Buy HP Color LaserJet 4550 PrinterHP Color LaserJet 4550 Printer Product Description:
- Effective 2,400 dpi resolution from 600 x 600 dpi engine plus HP ImageREt 2400 technology
- HP ColorSmart II, sRGB, and improved Pantone color matching
- 16 ppm black, 4 ppm color printing speed
- 233 MHz processor, 64 MB memory, expandable to 192 MB
- Parallel and wireless infrared interfaces; network option
Product Description
C7086A HP HP LaserJet 4550N Color Laser Printer C7086A
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
HP 4550 Color Laserjet is Best Printer out!!
By A Customer
I printed a lot of photos with my old 895cse printer, and they looked great, but the ink could smear and it took forever. I recently bought this printer, and it is fantastic, clean and crisp prints... and full color in the same time it takes to print a text page, about 20 seconds. And you don't have to replace the cartridge every other week, so far it's been 3 months and I haven't changed the toner yet. I say if you can afford this now, it will pay off in the long run.
27 of 31 people found the following review helpful.Craftspeople Need the Best Tools
By Dan Poynter
The HP-4550 Color LaserJet Printer is a great tool.
We live in a color world. Our television, magazines and newspapers are in full color. It only makes sense to be able to reproduce what we see on our computer screen in color. Black/White output is only a poor representation, not an accurate reproduction.
Since many people are considering trading up from a LaserJet 4 as I did, I will compare the two.
The 4550 is heavier. You will need two people carry it and to move it from its shipping carton to a table.
The 4550 is larger. Check the measurements. Make sure you have room for it.
The 4550 is noisier but the fan shuts off after a few minutes of nonuse and it goes into a sleep mode after 30 minutes (adjustable).
The 4550 is slower. It is first-page-out rated at 26 seconds in b/w while the HP-4050 is rated at 13 seconds.
The printer cable is rather short. You may need an extension.
If you have a small office and require more speed, you may be better off with an HP-4050 (b/w) printer and a small color inkjet printer.
The manual is excellent, the setup is easy and the color is great.
As a publisher, author of 26 Books, 109 revised editions, six translations and over 500 magazine articles as well as a consultant to the book publishing industry, I spend a lot of time using my computer. I need the best tools. The 4550 is a great tool. DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.A Color Laserjet that is Commercially Viable to Inkjet
By Todd M. Hess
I broke down and purchased an HP Color Laserjet 4550 in March (my yearly bonus paid out!). While it required my teenage son and myself to lug it into the house (it is rather lofty in size), setup was simple and the quality and durability of prints cannot even be compared to an inkjet printer.
Prior to purchasing the 4550, I owned three color inkjet products and have never been satisfied with the final prints. Even if you could get the prints to look good right out of the printer, their durability (ink smears, color degradation, etc.) certainly suffered.
How to justify a rather sizeable purchase? Save your money and don't buy the poor reliability from color ink jet printers not to even mention the cost of the cartridges (but note you will have to anticipate the costly replacement of the four toner cartridges used in the 4550 laserjet eventually). Also, purchase a nice card maker software package (I use Hallmark Card Studio 2) and some good laserjet photo paper, and you can easily justify the cost of this color laserjet.
I wish I would have never bought into the color inkjets and waited for this nearly affordable color laserjet instead.
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