Comments on HP OfficeJet 6500 Wireless All-in-One

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jake120

7:11 PM on 30 June, 2009

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I have done my own testing on this product and there are 5 items that should be mentioned. The one I tested was the 6500 wireless model number E709n this comes with duplexing. (I may be mistaken but one of the photos that is shown shows a duplexer attached to the product you tested.)





1)In the US there are 3 variations of this product all with the same name but not all come with the same feature set so the end user has to pay attention to the model number to make sure they get the one they want.


2)Here HP advertises a print speed of 32 ppm black and 31 ppm color with a “Laser Quality Speed” of 7 ppm black and 7 ppm color in my testing using the default setting (automatic 600 X 600) it came out to approximately 7 ppm black and 5 ppm color. But not all HP venders state the laser quality speed.


3)The HP datasheet it states a copy speed of 32cpm black and 31cpm color. No mention of laser quality speed. During the copy testing it became very apparent that this product could not even come close to that stated speed using default settings and real world documents.


4)Because my unit comes with duplexing I also tested this feature. HP does not quote a duplex speed and this is good thing for HP. Because if a person were to buy this product hoping to get a simple 3 page duplex document out in about one minute The end user would be very disappointed. As the product took over 2 minutes to do this. The reason is the unit waits about 18 seconds before it starts to print the other side of the document so the ink can completely dry.


5)As far as cost per page this is a guessing game with HP as you know there is no indication on the front panel or on the status page regarding a percentage or page count remaining. So to quote a cost per page in this case is not very useful and may be counter productive. In my testing using equivalent page count based on approximate known page coverage. Comparing that information with the visual boxes HP offers as a usage rate. My guess is the end user using default settings for most documents would get approx 30% less then what HP states the yield should be.


I must thank you for allowing people to submit their comments and give the other side of an issue. Keep up the Good Work even if I do not allways agree.