My choice fell on the HP Officejet 6500, as it can keep up with the new XL cartridges and due to lower electricity demand at least in the black and white printing with the printing costs of an inexpensive laser device at least (lt. Manufacturer information it is even 40% lower ).
The unit is easy to install. The problems occasionally described here with the software I can not confirm, although the unit through a router as a network printer for computers with three different operating systems (XP, Vista, Windows 7) acts, so it is not exactly the Super-Easy-standard installation ,
With regard to the volume during printing, which was evaluated negatively in the test, I found that the device is loud at best in the prepress, the printing process itself is quieter than a laser printer. Overall, the volume is quite acceptable.
The print quality in black and white as color excellent, as the color reproduction in printing.
Photo printing I have not tried yet.
The scanner delivers clear images in a good speed, the bundled OCR software is easy to use.
When copying, you can choose between B & W and color copy and select the quality required of a copy (also the lowest quality level provides useful copies and saves ink).
I am really absolutely delighted and can only recommend the device.
Addendum: The unit has now about two and a half years of continual use and still works without any problems. The print quality is still excellent. If it breaks down at some point, I will certainly bring me the successor of HP.
