HP Envy Photo 7155 Review [Performance, Setup & Cost]

Printers have become so common these days that we often ignore their usefulness. Although all the information is digitally available, we sometimes need hard copies. When choosing a printer for home or office use, people need clarification as there is no shortage of options, but how to pick the right one. At times like this going for a well-reputed brand would be a safe bet. One such well-reputed brand is HP, which has been in the printing business for a long time. This blog will closely examine the HP Envy Photo 7155 All-in-One printer to determine whether to go for it.

A Complete Take on HP Envy 7155

HP Envy 7155 gunmetal-grey chassis and matte-black scanner lid look similar to Envy 7855 minus the automatic document feeder. You can't complain about the lack of an automatic document feeder, as it does not come with consumer-grade photo printers like this. An ADF does come in handy when you have to feed multiple pages to a scanner, but it also increases the overall size of the printer, so consider whether you need an ADF.

Although Envy 7155 is marketed as a photo printer, it can do more than that. Print documents, make copies, scan documents, and so on; its feature set is robust. Envy 7155 has a total holding capacity of 140 sheets of paper. The main input tray can hold 125 sheets of standard paper, and the little tray can hold 15 sheets of snapshot-size premium photo paper.

How is the Connectivity Rating (Envy 7155)?

Its connectivity option includes dual-band Wi-Fi and Wireless Direct, which lets you connect your mobile device to the printer without a router. Besides the HP app, third-party apps such as Mopria and AirPrint can be used for printing emails and attachments. The printer also boasts an SD card slot on the left-front side of the printer's chassis. So you can print photos and other content directly from SD cards.

Envy 7155's entire control panel boasts a 2.7-inch capacitive touch display panel and buttons like Home, Back, and Wi-Fi. Use the touch display to print directly from SD cards and cloud sites. You can also use it to perform other walkup tasks, such as making copies or scanning to a network drive.

Is the Envy Photo 7155 Performance Good?

In a minute, HP Envy Photo 7155 can print 14 monochrome pages, which can be considered average at this price point. As it is marketed as a photo printer, you must wonder how well the Envy 7155 prints photos and how fast. The printer can churn out highly detailed and colorful 4’’x6" snapshots in 44 seconds. The output quality can be considered good but far from perfect. During our tests, the text and graphics came out reasonably well. Also, the photos are good but certainly not the best among consumer-grade photo printers.

The text will look crisp and clear until font sizes exceed seven points. The full-page PowerPoint handouts, graphs, and Microsoft Excel charts came out well. From time to time, You may come across banding in dark gradients and background fills. In no way do these flaws render the documents unusable; however, these flaws are highly noticeable in a few extreme cases. When you use HP's specially designed premium photo paper, the Envy Photo 7155 prints photos well.

Is the Running Cost Compatible?

If you use the conventional method to buy hp envy 7155 ink cartridges when they run out of ink, it will cost you 10 cents per monochrome page and 16.4 cents per color page. It is advisable to avail yourself of HP's Instant Ink service, where the printer monitors the ink cartridges' levels and orders new ones when the ink levels start running low.

You only pay 3.5 cents per page for the highest subscription level. If you use Envy 7155 mainly for printing photos, then instant ink would be a great value. To sum it up, Envy Photo 7155, when combined with Instant Ink, delivers quality photos at some of the lowest running costs in the business.

Setup Process of HP Envy 7155

The whole setup process is divided into three steps. The first step is unboxing, which is pretty easy. You have to remove all tape, packing materials, and stickers from the exterior and interior of the printer. After unboxing the package, connect one end of the power cord to the back of the printer and the other to an electrical outlet.

Then turn on the printer and select the preferred language and country/region. Next, install the ink cartridges into the printer. Then load the paper into the main tray. Once you are done setting up the printer hardware, install the HP smart app or print driver. 

Conclusion

If you are looking for a printer to print photos and occasionally use it to print documents, consider Envy 7155. And when coupled with an instant ink subscription, the HP Envy Photo 7155 All-in-one printer makes a sensible choice.