Customer Rating: 
Summary: Reliable, excellent product
Comment: In this world of many choices, it's a relief to know that there are brands which continue, again and again, to keep up with the quality they started with. HP is one of those brands. My 6540 is as good as my former 5150 printer, only faster and simpler to use. Thanks HP for a job well done. Thanks Amazon for carrying items like that.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pooped out after changing color cartridge
Comment: I had the same problem as another user of this printer only it was when changing the color cartridge. I worked with an HP technician and they could not help me. Basically the printer melted down after I attempted to change the tri-color cartridge. It would no longer recognize the cartridge even after cleaning the cartridge and the printer contacts. It will not print correctly with the black cartridge either now. I've had it for maybe 1 1/2 years. HP printers used to run a lot longer. I'm moving on to another brand.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Couldn't be better!
Comment: This printer was worth every penny! It creates phenomenal color photos and prints black and white documents very quickly. Another feature that I like is that it prints the last page first and the first page last so that it's already in the correct order when it's done printing.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice little printer for the money
Comment: I bought this printer to replace my HP 950 and it is very comparable to that printer. I am happy with the way it performs..the software is even better than the 950. I am hoping this printer stands up the way my HP750 and HP950 have.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Frequent Paper Jams
Comment: I run a small dental office. Over the years I've owned about ten inkjet printers - my office uses four printers at a time. Recently we've been using the dependable HP Deskjet 932C and two older printers - HP the Deskjet 882C. I always buy Hewlett Packard printers because I've been happy with the performance I've gotten...until now.
Last month we decided to replace our two oldest HP printers because of their slow print speed. The May 2005 issue of Consumer Reports rated the HP Deskjet 6540 number one with a very fast print speed. I bought two and gave away the old Deskjet 882C's.
I wish I had the old ones back.
If you print on standard 20-pound paper this printer will be fine. And if you're printing on a single sheet of glossy photo paper you will be happy with the quality of the print.
But if you print on thicker paper such as Hewlett-Packard Bright White Inkjet Paper, which is 24 pounds, you're in for a world of trouble. The printer regularly picks up a stack of 5 pages at once and jams. And if you print mailing labels such as the Avery 5160, be prepared to feed the sheets one at a time - by hand! Otherwise the printer picks up 3 pages and jams too.
I've changed all the printer settings and nothing helps. I Goggle searched the web for help, but I've found none.
Summary: Reliable, excellent product
Comment: In this world of many choices, it's a relief to know that there are brands which continue, again and again, to keep up with the quality they started with. HP is one of those brands. My 6540 is as good as my former 5150 printer, only faster and simpler to use. Thanks HP for a job well done. Thanks Amazon for carrying items like that.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pooped out after changing color cartridge
Comment: I had the same problem as another user of this printer only it was when changing the color cartridge. I worked with an HP technician and they could not help me. Basically the printer melted down after I attempted to change the tri-color cartridge. It would no longer recognize the cartridge even after cleaning the cartridge and the printer contacts. It will not print correctly with the black cartridge either now. I've had it for maybe 1 1/2 years. HP printers used to run a lot longer. I'm moving on to another brand.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Couldn't be better!
Comment: This printer was worth every penny! It creates phenomenal color photos and prints black and white documents very quickly. Another feature that I like is that it prints the last page first and the first page last so that it's already in the correct order when it's done printing.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice little printer for the money
Comment: I bought this printer to replace my HP 950 and it is very comparable to that printer. I am happy with the way it performs..the software is even better than the 950. I am hoping this printer stands up the way my HP750 and HP950 have.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Frequent Paper Jams
Comment: I run a small dental office. Over the years I've owned about ten inkjet printers - my office uses four printers at a time. Recently we've been using the dependable HP Deskjet 932C and two older printers - HP the Deskjet 882C. I always buy Hewlett Packard printers because I've been happy with the performance I've gotten...until now.
Last month we decided to replace our two oldest HP printers because of their slow print speed. The May 2005 issue of Consumer Reports rated the HP Deskjet 6540 number one with a very fast print speed. I bought two and gave away the old Deskjet 882C's.
I wish I had the old ones back.
If you print on standard 20-pound paper this printer will be fine. And if you're printing on a single sheet of glossy photo paper you will be happy with the quality of the print.
But if you print on thicker paper such as Hewlett-Packard Bright White Inkjet Paper, which is 24 pounds, you're in for a world of trouble. The printer regularly picks up a stack of 5 pages at once and jams. And if you print mailing labels such as the Avery 5160, be prepared to feed the sheets one at a time - by hand! Otherwise the printer picks up 3 pages and jams too.
I've changed all the printer settings and nothing helps. I Goggle searched the web for help, but I've found none.