HP - ENVY Photo 6255 Wireless All-In-One Instant Ink Ready Inkjet Printer - Black

I like the printer, but connecting for wireless printing is still a problem. There are a lot of programs that HP offers and the set up can seem lengthly and complicated. The INK program is great and I'd recommend signing up for it--a definite savings and convenience. You can find out about it at Best Buy or online. Once I figure out how to get it all working with the wireless connection, I'll be much happier. If you have an old HP printer cord, KEEP IT! I'm using my old one to connect my laptop until the wireless set up works. The cords go for $25, so save your old one if you can.

quickly prints with good quality. Easy to connect wireless devices and computers.

compact and easy to use . copies and prints are very sharp. good quality

Bought 2. On WiFi so access is remote for cellphone and laptop.

If you’ve owned an HP printer before, this Envy has all the features and functionality you’ve come to expect from HP printers. Pros: Easy to setup, multiple ways to connect to device (computer, tablet etc), HP e-print, easy to use, ink subscription service, quiet mode, prints on both sides. Cons: Paper tray capacity (photo tray sits on top of letter tray), small LCD screen (thankfully it’s not needed for many things), no fax, no card readers, no automatic paper feeder. Setup: I was pleasantly surprised how easy the HP Envy 6255 was to setup. I thought I would have to perform the setup steps utilizing the small screen on the printer. Instead, I plugged in the new printer, went to "123.hp.com", connect to the printer’s wifi, I then selected my wifi SSID. The printer picked up the wifi password seamlessly. Pop in the 2 ink cartridges, run through the rest of the setup and you’re off and running. HP has an ink subscription service that it offers. This is the first time I’ve come across this program, the inkjet printer I purchased approximately 4 years ago didn’t offer this. The prices seem reasonable, the plans are $2.99 for 50 pages a month, $4.99 for 100 pages a month or $9.99 for 300 pages a month. According to HP this can save you $132-$792 a year compared to purchasing ink as you normally would. Your printer would order the ink automatically. Seems like a convenient feature to have, no more rushing out at 8:00PM to buy ink for a school project due the next morning! Printing: There are numerous ways to connect and print from the Envy: USB cable (old school), wireless via wifi, AirPrint (Apple devices), HP app (Android and iOS) and ePrint (email unique HP email address assigned to your printer from anywhere). You can also connect directly to the printer via Wifi direct and print without a router. HP e-Print: I want to share a great way to use the ePrint feature as I’m a big fan of it. As you know, ePrint allows you to send print jobs to the printer wherever you are simply by emailing it to your unique HP printer e-mail address. I use this for my elderly parents who are not tech savvy at all…they basically just mastered using the microwave oven! A typical call from my mom is “something happened to my computer, it’s not working…I didn’t do anything”. So this feature allows me to print whatever they may need from the comfort of my home 20 miles away. Scan: I was pleasantly surprised on the scanning app, I was able to use the app to initiate the scanner and the image appeared on my phone! I could save the image to my phone and email it. From the printer LCD screen, you can also scan it to your computer. Print quality: Of course all the features and apps wouldn’t matter if the print quality wasn’t good. I tested the printer by printing a few photos onto the included sample HP Advanced photo paper. The results were very good. I compared this to 2 other printers I have in the house, 1 a dedicated photo printer made by a camera company with 8 separate color cartridges and the other an HP 8600 Premium inkjet. Of the 3 printers, the picture from the Envy came out the closet to the picture on my phone. The photo from other 2 printers were bad, it probably needed some tweaking, I normally print to the large photo printer using Lightroom and I don’t normally use the 8600 for photos. The HP app does not allow for exposure correction or color adjustments before printing, you would need to make your edits in another program before printing with HP Smart. I also printed out a few maps for hiking trails for an upcoming trip. The print is crisp and sharp, the map detailed, just like the PDF I printed from. Conclusion: Overall, I really like this printer. The print quality is excellent, if you are looking for a new printer, you should definitely look into the Envy 6255. There are some features missing as noted on the “Cons” list, but these may not be important to everyone. For this price, this printer offers a lot of features and performance in a relatively small footprint.

I like the functionality of this printer. Very easy install with a phone app. All my Windows 10 PC's found the printer easily. I was up and running in approx. 20 minutes. The first thing I Printed was a photo from Face Book. It printed a beautiful 8.5 X 11 borderless photo. I have yet to discover all the features, but the features I have used so far work well. The cartridges installed easily. HP also offers a 3 month free start up on the ink refill program up to 300 pages per month printing at no charge when you sign up. After that you will be billed according to the plan you choose, then pay for extra sheets printed if you go over your plan amount. I have used this program on my 5530 and currently have the $4.99 option for 100 pages per month. (It is a very wise program and works well)The touch screen size is a bit too small and monochrome. This printer is more bulkier than my other current HP Envy 5530 which has also been a very reliable printer. I do prefer the 5530 appearance more so, it is more appealing in appearance, however, the 6255 definitely out performs the 5530 in speed and quality. The 6255 Does not have an SD card slot which I used quite often on the 5530. (disappointing) The Copy and scan functions worked good and quite fast.

Very disappointed considering a lot of people put very high ratings on this printer. I wasted half of my ink on cleaning the print head and test photos that still came out terrible. I bought this printer for my wife and she tried printing photos but the colors were not coming out right at all no matter how many times we cleaned the print head. We looked up every way possible to fix the issue but nothing worked. We gave up on the photo printer and decided to use it for a regular printer instead but that didn’t work well either she tried printing out logos and the pink was coming out somewhat okay (can’t really tell in the photo) but any other color especially blue would not work at all. It kept having streaks. When she would clean the print head the tests would come out flawless but printing out images would not work.

This printer has been one headache after another. My print jobs rarely connect, especially from my laptop, to the point where I end up emailing things to myself, so that I can print from my phone. The print jobs stop abruptly, leaving 2/3 of the page blank (see photo). Other times, the page is filled with streaks (see photo). Multi-page documents print with the last pages coming first. The printer jams frequently, especially if I try to print double-sided. Just today, the printer started printing something I had sent to it weeks ago. A total mess on software and hardware. Will be seeking to return it.