Print quality of an officejet 6500 wireless all-in-one E709n

I purchased this printer as part of an Apple promotion with a MacBookPro. The color is extremely poor. Was told by an HP tech. that they were host cartridges only to be used for setting up the printer. Anyone else experience this? Also, when I print out an email, the top part of the message is cut off. How do I fix that? Apple won't exchange for another as I already recycled the box. Do I just have a bum printer? It does respond to print commands and I have it hooked to a desktop iMac via USB and to my laptop via wireless. That works...unfortunately, the quality is horrible.

I think our HP tech support agent gave you incorrect advice. Out of the box, the color quality should be spot on.
When you say the color is extremely poor, do you see this with photo printing or general purpose color documents?
Also, have you tried performing a print head cleaning and an alignment? The alignment should have been done automatically when you first setup the printer but it doesn't hurt to do it again.
Finally, give HP tech support a call again and politely press your case. Don't let them tell you it's a host supply issue since the 6500 doesn't use this type of starter ink. If you are unhappy with the printer's print quality, insist on a replacement.
BTW -- I have a prototype Officejet 6500 and I think it's a good office printer.
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