Picking the right ink cartridges for your printer can be a little daunting, but we’ve got years of printer experience helping you pick the right ink cartridges for your printer.
The HP Envy 5055 printer uses HP 65 and HP 65XL ink cartridges. There are off-brand versions of these cartridges available for a lower price, and you can also buy ink cartridge refill kits for the HP 65 cartridge family.
Whether you’ve got a home office or you’ve been tasked with replacing the ink at your workplace, here’s what you need to know about picking the right ink cartridges for the HP Envy 5055 printer.
What Ink Do You Need for the HP Envy 5055
Your HP Envy 5055 printer was designed to work with HP’s 65 and 65 XL ink cartridge family. Here is a full list of the HP brand ink cartridges that this printer was designed to work with:
This printer was designed to work expressly with these types of inks, which means that you might see reduced performance when using refilled or off-brand ink cartridges.
The HP 65 ink cartridge is designed for people who have infrequent printing needs. These are smaller ink cartridges which work best in households or office settings that don’t do a lot of printing.
The HP 65XL is a much larger ink cartridge. This is designed to handle business settings that require a lot of printing. These larger ink cartridges are also more expensive.
Can You Refill HP 65 and HP 65XL Ink Cartridges?
You can refill the ink cartridges for the HP Envy 5055 printer. Both the HP 65 and the HP 65XL ink cartridges are compatible with a variety of aftermarket ink brands that you can use to refill these cartridges. The process of refilling an HP 65 cartridge is very easy and doesn’t have much risk.
Here’s a list of everything you’ll need to get the job done.
- Latex gloves for protection and to avoid ink stains
- At least four ink cartridge refill syringes—one for each color
- Bottles of aftermarket refill ink in each color you need
- Empty HP 65 or HP 65XL ink cartridges
In order to refill your HP 65 ink cartridges, all you need to do is fill the syringe with the correct color ink and then inject the ink into the cartridge. There are small holes on top of the cartridge where you can inject the ink. Be careful not to damage any of the electrical contacts on the printer cartridge as this could cause printer errors in the future.
Here is a step-by-step guide for refilling the ink cartridge.
- Peel back the sticker on top of the cartridge
- Fill your syringe with the correct color ink
- Inject the ink into the cartridge
- Repeat until all HP 65 cartridges are full
- Clean up any ink that may have overflowed
- Replace the stickers
Will Off-brand Ink Cartridges Work on the HP Envy 5055?
The official word from HP is that you should not use off-brand ink cartridges in their printers. This could cause printer errors and compromise the quality of the documents and images you’re trying to print. However, there are plenty of third-party options when it comes to finding cheaper alternatives to the HP 65 and HP 65XL ink cartridges.
In order to find the right off-brand ink cartridges, you need to make sure that they are expressly advertised as working with your HP Envy 5055 printer. The best way to do this is to check the cartridge compatibility that your off-brand ink cartridges are advertising.
They should list compatibility with HP 65 and HP 65XL ink cartridges. It’s better to look for compatibility with the official cartridge than just compatibility with the printer itself. This will give you more guaranteed results and save you some money when you need to buy new printer ink cartridges.
Can You Use Other HP Ink Cartridges on the HP Envy 5055 Printer?
HP makes a wide variety of ink cartridges to accommodate their different printers. These ink cartridges cannot be interchanged with each other. This means that you can not use HP 60, 61, or 62 ink cartridges in your HP Envy 5055 printer.
These ink cartridges may look incredibly similar, but they have small differences that make them incompatible with different printers. It’s better to wait until you can find off-brand ink cartridges, a refill kit, or new HP 65 ink cartridges than to try to use a different ink cartridge family on your HP Envy 5055 printer.
Wrapping Up Ink Cartridges for the HP Envy 5055 Printer
The HP Envy 5055 printer uses HP 65 and HP 65xl ink cartridges. You can manually refill these ink cartridges by buying an ink cartridge refill kit. You can also find off-brand ink cartridges, but make sure they’re compatible with HP 65 and HP 65XL to make sure they work with your printer.
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