The HP Envy 6555e is a ‘slick printer’ that’s ideal for home and student printing — and Best Buy just dropped the price under $90
For a home or back to school printer, the HP Envy 6555e is a surprisingly feature-rich pick – especially now the HP Envy 6555e is $90 (was $180) at Best Buy.
In our own tests, we called out two genuinely unusual features for a printer at this price: it’s the first printer we’ve tested that can auto-duplex coated photo paper, letting you label the back of each photo as you print.
It’s also one of the only printers we know of that supports native Display P3 color printing, which produces a closer match to the colors you see on your screen.
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In our full HP Envy 6555e review, we had no problems printing or scanning — it connected easily to our devices and got through all our test material without issue. Black text comes out crisp and professional-looking thanks to pigment-based black ink, which is also smudge-resistant and long-lasting. Color documents take a bit longer, but the dye-based C/M/Y inks produce bold, vibrant results, and we found the colors bonded particularly well with coated photo paper for genuinely good-looking prints.
The photo printing features are what set this printer apart from typical budget all-in-ones. We especially liked the novelty of the printer flipping a photo over and printing details on the back — a feature that, as far as we’ve seen, is exclusive to this HP line. With Display P3 color support via the HP Smart app, this printer takes casual photo printing more seriously than most machines in its price bracket.
Now for the honest part. We found the Envy 6555e slow at printing large text documents — if you’re in a hurry, this isn’t the printer for you. The unusual form factor, with the paper tray sticking out at the front, also takes up more desk space than a typical small all-in-one, and we found the front lip tended to catch dust and crumbs, which then get channeled into the printer.
Still, for casual print-outs at home or in the dormitory, this do-it-all printer with genuinely useful photo features for less than $90 is a sensible pick.
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For a home or back to school printer, the HP Envy 6555e is a surprisingly feature-rich pick – especially now the HP Envy 6555e is $90 (was $180) at Best Buy. In our own tests, we called out two genuinely unusual features for a printer at this price: it’s the…
