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More…HP's Officejet 6500 Wireless color inkjet multifunction printer (MFP) finally offers some serious competition to the Pixma MX700 and other Canon models that habitually dominate our chart rankings. The two machines are comparable in speed and price (at this writing, $199 for the HP and $180 for the Canon), but the Officejet 6500 Wireless wins hands-down in design and in ink cost per page.
HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-In-One Printer
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Media Handling
| Manual Feed Slot | No |
| Maximum Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, height | 14.0 inches |
| Maximum Sheets With All Paper Trays | 250 |
| Output Tray Capacity | 50 |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, width | 8.5 inches |
| Standard input sheet capacity | 250 |
| Duplex printing | Yes |
General Features
| Printer Emulation Type | PCL3 |
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| PictBridge compatible | No |
| Printer languages supported | PCL3 |
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PCWorld Rating, November 24, 2009
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Pros
Fast print speeds; automatic duplexing
Inexpensive high-yield inks
Cons
Slow scanning speeds
Orange fleshtones on plain and HP papers
Bottom Line
This midpriced model offers solid performance, features, and print quality, with few compromises.
HP Officejet 6500 Wireless Inkjet MFP
Officejet 6500 Wireless All-In-One Printer Review, by Susan Silvius, PC World July 28, 2009
In our speed tests, the Officejet 6500 Wireless printed plain text at a speed of 11.7 pages per minute (ppm), and its color output was as fast as 3.2 ppm--faster than average, though far short of HP's advertised engine speeds of 32 ppm for monochrome and 31 ppm for graphics. Photos looked smooth and detailed. Some colors fell on the dark side of the natural range, and flesh tones often appeared orangey. Scans happened slowly and lacked some crispness, but the color balance was generally good.
The control panel looks busy, but grouping buttons by function prevents confusion. A two-line, 16-character monochrome LCD shows menu options and messages. Media slots take MMC/SD, xD, and MS/Duomedia cards; absent is any PictBridge port. The bundled HP Solutions Center and Photosmart Essentials applications add to the feature set. Photosmart Essentials offers photo-editing and organizing tools. The Solutions Center's help section includes an extensive library of how-to and troubleshooting animations.
Features of the Officejet 6500 Wireless unit we looked at included a 250-sheet input tray, a 35-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF), and an automatic duplexer. The input tray can handle a variety of media, from 4-by-6-inch photo paper to legal-size sheets. The 150-sheet output tray (on the lid of the input tray) supports legal paper--although the extensions to support the added length are a bit flimsy. All the other components are sturdy and well-constructed. Ethernet, USB, and wireless connectors are standard. The Canon Pixma MX700 has dual 150-sheet input trays, but it lacks duplexing or wireless.
HP sells replacement ink cartridges for the Officejet 6500 in standard and high-yield sizes (the printer ships with the standard size). All are keyed by color to their slots. The prices for the standard-cartridge inks are average, but the high-yield versions are impressively cheap: 2.7 cents per page for black text and 9.1 cents per page for color.
The HP Officejet 6500 strikes an impressive balance of performance, ease of use, and features at an aggressive price. It's robust enough to support a small office with moderate output needs, and it's easy to install and use, with excellent software support.
--Susan Silvius
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Performance
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 17.96 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 14.99 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 15.73 |
| Color Output Quality | Very Good |
| Color Photo Quality | Very Good |
| Copy Output Quality | Very Good |
| Copy Quality | Very Good |
| Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 16.6 |
| Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 1.77 |
| Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 5.3 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| Grayscale Output Quality | Good |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| One-Page Copy | 15.8 |
| One-Page Copy (secs) | 15.8 |
| One-Page Line Art, Maximum Resolution | Superior |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 19.16 |
| One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | Good |
| Overall Scan Quality | Very Good |
| Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 23.5 |
| Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 23.56 |
| Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 24.36 |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 31.62 |
| Ten-Page Word Document | 66.54 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 66.54 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 3.5 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 3.3 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 3.8 |
| Tested Text Speed (ppm) | 11.7 |
| Text Output Quality | Very Good |
| Three-Page Word Document | 35.65 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 35.65 |
| Total Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 16.6 |
| Total Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 1.77 |
| Total Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 5.3 |
| Two-Page Excel Document | 33.57 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 33.57 |
Scanning
| Preview scan, 2-by-2-inch document, 600 dpi | 23.5 |
| Preview scan, 4-by-5-inch document, 100 dpi | 23.56 |
| Preview scan, one-page Word document, 300 dpi | 24.36 |
| Preview scan, one-page Word document, 300 dpi | 24.36 |
Text Printing
| Text output quality | Very Good |
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