What To Know About The HP Color LaserJet 2550n Printer

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:15:27 EST

What to know about the HP Color LaserJet2550n printer and HP Color LaserJet 2550n toner comes down to what onewould need to know about any value-priced workgroup laser jet printermeant to work well with smaller workgroups. Hewlett-Packard seems tohave designed this particular printer to fill the role of a small,durable and easy-to-maintain printer that works well under almost everycondition. It can also be found at a good price, new and refurbished,at many Internet websites.

When it comes to print speed, this Hewlett-Packard performs well enough-- at least in black and white. A fast 20 pages per minute can beexpected in monochrome, while four pages per minute is the norm when itcomes to color output. It's equally obvious that Hewlett-Packardintended for this printer to be mainly a monochrome business printerwith the capability to do color printing when required.

There will be little to complain about when it comes to the quality ofthis model’s print output, because every page will come out lookingnice and sharp. This is because of its standard 600 dots per inchresolution, which is more than enough for the business needs of theworkgroup to which it will be joined. Hewlett-Packard included one ofits image enhancement technology programs to help keep everythinglooking good at all times.

There are several different ways to connect the 2550n to a networkedworkgroup, including by traditional parallel port as well as USB 2.0and even a nice Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX port. All of this versatilitymeans that the company IT specialist will have little to no difficultyin taking the printer and quickly interfacing it with a new or existingworkgroup. This factor has helped make the printer a favorite among ITspecialists.

There's 64 MB of RAM standard with the LaserJet 2550n and that can beupgraded to a full 192 MB of RAM with little trouble. It's alwaysadvised, though, to carefully check the print needs of the workgroup aprinter will be connected to in order to find just the right amount ofmemory without having to expend additional resources for memory thatmight not be needed. Everything is controlled by a well-working 264 MHzprocessor, by the way.

Total paper storage capacity in standard configuration (meaning withinits included paper trays) comes out to about 375 sheets. Optional trayscan increase storage capacity all the way up to 875 pages. In terms ofdurability, the 2550n has been rated at 30,000 pages per month ofmaximum image output. Hewlett-Packard recommends between 1,000 and4,000 pages per month before arranging for very minor and speedymaintenance.

Given that this HP unit is a true laser jet printer, occasionalreplacement of its four printer cartridges (magenta, yellow, black andcyan) will be required. When it comes to the different operatingsystems that the printer can run off of, the range is quite large,including Windows XP and many different Macs, as well as Linux/UNIX andeven Windows Vista platforms (it's certified to handle Vista with theaddition of certain optional software).

All of these characteristics combine to make the HP Color LaserJet2550n printer a nice value-priced business and workgroup machine thatis sure to appeal. This is also because a refurbished unit can be foundfor around $350, while good-quality used versions with lots of lifeleft in them go for about $250. This was a popular printer forHewlett-Packard, which also means that plenty of parts and otheraccessories will be quite common.

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What To Know About The HP Color LaserJet 2550n Printer