HP Officejet 150 Mobile Pro Reviews

A smart inkjet MFP that lets you manage your paperwork on the move, with great results

The OfficeJet 150 is expensive for an inkjet printer, costing £269.00 on HP’s web site. But, of course, you are paying extra for its compact and portable design. It also crams in a lot of useful features with its scanning, copying and wireless options, so it’ll certainly earn its keep if you need a multifunction device that you can take on the road with you.

HP's Officejet 150 Mobile All-in-One portable printer is a useful device for the business traveller or researcher who spends a lot of time away from home or the office. Due to its high running costs and lack of networking connectivity, it's best used as a supplement to rather than a replacement for your regular MFD, but if you often find yourself in a hotel room wishing you had a printer and scanner with you, it's definitely worth your consideration.

With the Officejet 150 Mobile All-in-One you get style, a clever design, and good output quality. It'll look cool when you set it down in front of a client, and it's the only truly portable printer/scanner on the market. But it costs $400, and the ink isn't cheap either. If you want a portable printer, but can do without the scanner and copier, check out the HP OfficeJet 100 Mobile or the nearly identical Canon Pixma iP100

HP's experience in manufacturing portable inkjet printers, such as the $279 OfficeJet 100 Mobile—a single-function printer similar in size, weight, and appearance to the OfficeJet 150 Mobile—shines through here. The OfficeJet 150 Mobile prints well, but it comes up a little short when scanning and copying. We suspect that, as we see with many first-release products, a future update will improve these functions. Still, this is a one-of-a-kind device. It allows road warriors to print, copy, and scan everywhere they go, even when power and network connectivity are unavailable—and that can be very beneficial to some users. However, the high price is troubling. Add that to the high per-page ink costs for a printer in this price range, and the so-so default scans and copies, and we find ourselves a little conflicted about recommending this AIO.

The HP Officejet 150 Mobile All-in-One portable MFP is a little slow, but it offers reasonably good output quality, and not only prints but scans and copies too.