HP ENVY 6155e: Specs, Features, Pros & Cons
This review measures the HP ENVY 6155e against the full 24-spec sheet we track for printers, comparing it like for like with the 50 other models in our database. It earns a VS Score of 39 out of 100 — the weighted result of every verified specification measured against the class average.
On the spec sheet it is strongest in design and weakest in scanning & copying. Its clearest single advantage over the class average: a lighter build — 5.12 kg vs 9.07 kg (avg). None of our retail partners currently lists the HP ENVY 6155e, so availability may be limited; a missing price never affects the VS Score.
Category strengths
Where the HP ENVY 6155e beats the average
- Has automatic duplex printing ?
- Has touchscreen display ?
- Has color printing ?
- Has all-in-one ?
- A lighter build ?5.12 kg vs 9.07 kg (avg)
- A higher print resolution ?4,800 dpi vs 4,041.94 dpi (avg)
- Has Apple AirPrint ?
- Has Wi-Fi ?
Where the HP ENVY 6155e trails the average
- A lower print speed (black) ?10 ppm vs 17.21 ppm (avg)
- No automatic document feeder ?
- A much lower input tray capacity ?100 sheets vs 182.02 sheets (avg)
- A lower print speed (color) ?7 ppm vs 12.51 ppm (avg)
- A much lower monthly duty cycle ?1,000 pages vs 19,346.15 pages (avg)
- No ethernet ?
- A much lower output tray capacity ?25 sheets vs 68.95 sheets (avg)
- No supertank / refillable ink ?
- No duplex scanning ?
- No fax ?
Editor’s note
The Envy 6155e sits in an awkward but well-populated part of HP's range: a compact home all-in-one that prints photos properly but is not really built to do volume. At 10 ISO ppm in black and 7 in colour it is slow by any modern measure, and the 1,000-page monthly duty cycle — with a recommended 100 to 400 pages — tells you exactly who HP had in mind. This is a machine for households printing school forms, tickets, recipes and the occasional batch of 4×6 photos.
Where it earns its place is photo output. Borderless printing and HP's automatic two-sided photo printing are unusual on something this small, and the results on HP photo paper are pleasant and well saturated. The 2.4-inch capacitive touchscreen is also a clear step up from the button-and-LED panels on cheaper DeskJets, and the case is genuinely nice to look at, which matters when the thing lives in a living room rather than a study.
The compromises are real and worth understanding first. There is no automatic document feeder at all — the scanner is a plain flatbed, so a ten-page document means lifting the lid ten times. There is no Ethernet port, so Wi-Fi is the only network option. The 25-sheet output tray fills quickly. And the "mobile fax" in HP's feature list is a send-only cloud service inside the HP Smart app rather than a fax modem, so if you need to receive faxes this is not the machine.
The bigger question is running cost. A tri-colour cartridge means buying all three inks again when one colour runs dry, and like the rest of the current range this is an HP+ printer with the Original-HP-only commitment that implies. If you print more than a few pages a week, an Epson EcoTank ET-2800 will cost far less per page despite being no quicker. Buy the Envy for looks, photos and light duty — not for economy.
Specifications
Quality bars are generated automatically against 50 other printers.
Printing
Laser prints crisp text fast; inkjet handles photos and colour better.
Prints in colour, not just black and white.
Black-and-white pages per minute; higher is faster.
Colour pages per minute; higher is faster.
A higher dot density produces sharper prints.
Prints both sides of the page without manual flipping.
Refillable ink tanks cut the cost per page dramatically.
The maximum recommended pages per month.
Scanning & copying
Scans and copies as well as prints.
Feeds multi-page documents through the scanner unattended.
How many pages the document feeder holds at once.
Scans both sides of a page automatically.
Sends and receives faxes.
Paper handling
A larger tray needs refilling less often.
How many printed pages the output tray holds.
The largest paper format supported (e.g. Letter, Legal, A3).
Connectivity
Print wirelessly over the home network.
Connect devices directly without a router.
A wired network port for reliable office use.
A direct USB connection to a computer.
Print from iPhone, iPad and Mac without extra drivers.
Print and manage the printer from a phone app.
Design
An onboard touchscreen makes standalone tasks easier.
A lighter printer is easier to place and move.
How the VS Score works — and what it can’t tell you
Every measurable spec is scored against the average of all the printers we track: matching the class average scores 50, clearly beating it climbs towards 100, and each spec counts according to an editorial weight that reflects real-world impact — a battery-capacity gap moves the score far more than a colour-options list. The quality bars on the spec cards above show where this model sits inside the full range for its class, and the overall VS Score rolls every weighted result into one number.
Unknown values are never estimated. A spec this product doesn’t report simply drops out of its scoring — it isn’t penalised with a guess — but a thinner spec sheet does mean a score built on fewer data points, which is why completeness is disclosed under About this data.
Most importantly: a spec-sheet lead is not the same as a better product. Megapixels, gigahertz and benchmark points describe capacity, not experience — image processing, software optimisation, thermals, haptics and ergonomics decide how a device actually feels, and no table captures reliability or long-term support quality. Treat the VS Score as a structured summary of what can be measured, not a substitute for your own priorities.
About this data
- Specifications are compiled from each manufacturer’s official spec sheet, cross-checked against trusted specification databases, and normalised into one schema so identical things are compared identically.
- Specifications last verified August 22, 2026.
- Data completeness: 22 of the 24 specs in this category are verified (92%). Anything we could not verify is shown as Unknown — never estimated — and is excluded from the score.
- Prices and availability come from live retailer feeds via our shopping partners and refresh throughout the day; a missing price means no partner currently lists the product, not that it is discontinued.
- Want the full picture? Our editorial guidelines explain how we research products, weight the scores and stay independent.
- Spotted an error in a spec? Tell us and we will correct the sheet.
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The bottom line
The HP ENVY 6155e earns a VS Score of 39, trailing most of the 51 printers we compare here, at least on the spec sheet.
- Who it’s for
- Households that print occasionally and want their photos to look good — borderless output and automatic two-sided photo printing in a small, tidy machine that is happy in a living room.
- Who should look elsewhere
- Anyone who regularly scans multi-page documents, needs a wired network connection, or prints enough that per-page cost starts to matter.
- The trade-off that matters
- You get photo quality and a proper touchscreen at a low purchase price, and you pay for it in speed, tri-colour cartridge waste and the complete absence of a document feeder.
- The main alternative
- The Epson EcoTank ET-2800 is no faster and rather plainer, but its refillable tanks make it dramatically cheaper to run for anyone printing more than a handful of pages a week.
The VS Score is generated automatically from the weighted specifications above, measured against all other printers in our database. Treat it as a shortlisting guide — not a substitute for your own priorities.
