HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 review

OfficeJet Pro 6500 is an intermediate printer from the HP AIO inkjet line. It sits comfortably between the 4000 series and the 8000 series. There are many significant advantages of this printer, this is a fast printer, prints good quality, does anything, and most importantly, it’s cheap. Around $ 150, you get a printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine that works well in one unit.

HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 Review: Printer

The HP OfficeJet 6500 can print very well; it’s one of the best in-one printer mechanisms that we have come across for a while. Many printers on the market today can print quickly, but very few can produce a quantity of good quality. Well, the HP Officejet 6500 can certainly do that, and do it very well. First of all, fast, very fast, 32 ppm black and 32 ppm colour. It is capable of producing print speeds of up to 4800×1200 dpi in colour and 600 dpi in black. Not much can say about black printing, but the resolution you get from colour lets you do some pretty impressive prints. This printer is capable of unlimited distribution; therefore, the image is not a problem.

6500 does support duplex printing, but this is a manual mechanism. Not the friendliest thing we have encountered, but for the price you get, there is no substitute.

This printer is equipped with a standard 2-line LCD screen, the best functionality, not too fancy, so you do not know what it wants to say to you or too simple, so it has no information. In our opinion, the LCD screen on this unit is right.

HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 Reviews: Photo Printing

As mentioned before, the HP Office 6500 has an impressive printer that prints quickly and well and is ready to print photos. It supports borderless printing up to 8.3 x 23.4 inches. It supports most memory cards out there with direct printing technology.

HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 Review: Scanner

The scanner on this printer is probably the best we have ever seen on most AIO machines on the market, with optical resolutions of up to 2400 dpi, which can increase to 19,200 dpi. It scans 48 bits and supports 8.5 x 11.7 inches on a flatbed and proper size through an automatic document feeder.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t scan transparent material, so your slides and negatives are out of the question. Dedicated and more powerful scanners support most of these functions.

HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 Review: Photocopiers and Fax

OfficeJet 6500 will copy your documents through an automatic document feeder or scanner bed with 31 colour copies per minute and 32 black copies, can copy up to 100 prints per record, and scale 25 to 400%.

There is nothing special about the fax machine on this printer, the fact that it is worth mentioning because many AIO machines on the market today do not have this function anymore. Understandably, faxing may be a practice of the past; in fact, fax is rarely used anymore. However, there are times when you need a fax, and this is a situation in which you appreciate the fax machine on your HP OfficeJet Pro 6500.

HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 Reviews: Connectivity

This printer is network-ready via an Ethernet cable but not WIFI. Somewhat disappointing that an excellent multifunction printer that is rated as an office machine by HP cannot connect wirelessly. We found that the Ethernet connection was functioning well, but we realized that this printer was not intended to share with many people; it was more of a personal office machine.

HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 Reviews: Price and Maintenance

OfficeJet Pro 6500 is a cheap machine to own and store. With an MSRP of $ 150, you can easily find it below that price. For this review, we have found this unit in the range of $ 70 to $ 150.

It uses a new HP 920 series cartridge, black prints are about 420 pages and cost 20 dollars, while three colour cartridges are 10 dollars each and print around 300 pages. Therefore, each cartridge replacement you are looking for costs about $ 50. Of course, there are XL packages that print 1,200 black and 700 colours; the total XL package is around $ 73. Not bad considering how much more you get per cartridge.

HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 Reviews: Our Verdict

Without a doubt, the HP OfficeJet Pro 6500 is one of the best office classes available in one machine out there; the price is right, well made, and cheap to maintain. We don’t like his 8500 brothers, we feel we are trying too hard to be something that is not, we found 6500 right in its place. Also, it doesn’t give you the feeling of cheap plastic that 8500 gives you, even though both are made of plastic, which makes us confused.

In conclusion, if you are considering an excellent all-in-one printer for your home or small office, we highly recommend this unit.