HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One Printer

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.7 x 16.1 x 10.2 inches ; 16.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 25 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001PO6IPG
• Item model number: CB815A#B1H
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (201 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #57 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Printers > Inkjet Printers
  • #77 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Printers > All-In-One Printers > Inkjet All-In-One Printers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer Want to get the upper hand on office productivity? Print, fax, scan and copy with the HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One. Easily share your printer using built-in wired networking, and make scanning and faxing more convenient so you can keep your business running smoothly. Want affordable color printing? Get professional color for up to 40% lower cost per page and less energy use than lasers[1]. With four individual HP Officejet inks, you'll print documents with sharp black text and impressive color graphics.

Want a printer that's simple to use? Conveniently print up to 250 pages without reloading the paper tray. Plus, let the automatic document feeder do your busy work—fax, scan and copy up to 35 pages at a time. Want to add photos to your documents? Just slide your memory card into the card slots and push the "Photo" button on the control panel. Get it all done fast with the HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One Power through your busy day. Print at high speeds and connect your all-in-one to multiple PCs using wired networking. Scan photos and documents, then save the files right to your computer or a memory card. You can also send faxes directly from your desktop and save received faxes straight to your PC. Boost your business image and your bottom line Create your own marketing materials for less. Print professional color for up to 40% lower cost per page than lasers[1]. Avoid keeping outdated documents and storing extra copies by printing only what you need, when you need it. Make your own brochures, flyers and more using HP Brochure Paper and HP Tri-fold Brochure Paper. Find business templates and project ideas at www.hp.com/print

Create your own marketing materials for less.

Save energy in more ways than one with an HP Officejet Help your business be more energy-efficient. HP Officejets use up to 40% less energy than lasers[1], and you'll reduce energy consumption by using one machine instead of four separate products. Plus, this all-in-one is an ENERGY STAR® qualified product. Remember compatible ink, paper and accessories Say it best with Original HP. The HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One uses four individual inks: 920 Black, 920 Cyan, 920 Magenta and 920 Yellow. You can save money on ink by choosing optional XL high-capacity cartridges (not included; please purchase separately). Print all your business documents, from brochures and presentations to invoices and emails, using HP paper.

Save energy in more ways than one with an HP Officejet. Print impressive documents using new HP Officejet inks.

To easily connect your PC to this HP all-in-one, you'll need a USB cable.

See all the compatible inks and recommended papers here.

Get the specifics
PRINT SPEED: Maximum speeds of 32 ppm black, 31 ppm color[2]
FAX: Up to 100-page fax memory, up to 100 speed dial numbers
SCAN: Resolution up to 2400-dpi optical; maximum scan size 8.5" x 11.7"
COPY: Reduce/enlarge 25%-400%
PAPER HANDLING: 3" x 4" to 8.5" x 30"; up to 7,000 pages per month

What's in the box? HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One Printhead HP 920 Black Officejet Ink Cartridge HP 920 Cyan Officejet Ink Cartridge HP 920 Magenta Officejet Ink Cartridge HP 920 Yellow Officejet Ink Cartridge Power cord Setup poster Fax Getting Started Guide CD-ROMs (for software)

HP Officejet Business impact for up to 40% less cost[1]. Give your business the best of both worlds Looking for a laser printer? Buy the affordable alternative—HP Officejet. You'll get the best of both: the laser quality your business needs at the low inkjet prices you want. Print professional color for up to 40% lower cost per page and less energy use than lasers[1]. Print impressive documents using new HP Officejet inks What's the big deal about these inks? There's four of them. Since each color is separate, you avoid wasting ink by replacing only the cartridge that runs out.

Want to get more ink for less money? Buy optional XL high-capacity cartridges[3]. Reduce, reuse and recycle Want to help your business go green? Easily save paper using HP Smart Web Printing[4]. Select text and photos from multiple websites, organize it all on a single page and click "Print". To save even more paper, flip the page over manually and print on both sides. Since HP Officejets are ENERGY STAR® qualified products, you can be sure you're saving power. Did you know HP recycles your print cartridges for free? Visit www.hp.com/recycle for details. In 2006, HP recycled more than 164 million pounds of hardware and print cartridges—the same weight as 600 jumbo jets.

Print multiple websites on a single page with HP Smart Web Printing[4].

Choose the right product for you. Want all of these features plus wireless, automatic two-sided printing? Buy the HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One. Want to print lab-quality photos? Buy the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One.

[1] Majority of color laser all-in-ones under $600, June 2008, OJ with highest-capacity cartridges. Energy use based on HP testing using the ENERGY STAR® program's TEC test method criteria. For details, see www.hp.com/go/officejet
[2] After first page; see www.hp.com/go/inkjetprinter for details.
[3] Not included. Please purchase separately.
[4] Requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.

ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR logo are registered U.S. marks.

Product Description

Boost productivity with this fast HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One Printer, networked all-in-one saves up to 40% per color page over lasers. Maximum print speeds of 32 ppm black, 31 ppm color. Speeds equivalent to a laser printer with up to 7 ppm black, 7 ppm color. Easily share this all-in-one and efficiently use resources with embedded wired Ethernet networking. Easy-to-use workflow tools let you scan to PC or memory cards plus digital fax options. Up to 40 percent lower cost per color page vs. lasers. Print color for up to 40% less cost per page than competitive lasers using HP Officejet inks. Save money by replacing only the individual ink cartridge that runs out. Get more pages and fewer cartridge replacements with available high capacity cartridges. Get professional quality black text, and vivid color graphics and photos with HP Officejet ink. Save money and energy with this efficient ENERGY STAR qualified all in one. Cut energy use by as much as 40% when using this HP All-in-One instead of four separate products. This HP Officejet All-in-One consumes up to 40% less energy than color laser all-in-ones. Enjoy free, easy recycling cartridges returned via HP Planet Partners are recycled responsibly.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

142 of 146 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can be made wireless through wifi router connection, April 23, 2009

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This review is from: HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One Printer (Office Product)

Don't bother using the disks that came with the printer. Better to go online at the hp site and download the driver software to this model.

I went to the HP site (per one reviewer's suggestion) and installed the smallest "for IT professionals only" version (I'm still using XP OS) and found I could not use the scan function with that slimmed-down driver. As some users have noted, the scan function breaks - a bug in the software. (I discovered the web scan feature - just enter the printer's IP address into the browser url bar. Many thanks to the helpful customer who commented on my review.)

Use the custom install option (uncheck the Photosmart, HP Purchasing junkware). To disable the incessant looping Update nag message popup after reboot, I deleted the HP Update application (via Add/Remove utility) after installing the driver. I agree HP software is rather crappy and bloated but the HP printers have been more reliable than other brands I've used. I bought the 6500 to replace my 6 year old HP PSC 1210 that died after years of heavy use. Before that, I bought the HP Deskjet 500 that still works after 20 years. I hope this machine lasts awhile, as well.

I'm surprised this newer-model printer isn't faster than my old printer (equally noisy to my 1210) but the scanner is improved - more adjustment options, decent resolution. I wanted the flatbed copying and sheet feeder capabilities for my next multi-function machine and this one does the job adequately.

Had a power outage recently and was concerned that since I didn't power off via the button on the printer, it might screw up the settings.. but there was no issue. It worked fine after power was restored, without me having to make any adjustments. Also, if you don't want to wait for the printer to warm up and print heads cleaned every time at startup, just leave the machine on all the time.

To have the ink cartridges last longer, I set the print resolution to "Fast Draft" for most of my projects.

Addendum (5/16/10): Ignore the "empty cartridge" alert on the machine. The final warning will stop the print jobs from proceeding. Just take that ink cartridge out and re-install it back into the machine. This will override the "out of ink" status. You'll get at least another 20 pages before the ink cartridge is actually empty.

Update (7/16/11): I still have this HP All-in-One and found several refill kit vendors to replace the ink for both the slim and XL sized cartridges.

The kits are sold on Amazon - Inktec - color set or black refill sold separately. Also, there's the good-valued 600ml color & black combo ink refill kit. Links on reviews get blocked so do a search on Amazon for "Inktec refill HP 920XL" and "600 ml refill hp 920 XL" to find those items.

84 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Say it ain't so!, June 9, 2009

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Candid in Seattle "DM" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One Printer (Office Product)

Overall print quality is excellent. Price is good also.

Some points of interest:

1. When setting up the network printer I ran into a few snags and no two installs followed the same dialogue. It took 2-3 hours to set up 4 computers on our network.

2. The print cartridge empty light came on with 25-100 pages remaining. I typically use Fast Draft as a default and keep printing until ink ran out.

3. Text is regularly cut off from the last 1/2 line or so at the bottom of a page -- seems to be a margin problem that floats around. Adjusting the footer and body margins sometimes, not always, corrects the problem. Print Preview always looks fine. I'm using Word 2007 - same problem occurs in previous versions of Word. Work around is to create a PDF and print the PDF -- no joke! Several websites indicate that this is a problem with no real fix/patch available.

4. The printer is extremely noisy and has a habit of cleaning itself regularly. Hmmmm!

Say it ain't so!

50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great all around home printer, May 4, 2009

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C. McMillan (NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One Printer (Office Product)

I've had this printer for about a month now, and have printed and scanned several documents (have not tested the fax as I do not have a home landline).

Overall, I am pleased with the printer. The print quality, and speed are very good and the scanning couldn't be easier. The only small complaints I have about it are 1 - it's a bit noisy when it prints (and subsequently aligns the print after after each printing). In fact, when my wife sent something to the printer across the network from another room, my 2 year old was near the printer and it scared the dickens out of him!

The other drawback was (and I'll readily admit I'm no IT expert) I was unable to get the printer to install without using the HP CD that installs all kinds of extra crap I did not want on my machine.

Anyway, despite some things I do not like, I am very happy with this printer.