User guide
What You Should Know
Hands-On Test Report
HP Officejet 4500 All-in-One Printer
March 2010 Wirth Consulting, LLC Denville, New Jersey USA www.wirthconsulting.org
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In color copy mode, the Officejet 4500 reproduced crisp black text, and clear,
readable text down to 4 pt. font size. It was also able to reproduce clear lines as
thin as 3.6 lp/mm in both horizontal and vertical orientations.
Also in color copy mode, the system was able to correctly produce the black
halftone scale in increments of 10%, as seen on the left, from 10 to
approximately 90-100%. While not apparent in the photo above (but visible in
the printed image-quality sample itself), the system was able to reproduce black
text in the box at the top. It clearly reproduced text handwritten in pencil and
marker so that it is clearly legible.
PRINT PRODUCTIVITY AND FUNCTIONALITY
Hewlett-Packard rates the Officejet 4500 Series at up to 28
(black)/22 (color) ppm in draft print mode, and at 6 (black)/4
(color) ppm in laser-comparable mode. The Officejet 4500 All-
in-One is equipped with USB 2.0 port and 10/100BaseT Ethernet
network interface, while the Officejet 4500 Wireless All-in-One is
equipped with USB 2.0 port and Wireless 802.11 b/g connectivity.
Minimum System Requirements
Microsoft Windows PCs:
Windows 7: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, 1 GB RAM (32-bit)/2 GB
RAM (64-bit), 1,100 MB free hard disk space, Internet Explorer 8.0.
Windows Vista: 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, 512 MB RAM,
1,150 MB free hard disk space, Internet Explorer 7.0.
Windows XP (32-bit) (SP1): Intel Pentium II or Celeron processor, 512 MB RAM,
790 MB free hard disk space, Internet Explorer 6.0.
Apple Macintosh: Mac OS X v 10.4.11, v 10.5.6, v 10.6: PowerPC G4, G5, or Intel
Core processor, 256 MB memory, 500 MB free hard disk space.
Draft Print Speed : 28/22 ppm PictBridge Port: No
Laser Comparable: 6/4 ppm Bluetooth: No
Media Card Slots: No Wireless: No**
Ethernet Networking: Yes* USB Host Port: 2.0
CPU: 192 MHz
Max. Printer Memory: 64 MB
Max. Print Res.: 4800x1200 dpi
*10/100BaseT Ethernet
**Officejet 4500 Wireless All-in-One is equipped with
Wireless 802.11 b/g connectivity. The tested version was
equipped with wired 10/100BaseT Ethernet network interface.
TESTED PRINTING PERFORMANCE
(PCL 3 GUI – Normal Mode)
Test Document
FPOT
(sec.)
Job Time
(sec.)
PPM
1-Page Photo 43.33 43.33 1.38
10-Page Adobe Acrobat Color 40.02 204.86 3.28
10-Page Adobe Acrobat Text 22.46 98.17 7.13
10-Page Power Point Color 48.00 410.00 1.49
10-Page B/W Word Text 19.97 97.14 7.00
10-Page B/W Word Duplex** -- -- --
*Automatic duplexing not available.