HP Envy 6155e Ink Cost Per Page And Cost To Run
The HP Envy 6155e is a color inkjet all-in-one — print, copy, scan and fax — with a touchscreen and Wi-Fi built in. It sells for $140. Running costs are steep: $16.87 per 100 pages for black and $39.36 per 100 pages for color.
That black rate traces to the printer's HP 68 cartridge — $27 for a cartridge rated at 160 pages. It puts the Envy's black cost per page in a tie for 30th of 31 inkjet printers InkTax tracks, a rate one other model matches. Color cost per page lands at the same standing, 30th of 31, tied with one other model there too.
Stepping down HP's own range saves money both ways. The DeskJet 2855e ($90) and DeskJet 4255e ($110) drop fax, duplex and the touchscreen, and both charge $15.00 per 100 pages for black and $33.49 per 100 pages for color — the two match each other exactly. Stepping up instead, the Envy Inspire 7255e ($200) prints at 15 ppm, half again faster than the Envy 6155e's 10 ppm, and runs cheaper too, at $10.50 per 100 pages for black and $27.12 per 100 pages for color, but it drops fax.
Among the 31 inkjet printers InkTax tracks, the Canon MAXIFY MB2720 sits at the running-cost floor: $4.17 per 100 pages for black and $13.16 per 100 pages for color. It adds Ethernet, prints at 24 ppm — more than double the Envy 6155e's 10 ppm — and matches the Envy's fax, duplex and touchscreen. It costs $216 up front.
For a reader ready to leave cartridges behind, the Canon PIXMA G3270 refills from ink bottles and runs at $0.38 per 100 pages for black and $0.97 per 100 pages for color — a fraction of the Envy's rates. It costs $249 up front and drops fax, duplex and the touchscreen.