Customer Ratings & Reviews

I actually just bought the updated version of my old printer which I’ve had for about six years. The only reason I needed a new printer is because my old one stopped talking to my wireless router. It wasn’t printing on command anymore, and the paper feeder was constantly jammed. I had to get up and make sure that it would feed correctly. So it was on its way out, but it was a pretty reliable printer, and I knew getting the updated version was going to be a great transition. This one prints very smoothly, very quietly, set up took less than five minutes on the app. I didn’t know that the ink was going to be that much different and cost that much more and I only print for myself so automatic refills aren’t necessary for me. The space it takes up is the same so I’m really not losing anything. I love the clear prints and as with all HP printers in the past it’s very reliable. I wanted to give a 4 1/2 star rating but the system doesn’t let you. It’s not a perfect printer but I think it’s better than most. I also bought a new stand for it so it could be a little more accessible

I read bad reviews regarding this item. Need to exchange and/or return/refund. Box has never been opened and printer was never used. As a 70-year-old individual with a disability and severe illness, I am experiencing significant challenges in my daily life. My condition includes spinal and rheumatoid arthritis, which have severely impacted my mobility and overall health. I am illiterate when it comes to using new updated equipment. I don’t need nor want any monthly maintenance, updates, subscription nor membership. Please help resolve this issue soon.

This HP - DeskJet 2955 Wireless AI-Enabled All-in-One Inkjet Printer is the FIRST printer I have been able to effortlessly set up and use wireless without the aid of a computer! Out of the box this compact printer looks great. I scanned to QR code, downloaded the HP printer app to my iPhone, followed all set up instructions and was printing in about 15mins. I have had a fair amount of printers that claim to be able to print without needing a computer, claim set up is easy and simple…. They have all fallen so short and left me frustrated and disappointed! This HP - DeskJet 2955 Wireless AI-Enabled All-in-One Inkjet Printer did not disappoint. I connected quickly during set up to my home WiFi network and was able to print photos and files directly from my phone and iPad with no issues! This printer is fairly compact and doesn’t take up a lot of room on my desk. I like that the tray that hold the paper tucks away when you’re not using it. Print quality is great for an inkjet printer, the colors matched my photos very well. Text on printed documents is crisp and clear. This is the first printer that hasn’t let me down! I have been able to print with no issues from multiple devices on my home network. I have been excited to print some of my favorite photos and have enjoyed putting them up at work to see throughout my day. I can quickly make copies or scan documents into my computer if needed. The scanner works perfectly and the quality of the scanned images are great. This HP - DeskJet 2955 Wireless AI-Enabled All-in-One Inkjet Printer is definitely my favorite actual wireless printer to date!

The printer was fairly easy to setup with the app and connect to our WiFi and start printing quickly. It doesn’t even need you to enter WiFi password, just pick the network your phone is on in the app and it does the rest to get it connected quickly. Print quality is what you’d expect from a home focused HP Deskjet. I haven’t tried any photos on photo paper yet, but plain white paper color printing looks good. Printing makes a medium amount of noise and isn’t super fast at 5-6 pages per minute, but again good for home printing. The controls are best handled in the app for changes or settings, but it has a nice set of minimalist buttons on the top for quick visual of ink levels and easy color/black & white copies. Scanning is vibrant and surprisingly quick and quiet. The mobile app is easy to use, change scanning settings, auto crop, etc. and then simply save to your phone’s photo library or forward via email. This is a nice feature especially if you just want to say print a pdf/doc, sign it, and quickly scan to then save or email back in multiple 1 touch formats like pdf, png, jpg, etc. Note that it only has the single page flat bed scanner for 1 page at a time scanning and holds about 50-60 sheets of paper in the print feeder (upright in the back) and then holds about 25 pages printed. It has a normal footprint and tidies up nicely if you pull the paper and fold in the printing tray. There’s also a sliding feeder setting at the paper feeder for envelop or special sized photo printing like 4x6, etc. Comes with auto ink replenishment subscription option, but I usually just opt for having 1 set of color and black back up ink and then order when I need it as we don’t print that heavily at home. The print cartridges are fairly small so we’ll see how long they last. Overall ideal for most home printing and scanning needs and I found the app very intuitive and made it easy to use.

HP has a printer available in the Deskjet 2900 series - this one is the 2955. It's basic with a flatbed scanner on top. The box includes the printer, power cable, 1 black ink cartridge, 1 tri-color ink cartridge, and quick user guide/paperwork. The monitor comes with a manufacturer's 1-year warranty. PROS: ----------- * Minimalist look, simple controls, not heavy at only about 7.5 lbs. * The printer ink that was provided was easy to install in the front of the machine, but it took me a while to get there during the setup process. * You can save $$$ with their "Instant Ink" program; however, unless you use a lot of ink, you may only need to purchase when needed. * You can print via Android or iPhone using the HP App. * Ink cartridges are easy to install and remove. * Using the HP Scanner app on the PC, you can save files in .PDF, .JPG, .PNG, or .TIFF. Typically any of these formats will suffice. CONS: ----------- * Setup was not smooth using the HP app on Windows 11. The printer was not recognized at first, but somehow, eventually was able to connect (this was random). Even after completing setup, the app continued to state that Setup was Incomplete. I tried to print a test page, and the printer sounded like it was going to print, but stopped... but then continued with only a sliver of gibberish characters printed at the top of the page. I was then able to get the alignment page to print. The instructions on the alignment page stated to put that page on the flatbed scanner so it could make adjustments to the alignment of the printer heads by hitting the COPY button. After I pressed the COPY button, it did nothing. The whole process was extremely convoluted... and being a "tech" person myself, I figured an "average joe" might have even more problems with troubleshooting. The HP app on my Windows 11 PC was continually glitching with the "Setup Incomplete" turning into "Not Connected" and then back to "Setup Incomplete". After trying to complete the setup again, I reached the "Print Test Page" page. As it was trying to load the preview of the test page, an error shows on the app (under "+Add a printer") "Your printer has experienced an unexpected configuration problem” and setup continued to show "incomplete". I then contacted tech support, and they connected to my PC to load the complete software driver package from the HP website. Once this was opened and executed, the process still failed at certain points, but eventually installed, and I was able to use the product. * During setup, the HP app also failed the firmware check stage. * No USB-A cable included. This is the fail-safe. If wireless printing is not working due to network or IP address issues, the USB-A cable provides a way to print regardless of network status. And not everyone has a USB-A cable because it's rare to have one. * There is no document feeder for scanning (you have to scan manually 1 page at a time on the flatbed). * The LCD panel works fine but is not back-lit. * There is no ethernet port on the printer. It's wi-fi or USB-A cable only. OTHER OBSERVATIONS: ----------- * This printer uses HP 68 Ink cartridges. One is all-black. The other is the tri-color cartridge. * Prints at 7.5 ppm using black ink only or 5.5 ppm when printing in color. * 60-sheet input tray on the top-rear of the unit. 25-sheet output - don't print too much at once without checking output bin. * Basic scan bed dimensions of 8.5 x 11.7 inches * Does not fax documents (no phone line port) * The user will need to download the full user guide to know what the buttons on the control panel do. A couple of the buttons aren't quite so obvious in what they do. * There is no double-sided printing option. CONCLUSION: ===================== Overall, this is an average to subpar printer. If you don't print a lot, this may be perfect for you, but if you print a good bit, it could take time for batch-printing to complete. The biggest issue I had was the setup. It would not complete setup out of the box using an up-to-date PC with the HP app (Windows 11). I also tried with a phone app and failed. The printer would not fully complete the installation until I went to HP's website and downloaded and installed the full installation driver package. For some reason, the HP apps could not perform that function internally within its code for setup. Once installed, it worked, but did print rather slow (~20 sec for 1st page... remaining pages were around 5 secs/ea). HP also didn't include a USB-A cable, which in my case would have made a huge difference in printing "now" rather than having to contact HP support. I'm a huge HP fan, but this printer didn't stand out in a good way, but should still work for those that need minimal printing needs.

⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Great little printer, but the ink is the catch I’m honestly torn on this printer because the printer itself is really good, especially for the $60 price. It’s compact, easy to use, and does everything I need from a basic home all-in-one. The problem is that HP seems to make up for the low printer price with the cost and restrictions surrounding the ink. Setup was incredibly easy and quick. I plugged it in, installed the ink and paper, printed an alignment sheet, and scanned it back in so the printer could verify the alignment. I then downloaded the HP app and connected it to Wi-Fi. From opening the box to being ready to print took very little time. The HP app is one of the best parts of the experience. It’s clean, well laid out, and puts all the important functions right at your fingertips. Printing, scanning, copying, faxing, checking ink levels, and other settings are all easily accessible with a button tap. I’ve used printers where the software makes everything more complicated than it needs to be, but that definitely isn’t the case here. Print quality is good for a basic home printer. When printing directly from my phone or computer, images look good and colors are perfectly acceptable. The color issue I’ve noticed is specifically when printing or copying something that has first been scanned. The scanner captures good detail, but the initial scan can lose some color and contrast compared with the original. Fortunately, the HP app has an automatic image adjustment that does a surprisingly good job bringing the color and contrast back, so the problem is easy enough to correct. The copier works well for everyday use, although copies can lose some detail and color compared with the original. The paper tray holds around 60 sheets, which is plenty for normal household use, but two-sided printing is manual, so you have to flip the pages yourself. One area where this printer definitely isn't impressive is speed. It isn't particularly fast, especially when printing in color, but for the occasional documents, forms, and household printing I use it for, the speed hasn't been a major issue. This is definitely more of an everyday home printer than something I'd want for printing a huge stack of documents. The included starter cartridges also don't last particularly long, so don't expect the cartridges in the box to provide months of printing. That's worth keeping in mind because the low purchase price starts looking a little different once you need your first replacement. So why only 3.5 stars? The ink. The printer itself only costs around $60, while replacement cartridges can run roughly $35–$55. To be fair, that is about $15 cheaper than what I was paying for my previous printer, and those prices cover both black/color and standard/high-yield options. Still, when the ink can cost nearly as much as the entire printer, it’s hard not to feel like the printer is being sold cheaply to get you into the ink business. There’s another annoyance with the color cartridge: all three colors are combined into a single cartridge. That means if you run out of one color, you aren't simply replacing that individual color. You’re replacing the entire color cartridge. For someone who prints a lot of color, that can mean throwing away ink you may still have. What bothers me even more is the restriction on third-party cartridges. The HP app actually explains that firmware updates can prevent certain third-party cartridges from working. I stopped using my previous printer for exactly this reason. I’m not interested in paying $65 for ink when third-party cartridges can cost half that or less. Then there’s Instant Ink. The three-month trial sounds great, but subscription cartridges are tied to the service and can stop working when the subscription ends, even if there’s still ink remaining. That makes the whole system feel less like an optional convenience and more like another reason to stay locked into HP’s ecosystem. And that's frustrating because I really like this printer. The hardware is good, the software is good, setup is easy, scanning and copying work well, and the print quality is perfectly adequate for what most people will use a $60 home printer for. I just wish HP would let me choose where I buy my ink. At $60, it’s an excellent basic home printer. Just remember that the printer may be the inexpensive part of the ownership experience. If HP made the ink situation more consumer-friendly and didn't put so many restrictions around cartridges, this would easily be a 4.5-star printer for me.

The deskjet 2955 wireless all in one printer is the most basic, user friendly, clean looking printer I’ve had in a while. Very affordable in the ranges of most hp printers. You can scan print and copy which are the main functions that I use. The scan comes out very clear. I make sure to clean the glass before each copy and scan. I feel like that preserves the glass. The size is really good for smaller offices with not a lot of desk space. I already at the hp app, so activating and connecting the printer was super easy. In fact I forgot to remove my old printer. Hah As with any printer depending on how much you print, replacing ink can get pricey. Also if you own and business and need faster prints, this isn’t for you. I will print and go off to do something else because if I watch it print it’s like watching paint dry. Hah I think it’s hold enough paper to complete 3/4 print small projects. Won’t hold a ton of paper which lends to its compact size. Over all this is a great basic printer.

The DeskJet 2955 is a mixed bag, its good for certain things and has some major issues which need to be corrected. The GOOD The app layout and the setup for the printer was simple and easy, took me less than 5 mins to complete. Where the printer exceeded all my expectations was how simple it was to setup remote printing/secure printing/adding individual users. All I needed to set this up was an HP account. The printer is lightweight and the app set up is great, visually and functionally. I did notice HP requires alot of permission to get everything to work correctly though. The prints were decent when they came out and I didn’t notice any distortions/ink bleed. The BAD While the printer is easy to set up and use the response times are horrible. I tried printing from my phone/laptop when at home and away and it would take at least 15 secs for the print to start. Not only is the printer sluggish when receiving prints so is the application, it froze a lot and I had to constantly exit and restart the app. The DeskJet 2955 excels when it comes to setting up business style printing ;however, the amount software issues make it almost unbearable to use.

The HP - DeskJet 2955 Wireless AI-Enabled All-in-One Inkjet Printer is a great, entry-level home printer/scanner with a huge downside. The printer can print 4800 x 1200 dpi color print resolution on several types of paper. I was particularly impressed with the performance on card stock/stiffer paper. The images and text and clear, bright, vibrant, and there is little – if any – bleeding of the ink. I did not test photo paper specifically, but HP claims this device can also print photos with excellent resolution. My experience with the speed was pretty close to what HP’s specs indicate – about 7-8 pages per minute in black and 5 pages in color. On the thicker, cardstock paper, the printer was noticeably slower but I am not certain if that’s the printer itself or if the Preview app on my computer “told” the printer to take its time. Duplexing is manual which isn’t necessarily a con for a printer at this price point. Notably, when printing multiple copies needing double-sided printing, flipping the pages and loading them back into the paper feed results in remarkably good alignment – something I haven’t experienced with other manually duplexing devices. The HP app is great for many things – and AirPrint/wireless printing worked beautifully. The device never has to be plugged into a USB port on a computer or via ethernet on a router. It’s a truly wireless device (if you want it to be). And, now to the huge, ugly downside. HP’s Instant Ink program sounds great in theory. The printer “asks” HP for new ink when it is needed. However … if you don’t sign up for HP’s Instant Ink program, the printer essentially becomes a really big brick with any ink HP sends you during the 3-month trial. You have to be an active Instant Ink subscriber to use any ink provided during the trial. So, even with 100% full cartridges, the printer won’t do anything with the ink provided during the trial (once the trial ends) unless you agree to PAY HP for the Instant Ink program. This is a huge downside in my opinion especially if you use the “all-in-one” color cartridge at a dissimilar rate as the black cartridge. Overall, I do not recommend this printer or any printer with HP’s Instant Ink program. I want to be more in control of what ink I buy, when, how, and where. And, to essentially brick a device with full cartridges just because I haven’t signed up to pay for their Instant Ink Program? Hard pass.

The price of this printer was appealing. I am checking cartridge costs these days before purchasing a new printer as, most always, my printers outlive the increasing costs of printer cartridges. (I took my old printer, with, probably, many years of use still in it to a thrift shop with a note that it works, however, cartridge costs are ridiculously high. It's too bad that this new HP printer I purchased cost less than the cartridges for my old printer.) This DeskJet2955 is user friendly, although it did not come with a full instruction booklet. Luckily I can find answers to all operating costs online. I didn't know how to change the number of copies needed when simply making copies and did find that answer on line. It's not the fastest printer, taking time for printing, however, it doesn't hurt to wait for things these days, with everything being in a rush and the need for instant results. :). All in all, I am happy with this printer and SUPER GRATEFUL to have found one that has affordable ink cartridges (for the time being)! Thank you!

LOVEE THIS PRINTER!!! it comes in handy when i need to print out important documents and supper fast!!! It’s small too so i don’t have a problem putting it anywhere in the house and so easy to set up. HIGHLYY RECOMMEND!!

I am very satisfied with my purchase. The set-up was quick and easy and it's a good-looking addition to my office.

Set up was easy. Print quality is good. Print speed is very slow but adequate for my print needs and requirements.

Printer is very versatile. Had no issues setting it up. Love that i can print on quiet mode late at night. Print is in my bedroom. Connected easily to my wifi.

Received printer on stated delivery date. Product was easy to set up - once I found some help from a Youtube video that just walked me through it step by step. Print quality is as expected and really good for the level/cost of product.

Was easy to set up using the app. Printed out great . Great small size that fit in my available space. Replaced an older version of this one that was much heavier

Easy to set up. A good printer for home use. compact size

Once the geek tech squad figured out how to make it print and scan, i enjoy this little printer. It fits perfectly and does a nice job

Easy to set up and great print quality especially for the price!! I purchased two!!

Paid $60 and hard to beat at that price but the printer is difficult to set up. Only connects via the HP app or WPS (and not always successfully). very difficult to set up via USB which was my preferred method. Print quality and speed is decent. Just don't expect a lot.