Disclosure: I wrote this review while participating in a program on behalf of HP and received an HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One printer and an HP Instant Ink package as part of my participation.
It’s a new year and you’re trying to save money and use coupons more. You plan out your shopping trip and go to print your coupons but you find you are out of ink for your printer. Or when you kids need to print that important report for school and of course they waiting until late Sunday night to print it and yup, you’re out of ink. HP has you covered with their HP Instant Ink Program. With this great program HP sends you ink BEFORE you run out. I am so excited to be able to share not only this program with my readers but also one of their awesome printers, the HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer which is one of their Instant Ink compatible printers. You need an Instant Ink compatible printer to be able to use the Instant Ink program.
The HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer is so easy to set up and I was ready to get printing in a few minutes. I took the printer out of the box, plugged it in, and followed the instructions. The printer printed an alignment page to get the settings right. I scanned the alignment page after it printed and I was good to go.
The first time I set up the printer wasn’t to use it at home or for this review. I was volunteering at my daughters’ school for the PTO and we needed to scan and print some forms for a fundraiser we were doing. We were in a portable in the back of the school and going up to the front office and back was getting to be a pain. Especially because teachers were also copying and printing at the same time so it was taking forever to get what we needed do. I decided to run home and grab my new HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer. When I got to school and set the printer up at first I was worried because I realized I didn’t have internet access, access to the school’s network, or even a cable to connect my computer to my printer. That’s when I remembered that the HP ENVY 5530 could connect to my computer wirelessly by itself. It was so easy to turn on the printer’s own wireless, get it’s password, and then connect my computer just like you would connect to a wifi network. Easy peasy and I was up and printing in minutes. The other PTO members were amazed that my printer could connect this way, too.
Here are some of the specs for this amazing printer that not only prints, but also copies and scans, too!
- Prints up to 8.8 ISO ppm* in black, up to 5.2 ISO ppm* in color- . Maximum print speed up to 21 ppm* in black and up to 17 ppm* in color.
- Built-in wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n)
- Color resolution up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi (1200 input dpi)
- Memory card slot – Lets you expand the printer’s memory (card not included).
- Wireless printing capability – Using HP ePrint or Apple® AirPrint for direct printing from a compatible device.
- Copies up to 6 cpm* in black, up to 4 cpm* in color (laser comparable speeds) – So you can easily make copies of documents. Maximum copy speed up to 21 cpm* in black and up to 17 cpm* in color.
- Copy resolution up to 600 x 600 dpi in black, up to 600 x 1200 dpi in color
- 24-bit flatbed scanner with 8.5″ x 11.7″ scan area and HP Printer Control lets you scan to your mobile device.
- 2.7″ color touch screen
- 100-sheet input tray
- HP Live Photo
- USB 2.0 connectivity
I love how easy the HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer was to set up. It walks you through everything and was easy to bring back home and set up in my own house with my home network, too. I accidentally loaded a piece of paper that was a little crinkled in the printer and it jammed but even getting out the jammed page was easy. Normally opening up a printer to find a jammed page can be intimidating but it was really easy to find the page and get it out.
I really love that I don’t have to worry about running out of ink anymore with the HP Instant Ink Program. Once my printer was set up I simply went to HP Instant Ink to open a new account, entered the code that came with my Instant Ink Enrollment Kit, and followed the sign up directions. With the Instant Ink program you can save up to 50% on original HP Ink.
HP Instant Ink has 3 different plans to choose from and the savings can really add up. You can choose from 50 pages per month, 100 pages per month, or 300 pages per month. That’s right, you don’t pay for the ink you use, you pay per page you print. You can change your plan easily by logging into your account and if you go over your allotted monthly prints they just charge your account. For example on the $4.99 per month plan that I am on I can print up to 100 pages per month. If I go over they will charge me only $1 for every 20 more pages I print. If you don’t use up all of your prints for the month you can roll over some of your prints, too, so you won’t lose them.
The HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer connects to the internet so the Instant Ink program can monitor your ink levels (both black and colored inks) and send you new Original HP Ink BEFORE you run out! No more running out of ink right when you need it most. No more having to remember to get ink, remembering what model ink number you need to get, running to stores hoping they have what you need, or wasting gas to get to the store! I love that! And when you receive the new ink cartridges you also receive a mailer to mail back the used cartridges so HP can recycle them.
Easy to set up and easy to use printer- CHECK!
Money saving ink program so you never run out of ink- CHECK!
PLUS keep your eye out for my upcoming post about about some more exciting features from HP:
Savings Center to help save you money- CHECK!
Great apps with printable pages for every member of the family- CHECK!
Great post! I just received this printer and love that it really helps you save. I guess I should at least open and set it up.
Yes! Set it up! It is so easy to set up and use! 🙂
I am in need of a new printer to eplace my old HP ; )
fresh and easy printing
love the easy set up of it all and also that it has wireless capabilities
I love that it is wireless and can scan.
I love the Instant Ink feature! My biggest problem with printers is that I run out of ink and forget to buy it until I really need it!
I love this feature: Wireless printing capability – Using HP ePrint or Apple® AirPrint for direct printing from a compatible device. I would love the ability to print things from my phone.
I love that it’s wireless!
Love that you dont have to go to the store to buy ink!! Its delivered straight to your door!!
I would be willing to try the new printer. I have had three hp’s so far and have been dissapointed so far with all of them. One of them being a $400 printer.
I love the instant ink feature. The refill cartridges are so expensive. So this would be nice.
I would love win this for my kids homework
I like that the ink cartridges are in the front and not burried in the back of the machine like most! I like how easy it is to set up and that you can save 50% on reordering ink! I go thru allot of ink!
I would love the ability to print things from my ipad !!
Would love this my printer is a decade old and sometimes I think it’d be just as easy to buy a new one for the price of ink in our old well used, but seen its day printer. If I win the new one I’ll go ahead and donate our old one.
Love wireless printer capability!
I love the wireless feature
I love that it is wireless and can scan.
I like the Wireless printing capability
I love that it is wireless!
I love the instant ink right to the door.I would love to win one of these for my niece that’s going away to college this year!
I like that this can scan stuff too. mine is cheap and sometimes the paper gets jammed. it is good for small stuff but I would love to be able to scan paper work or anything I would need to send out. something that doesn’t get jammed so easily, also.
My favorite feature is the Wireless printing capability, looks like a fantastic printer. HP always has nice products.
Apple® AirPrint for direct printing from a compatible device. You’ve got to love that convenience!
I like that it is wireless and can be printed from anywhere in the house.
Love that it will help save money on ink!!
I love that it sends you ink before you run out! I’m so busy with work, school, my kids, and my daughter’s colorguard competition that I always forget when I don’t have ink!
I love that the 24-bit flatbed scanner with 8.5″ x 11.7″ scan area and HP Printer Control lets you scan to your mobile device. I do a lot with my mobile devices, so this is a great feature for me!
Great giveaway – thanks! I love the wireless capabilities.
wow! connects to my computer wirelessly is my favorite feature ( & I need 1)
I am liking that it is wireless sweet..The things they come up with
The wireless feature will save me so much time!
ITS WIRELESS!!! lol love it!
I love that is is wireless and easy to setup!
Nice Printer – HP is such a quality name. Features are nice on this printer., love wireless feature. Thank you for this opportunity.
wireless and being able to copy too.
I like that the HP Envy is wireless,copies, and scans. I really could use a new printer,especially with scanner capabilities.
I need a printer so badly. Mine just croaked on me. UGH!
The Instant Ink Package is so convenient!
I love the fact that this HP printer is wireless and the INK supply feature! My current HP is a dinosaur and has been a good printer, but it has seen better days and the ink cartridges cost more than it’s worth!
This printer will be perfect for handling my all of my multimedia needs. I will be able to cop, scan and send faxes to my recipients. There is no doubt about it, this printer is awesome. The HP ENVY 5530 e, is going to save me time when I need to mass print or send a fax and not to mention having to go and purchase ink cartridges. Having ink cartridges delivered to my door is great!
I love that this is wireless! Have the perfect spot to put it. 🙂
I love the wireless capabilities. Often I am on the laptop when I see a good coupon to print and it is such a pain to have to plug in to print.
Wow, this printer sounds great! It’s truly very versatile. I’m going to have to replace my HP printer because the drivers are not being updated to run on Windows 8. What a shame that it’s going to end up on a garbage pile when it works perfectly fine right now with Windows XP.
Wireless is cool!
Memory card slot – Lets you expand the printer’s memory
the 21 cpm feature is great for an all-in-one. This would be great to help with starting my small business.
The wireless printing & HP Live Photo
I like that it has Wireless printing capability.
I like the wireless printing capabilities.
I love the Instant Ink Program – I have run out of ink in the past when I was in the middle of printing some coupons – not fun!
HP Instant Ink Program . . . the wave of the future. Think I am going to like it!
Built-in wireless !! Convenient feature !!
It would be nice to have as an early xmas gift in 2014 to myself !
i love that the ink comes when you need it
the wireless capibilities