSmart are like this one, a five star rating will be well deserved. Well done, HP devs!

The convenience of being able to wirelessly connect all my devices to the printer via the HP Smart app is amazing. And even better, HPSmart allows me to do so much more. I really like the possibilities it offers even though I haven’t had the opportunity to explore most of the other features as yet. One thing that struck me as odd, however, about the print feature is that when I sent a print job from my iPad instead of my laptop computer, the font was increased turning a one-page document into a two-page print job. I printed the same document again from my laptop computer to see if the same issue would occur but the document printed just fine that time . I didn’t test the print quality from my phone but I wonder if the issue impacts all non-computer-initiated print jobs.