
Snapshot-sized, 4-by-6-inch photos printed at about 2.5 ppm to plain paper, but to glossy paper that slowed to 0.8 ppm. It managed an anemic 5.9 pages per minute (ppm) printing plain text and a few simple, monochrome graphics on both the PC and Mac platforms. While the assumption is that this printer isn’t going to be used much, it still bears mentioning that the Envy 5530 is pretty slow. There’s also the now usual suite of remote printing options, including HP ePrint via email and Apple AirPrint. The driver and scanning utilities are nicely rendered and offer all the features most users need. HP doesn’t bundle a lot of software with the Envy 5530, but what’s there is easy and capable. The only other feature worth mentioning is the SD card slot for direct printing and off-loading scans.


The display and all the controls are on the top left of the unit, and intuitively arranged. Setting up the HP Envy 5530 is easy whether you use USB or Wi-Fi, and thanks to a 2.65-inch touchscreen and exceptionally well thought out menus, so is operation.
