He came neatly packed in so I could assume that nothing has been damaged during transportation by DHL.
After taking the unit out of the package I had it first with the lid open and the paper tray at room temperature to thaw for about 20 minutes, because it is quite cold felt (minus 10 degrees outside!).
The printer leaves already a high impression. The top flap that protects the scanner is matte black, the rest of the body is made of glossy plastic, to the front is the touchscreen, which looks like an oversized iPhone 3 and can be tilted forward. The unit also weighs a lot.
First you have to tape all (transport safety) Remove these are easily accessible and can be easily solved. Then the printer with the supplied power cord is connected to the power grid, now the cartridge carriage moves to a center position (also here previously Removing transport safety) and you can set individual color cartridges (black, magenta, cyan, yellow) used, this proved to be good accessible, with little pressure snap the cartridge audibly in the holders. Here you can not go wrong, the cartridges are provided with different symbols for the different colors, which are reflected in the printer above the corresponding slots, as well as a color-blind man could assign the cartridges properly.
After the cover is closed, already is also printed the first test page (With paper loaded). The loading paper (DIN A4, 80 g / m²) in the lower compartment and the supplied photo sheets (10x15 cm in size) about easy going.
Little drops of wormwood: A printer cable is not in, but this is to get over the face of a WLAN printer. At first I had my iMac and the 6520 e AIO with the cable of its predecessor (also HP) connected, but was asked later in the device, remove it, I go further down on a.
I now first the old HP printer software from the Mac, an enclosed CD-ROM includes software for this printer model for both Windows computers as well as Apple Mac. In this I have but deliberately, I downloaded from the HP website the latest software version, probably would have had to be loaded there after installing CD anyway a while ...
As often noted, the enclosed held in various languages printed manual is rather to be seen as a bad joke, but with some common sense and a constant view on the touch screen of the printer (here messages) you can set up this quickly. In principle one could now already printing, scanning or copying (The latter does indeed eh` without a connected computer).
The printer should be addressed in our 4-person household by various devices from, these include: Apple iMac (21 ", mid 2011), iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPad 2nd Generation, and iPod touch 4th generation, in each case with the latest operating system provided.
About the Apple AirPrint function, this can be also easily realized.
For this, the printer must however either to a network (WLAN) are connected, in my case through a router (Fritz Box Fon WLAN 7270 v3), or are connected directly via the printer's Wireless Direct feature, when airprintfähige devices. However, the latter has one major drawback: The printer does not have any Internet connection so you can use either the existing function ePrint, you can still bring updates to the printer directly and without any detours. Here is also the lack of printer cable comes into play via WLAN Direct is a device, such as the name suggests, connected wirelessly. Obviously, it is the printer not possible, a wired and at the same time appealing to a cabled device. But this does not bother me in the least, because the response time, ie the time from the members print job until the actual pressure is hardly delayed noticeably.
Both options include the sector also do not rule out it makes in certain device constellations even meaning to set both options.
Setting: Using the touch screen of the printer is selected on there flashing symbols for certain actions, here the Wlansymbol should follow the instructions and there are a the Wlanschlüssel. Now connect the printer to the router, check the Internet connection and search for product updates. Here you can select whether a print is to take place only after prior award PIN entry (safer) or whether everyone can access at the touch of the network it without a PIN input (unsafe). The same repeated it to the WLAN Direct and even the printer is ready.
I can about the software (HP Utility) on the iMac to adjust other functions, such as Print Quality (consequently, also the speed), two-sided printing, a / and you can here eg query or ink print system status messages.
Here, however, is also a problem: there is a button Scan to PC in the menu item Scan Settings. This obviously has no function in connection with Apple`s current operating system IOS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) - a pity!
But scanning works fine on the touchscreen menu, and there is the possibility in the (Apple) Dock an application HP Scanning store that are executed when needed.
This problem is known, according to HP support and is apparently not resolved.
For Windows users, the problem does not appear.
Now to ePrint: HP assigns here the printer its own email address, which can be changed if necessary.
If you want, for example, the move from an image or document on the domestic printer to print, it sends the file to the printer's email address and it will print out this simple. Here, too, tells the printer whether it is a text or image file and select the corresponding paper tray out.
The many negative reviews I can not understand, I can not print in a timely manner, scanning and copying, moreover, from any point on my plot. About ePrint even from around the world!
The printer meets all my requirements for such a device.
The previous printouts are all sharp, there are no streaks or similar ;, the colors are strong and true to the original.
For two-sided printing, which is the way to easily select the print menu (this box or not ...) is after the front side is printed, a moment remains to let dry the ink, only then the back is printed.
Whether 5 or 25 sheets of paper in the paper tray, nothing is creased, crumpled or torn.
There is a slot for memory card slot on the front of the printer. I have made my camera a SD HC card (8 GB) inserted there, it will be detected quickly and you can select on the touch screen of a menu, what you want to print (passport photograph, Panorama, etc.).
These miniatures of stored on the storage media images are displayed on the touch screen, swipe over it scrolls you through the pictures.
The touch screen is easy to read, you can even adjust the brightness. Photo thumbnails are visible.
He responded properly to touch. (Also with a ballpoint pen or the like, which can be helpful when considering the letters on the right small display the way - dialing or Keypad to make correctly!)
Usually text documents are printed at our house, for one or another of the children homework is certainly the photo print function used.
Images for a photo album I would anyway not finished with a home printer, but always as the time before the digital cameras provide for a professional company to develop or be equal to commission in photobook!
The reviewers should perhaps the exact device designation appoint (... 5520, 6520, 7520 ... etc), and also their operating system as long as the printer is connected to a computer connected. This allows then maybe one or the other negative review and understand certainly better make a purchasing decision for those interested!
I am from this unit in any case extremely thrilled recommend it very clear!
The price / performance ratio is in my view in order.
Interested parties should access, if not satisfied can the device so if necessary, send them back.
