The HP 67 cartridges cost around $15.99 and $16.99 for black and color, respectively. This printer is an HP+ enabled printer with a six-month subscription to HP instant, which sends you ink whenever your Deskjet detects that the cartridges are running low. While the cartridges are relatively cheap, with the very low page yield (Black only printing – $0.154/print color printing – $0.270/print photo printing $0.739/print) you’ll to replace the cartridges often. One thing you don’t get with this DeskJet is much ink: it ships with starter cartridges, so you’ll need to replace those after a few printing cycles. That latter option means you can print wireless from devices such as smartphones and tablets even if you don’t have a wireless router. The DeskJet 2755e can print, copy and scan, and in addition to the ubiquitous USB connection, it supports HP Smart App, Wi-Fi networks, and Wi-Fi Direct. When scanning long, double-sided documents you’ll have to endure the entire process of laying individual documents on the flatbed. You don’t get an automatic document feeder here, and it can’t automatically load double-sided scans. The printer will prompt you to flip over the sheet once the first side is printed.Īpart from printing, the HP DeskJet 2755e has a flatbed scanner with high resolution and good color depth – 1,200 dpi and 24-bit respectively, but the lid’s hinges can’t extend to scan thick items. It can print double-sided sheets, but it lacks the duplex feature to automatically print on both sides. On the other hand, while it isn’t very fast at printing photos, the speeds are reasonable, especially at this price point. The HP DeskJet 2755e struggles to print black-text documents and color prints. Performance and running costsĪs ever with low-cost printers, the Deskjet isn’t the fastest printer around. Nevertheless, it has good viewing angles from the side and is easy to read when standing and looking directly down at it. There’s a small LCD screen next to the usual physical buttons, very small that you can’t see it while seated, and there’s no way to tilt it to make it more visible. Just remember it can’t automatically print double-sided sheets, so you will have to manually flip over each page once you’re prompted to continue the print job. This is handy, especially when you need to print off a long report or essay in one go. The HP DeskJet 2755e’s input tray can hold up to 60 pages at a time, and it also comes with a fold-out tray that can hold up to 25 printed pages. So, if you need a printer for the small home office, one that you can move between rooms a lot, maybe you’re sharing it between several students in a dorm, then this is easily a great choice. However, when you compare this printer with most normal-sized printers that weigh in at anywhere from 15 to 40 lbs, the HP DeskJet 2755e becomes a featherweight by a huge margin. It weighs 7.55 pounds too, meaning it’s light enough to be moved around the house if needed, but it’s slightly heavier than some other compact printers we’ve reviewed, like the HP Deskjet 3755 (5.13 pounds). You should have no trouble fitting this small printer on your hone desk alongside your home computer. The HP DeskJet 2755e measures a compact 6.7 x 11.97 x 6.06 inches, which is on the smaller side of desktop printers. It does score highly on some metrics that matter in budget printing, particularly excelling at basic photo printing, but its fairly expensive operating costs and general design errors make it hard to recommend.Įlsewhere, its low initial purchase price coupled with a high-resolution flatbed scanner does make it stand out from the pack, and if you only print occasionally, this DeskJet 2755e may not be a bad option. On one side, you’ll find many retailers online swearing by it as a top pick, however, on the other side a deeper dive into reviews will show that people really struggle with this All-In-One printer. The HP DeskJet 2755e is a bit of a mixed bag.