HP OfficeJet 6500 Wireless All-in-One Comments

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.

@Simon - as with many reviews of All-in-One units there is no mention of scan speed + quality. For many people a device like this with ADF could be a serious contender for paperless document archiving, especially as the other features of the unit appear to be very good. Typically small businesses and home users tend to scan documents in grayscale at 200dpi resolution, so a speed test with these settings would be a valuable addition to the review.

Can TR confirm whether or not this device can scan & copy in duplex (double-sided) mode from the ADF (Auto Doc Feeder) - as not all ADFs are equal in this respect.

Overall, I'm a little disappointed in TR's coverage of Printers / Scanners / All-In-One's - the depth of the reviews is very shallow compared with the normally excellent standard of your other product categories.

Please TR, review your coverage of such devices and bring them in line with your superb TV & Video product reviews.

Jake is correct, there are two versions of this printer, one with wifi and one without.

I brought one from Ebuyer based on this review, paid £135 for it, then discovered it was minus the wifi.

Why the hell do HP use the exact same model number for two different models!?

HP6500 and HP6500W, is that too difficult for them?

I just wanted to add that I have just bought the wifi version which I am absolutely thrilled with; installing was very easy and print quality great BUT I cannot print from quickbooks without first making a pdf. After hours of Trouble shooting over the phone with Quickbooks, they tell me their software dosen't work with wifi. Had I known this I would not have bought it! Ahhhhhh!

For the record HP have advised me how to fix the problem by installing another Driver for Quickbooks; Deskjet990c. using this driver fixes the problem.

I have had the J6480 now for about a year. One of the most frustrating pieces of equipment I have ever operated. Keeps going off line, loads up your machine with all kinds of superfluous programs, and uses up ink like crazy. I am off this morning to purchase another machine that, hopefully, will not turn my hair as gray as this one has!