hp psc 500 review

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Average Ratings
Quality8.3/10 Based on 3 ratings
Print Quality7.3/10 Based on 10 ratings
Ease of Set Up10/10 Based on 2 ratings
Value for Money5.8/10
Reviewer Rating4.4/10
Overall Rating4.3/10 Based on 14 ratings
33% Recommended4 out of 12 Reviews

expert review of HP PSC 500 Inkjet Printer

By Laurence Aghabi. Rank: Lance Corporal on 3rd Aug 2001

Laurence Aghabi.'s Ratings
Value for money0/10
Overall value1/10
no Laurence Aghabi.'s recommendation

Good Points

Flatbed scanner/copier

Bad Points

Not compatible with Windows 2000.
Also duff chip batch in circulation.

General Comments

I bought this combined HP inkjet Printer / Scanner / Copier because it was advertised as compatible with Windows 2000 and had a flatbed scanner / copier. I thought it was a really good product and could help me with my home business as it is the only combined product of exactly this kind on the market. Not so! I found out to my cost that it is not compatible with Windows 2000 and I have been put through the corporate mangel to HP's discredit. Consumer be warned you will never get this product to work with Windows 2000 as it is part of the HP G-series and has driver problems. This is HP's problem, not Microsoft's and it cost me GBP100 to find that out. Do not enter the maze!!

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10 Comments on Review by Laurence Aghabi. for HP PSC 500 Inkjet Printer

  1. RJ. on 3rd Nov 2002

    I completely agree - don't even THINK of trying to connect this printer to a Win2000 system

  2. Andre. on 17th Dec 2002

    That's funny -- I've had my PSC500 running without problems on my Win2000 machine for more than 18 months now. There are Win2000 drivers available on www.hp.com since March 2001...

  3. Salomon Moyal. on 22nd Jan 2003

    Sorry about my english, i got a network with computers at home, my dell has the latest service packed windows 2000 (not sure if sp2) i really can't get the HP PSC 500 to scan. It might be that following Billy's example Fiorina tries us to sell each two years some new hardware. I was till now fully satisfied of my psc 500.

  4. Angelo. on 28th Feb 2003

    How do we network psc 500 using win me to win me??? printer sharing is all i need

  5. oddworld on 15th Sep 2003

    Installation HP PSC 500 on MS Windows 2000 Pro

    Do not connect the lpt 1 cable with the computer
    Cold boot:
    Turn off all running applications, virus scanners, ie, etc.
    Remove current HP software from your computer, through the use of add/remove from control panel.
    Next search files and remove them:
    Search for : HP0 (zero)
    : series
    : *.tmp
    When done, reboot
    Again, turn off all running applications, virus scanners, ie, etc.
    Load the HP PSC 500 cdrom
    Run:
    D:\install\officejet\setup.exe
    D:\Install\IRIS\setup.exe
    Turn off you computer
    Connect the lpt 1 cable with the computer
    Turn on the computer

    It works for me almost every time.

  6. MARK1MCCLARTY on 22nd Nov 2003

    TO THE EARLIER REVIEW. IT WAS MADE ABSOLUTLEY CLEAR BY HP THAT THE PSC 500 WOULD NOT WORK WITH WINDOWS 2000 & XP (NT BASED PLATFORMS)HOWEVER, EVERYTHING WORKS FINE ON MY PRINTER FOR TWO YEARS NOW. IT WAS ALSO MADE CLEAR BY HP THAT THE SCAN BUTTON WOULD BE FUNCTIONAL WHEN IN OPERATION WITH THE 2000 AND XP OPERATING SYSTEMS. wHY DO U NEED IT? iT IS AS SIMPLE TO USE THE SOFTWARE INCORPORATED IN XP

  7. Kenbo11 on 10th Dec 2003

    Actually HP's Web site says that the SOFTWARE AND DRIVERS INCLUDED WITH THE PRINTER would not work. That the software (scanner wizard) and drivers included with XP and 2000 WOULD work. Which IS the case all I had to do was plug it in and turn on the computer and it recognized it and configured itself.

  8. adderic on 6th May 2004

    I seem to be able to print with HPPSC 500. but it will not scan cold. Win Xp has a scanner driver that will scan and copy bitmap picture to file but only at 150 dpi resolution. Most OCR programmes would like 300 at least.. Have ordered new Iris Update software. will let you know . Has anyone solved this problem ?
    adder

  9. Kenbo11 on 9th May 2004

    In the XP scanner and camera wizard just click the custom settings button. I can change it up to 1200 dpi.

  10. adderic on 11th May 2004

    Good news for every HPPSC 500 owner. From a customer view the new Iris Pro9 is excellent for the HP 500. It has its own printer scanner driver, choices of resolution and the OCR software is terrific even at 300 dpi. Have tried mixed pictures and text. Again superb. Ability to separate pics and txt read cleanly by the OCR. Ok it cost £73 with shipping but when you consider the cost of a new scanner printer then you cant better it. Very user friendly. Well done Iris.



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