Performance Of Wifi All In Ones???

Hey buddies..

I'm interested in knowing the performance of all in one printers (print/ copy/ scan/ fax) specifically of hp (like model officejet pro 6500) when used in wifi mode..

Does wifi mode have any sort of effect in time taken for printing/ scanning/ copying/ faxing.. Is there any time lag after giving the command in wifi??
Thanx & regards

PS: I'm specifically putting this thread in networking instead of printers as this has got something to do with networking.

 

As usual with computers--it depends.

Mostly, it depends on how large the file is. A tiny text file, not so much, a big honking graphic file--yes.

Did a large poster using a desktop publishing program couple months ago and the file format is very large. From the point of hitting print to the point where it started printing was a very long time. You might be surprised how even a relatively small file to you is actually quite large when printing due to formatting information and embedded graphics.

Other factors that influence the:

a) amount of memory on the printer
b) supported network (wireless a/g/n)--all printers I have seen are wireless G right now, but a wireless N on a functioning wireless N network could be faster than a lan connection if all the stars align.

You will note that specific printer has Wireless G, but the wireless model comes with 64mb of memory rather than 32mb of memory.