HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One printer

I would appreciate any information, good and bad, about the HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One printer. It is currently available for $99.00 which seems to be an outstanding price for what HP claims it can do. I have read some reviews and they are knocking the wireless part of the printer, an option I will not be using so not too interested in those problems. Some reviewers were knocking the scanner, that after scanning they couldn't print. Also, some had problems installing the Windows 7 driver. Printer is rated at 3.5 to 4.0 out of 5 stars. I print 4x6 color photos on occasion but not frequently but I still want quality color prints. I like the idea of easy copying of documents so I like the copy feature. Incidentally, I will be replacing an older HP 7550 printer that for Windows 7 requires a driver for the HP 5500 printer. This was OK but the printer is now totally broken and must be replaced. Sorry for rambling on.

Again, any comments will be appreciated........Ralph

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I was hoping for some input so am a little disappointed in no replies. If someone should check my post, would you know if this printer has ICC profiles so I don't have to use the printer's color management. I downloaded the manual and it doesn't specifically indicate anything about color management.

Thanks..........Ralph

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I purchased an HP Officejet 6500 recently and although the fax/copier and b/w document print-outs are of good quality, I am having major problems with accurate colors. My previous color printer was a small Lexmark and although the print quality was not as good, The colors were much more accurate.

Don't know if this might help, Ralph, but thought I would mention it to you.

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At the office we use one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/ColorVision-S3X100-SPYDER3EXPRESS/dp/B002OCF57K/ref=pd_cp_e_1

Look for the Pantone Huey as well.

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I recently bought one to use both on my Mac and PC running Windows 7. It runs beautifully on my Mac, but it will not scan to my PC. I've spent literally hours with different tech support agents until finally one told me I'd have to talk to a "level 2" tech support agent and to call back. When I did I was put on hold for 51 minutes (confirmed on my cell phone)then cut off. I called back, waited another 20 minutes and was told they would "have to exhaust all possibilities" before getting me to a level 2 agent. When I asked how many people I'd have to talk to before all possibilities were exhausted I was told that a level 2 agent would call me back. Don't know if this will ever be resolved (my computer doesn't detect the scanner), but with tech support so bad, I wouldn't recommend it for a PC.

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We have an Officejet 6500 and it prints very slow! If you print from Quickbooks you will have problems. Right now it prints about 2 pages per minute. Don't expect good tech support