HP ENVY Pro 6455 Review

HP ENVY Pro 6455 All-in-One Printer

The ENVY Pro 6455 is an all-in-one printer from HP that allows you to get all the basics of printing, scanning, copying, and faxing.
This HP ENVY Pro 6455 has a maximum color print resolution of optimized 4800 x 1200 dpi and it can print at high speeds of up to 10 ppm and 7 ppm for black and color prints.

For scanner business, the flatbed and 35-sheet ADF makes it possible to scan and copy documents up to 8.5 x 11.7″, and this unit can make up to nine copies at once, while its built-in wireless capability allows you to access print, and share resources and with the HP Smart app to print, scan and copy everyday documents directly from your smartphone. You can even scan to email and cloud services, and Wi-Fi auto-recovery can automatically detect and resolve connectivity issues to help reduce interruptions.

Not only that, but this all-in-one printer is also eligible for the HP Instant Ink Program which for a small monthly fee, this allows you to automatically ask the printer to notify HP when the ink is low so that new cartridges are delivered to your door. Keep in mind that this system ensures you will always have a cartridge ready to use and prevents you from constantly monitoring ink levels.

The following are our test results on the HP ENVY Pro 6455 All-in-One Printer.

Dimensions

As we already know, the HP ENVY Pro 6455 is quite compact and doesn’t take up much space on your desk.

• Height: 6.7″ (17.0 cm)
• Width: 17.1″ (43.5 cm)
• Depth: 14.2″ (36.1 cm)
• Weight: 13.7 lbs (6.2 kg)

Build & Design Quality

Overall, the ENVY Pro 6455 has a good build quality with a plastic body that feels quite solid. The cartridges are easy to remove because all you need to do is remove them, but the printer should be on when you replace cartridges.

The input tray has a slider you can adjust for photos instead of a dedicated tray, so you only need to remove large sizes of paper if you want to print photos. But unfortunately, the slider can’t be expanded to legal-sized paper.

To clear paper jams, you can access by lifting the flat base of the scanner, it can fall off quickly if you do not orient it properly.

The printer has audible feedback and an LED light to notify you of its status, such as when something is finished printing or something has gone wrong.

Display Screen

ENVY Pro 6455 does not have a display screen. But instead, there’s a button with an LED light that you can press to initiate different actions, like copy or print. These LEDs indicate how many pages you need to copy during a copy job and there are also lights that can change color based on the status of your printer, such as if there are errors or when they are connected to Wi-Fi.

Cartridge

This HP ENVY 6455 has a bad cartridge system and is similar to the HP ENVY 6055. This cartridge system does not print many pages with either black or tri-color ink cartridges, so you will need to replace them often if you print regularly. They will continue to print multiple blank pages even after the ink runs out.

These types of HP printers can accept third-party cartridges, but using them may invalidate your product warranty.

Scanner

It has both flatbed and sheetfed scanners, these are good scanning options, but the ENVY Pro 6455 does not support duplex scanning, so you will need to manually flip pages if you need to scan two-sided documents. But unfortunately, the scanner lid is not too high for larger items like books.

Printing Speed

This ENVY Pro 6455 printer prints very slowly, they are similar to HP ENVY 6055. It will take a long time to print photos. The output tray only has a capacity of 25 pages.

Cost Per Print

This ENVY Pro 6455 has a disappointing cost per print. Because of their very low page yield, you will have to buy new cartridges regularly if they print a lot, and while they are cheap, costs can add up quickly over time.

You can sign up for a subscription to HP’s Instant Ink, which automatically sends you a new cartridge when it runs out. If you want a printer that can afford a two-year subscription to HP Instant Ink and has a lower cost per print, see HP ENVY 6075.

Even if you print in black only, most inkjets still use color cartridges for service tasks, so you may still have to replace them eventually.

Photo Printing Quality

The ENVY Pro 6455 has decent photo printing quality. The colors are full of detail and can be well defined. However, the tones appear slightly faded and do not produce a deep black color. There are also some transverse lines in grayscale.

Color Accuracy

Has excellent color accuracy. The HP ENVY Pro 6455 works great if you are printing a color presentation, but it may not be good enough for jobs that require perfect color accuracy.

Printing Size

The printer supports the most common paper sizes. Although the manufacturer’s specifications state that they have an input tray capacity of up to 100 pages of legal-size paper, the input tray slider cannot expand to that size.

Connectivity

The Pro 6455 has decent connectivity options. You can easily connect it to your computer via a wired connection, or wirelessly via Wi-Fi. But unfortunately, you can’t print from USB sticks or SD cards, and it doesn’t have an Ethernet port.

Mobile Print App

The printer supports HP Smart apps which have amazing features. You can perform maintenance tasks such as cleaning the printheads, and you can order new cartridges. You can also scan documents directly from your device camera, print photos, and PDF files. However, you cannot print Microsoft Office files from this application.

Operating System Support

Like most printer products in general, the HP ENVY Pro 6455 supports and works with both Windows and macOS/OS X operating systems.