HP Color LaserJet 2550L Printer

by HP

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 57 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0001X6TI8
• Item model number: Q3702A#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 15, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Enhance the look of all your work documents—color or black and white—with HP's most affordable color laser printer. The HP Color LaserJet 2550L is available at an amazingly low price, plus it's economical to maintain. Versatile, too: use it for both your everyday black-and-white documents and color brochures and flyers.

Features:

• Print great-looking, business-quality documents and images in vibrant color with HP ImageREt 2400 resolution-enhancement technology.
• Reduce wait time and improve productivity with the instant-on technology, which lets you print a document in the time competing printers are still warming up. Plus, enjoy print speeds of up to 20 pages per minute in black, 4 ppm in color.
• Manage and configure printer settings and access help from one location with HP Toolbox.
• Monitor the status of your supplies with HP smart printing technology.
• Easily access and replace supplies via the convenient front door; when a cartridge needs replacing, it automatically cycles to the top position.
• Easily print complex documents with the 264 MHz processor and 64 MB RAM (expandable to 192 MB) with DIMM slot.
• Keep various paper types ready to go in the included 125-sheet multipurpose tray and optional 250- and 500-sheet trays.
• Directly connect to your computer via the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and 1284-B parallel ports.
• Get started right away with the included black and color print cartridges.

What's in the Box
Printer, power cable, CD-ROM (includes the User Guide and printer software), getting started guide, imaging drum (Q3964A), HP Color LaserJet 2550 smart print cartridge, black 5,000-page yield (Q3960A), HP Color LaserJet 2550 color smart print cartridges (cyan [Q3971A], yellow [Q3972A], and magenta [Q3973A]; 2,000-page yield); printer cable not included

Product Description

HP Color LaserJet 2550L Printer Q3702A - Whether you're a PC or Macintosh computer user, the LaserJet 2550L offers laser speed, print quality, and color that's affordable for your home office or small business. Enhance the look of all your work documents: use it for both your everyday black-and-white documents and color brochures and flyers. This printer, though color, is not designed for high-quality photo printing. Designed for 30,000 pages per month average duty Print resolution - Up to 600 x 600 dpi with HP ImageREt 2400 Paper handling - 2 input trays - letter, legal, statement, executive, No.10 envelopes, Monarch envelopes Networking capable - Optional with HP external Jetdirect print server Connectivity - USB 2.0 port, IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port (backward compatible to USB 1.1) Unit Dimensions (H x D x W) - 12.8 x 17.8 x 18.98 inches / Unit Weight - 48 pounds HP USA 1-Year Limited Warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

75 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice color laser printer at a reasonable price., October 13, 2004

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Detail Freak (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 2550L Printer (Office Product)

It's October 2004 and I've had my 2550L for 3 months now. Overall I'm very satisfied with the product. I have it plugged into my USB 2.0 port and it prints quickly. Also the quality of the text and pictures are good. I selected it because of it's size, USB 2.0 compatible and price. It was one of the least expensive color laser printers on the market and one of the smallest. It really is quite amazing how HP has figured out how to put all four color cartridges in such a compact package.

I print mostly black and white but wanted the option of color without the smearing ink of an ink jet printer. (I also don't like ink jets because you have to clean the heads and replace the cartridges too often.) This printer prints black and white faster and color a little slower and that was just right for my needs.

I've owned Epson, Brother, and Panasonic printers before. This is my first HP and I really do notice a difference in the quality of the build. I would definitely buy a HP printer again.

Why 4 stars instead of 5? Well this model doesn't come with the paper tray that mounts to the bottom. I didn't think it would bother me but it did. So I wound up buying the paper tray seperate. I should have bought one of the other 2550s that included it to start with because it was tough to locate the paper tray option and buy it on its own. It also cost me more all together vs buying a higher end 2550 that came with it already.

One thing that I didn't read in the other reviews that I would have liked to have known is that the printer cycles periodically. It intially scared my wife and I in the middle of the night because we heard noises in our home that we had never heard before. It was the printer cycling. While it is relatively noisy I don't think it would have stopped me from buying it, but I would have liked to have known in advance.

57 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Look Carefully...No Paper tray, August 25, 2004

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R. E. Leonard (Central Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 2550L Printer (Office Product)

I bought one of these and packed it up to return tonight. There is no paper tray. The only way to feed paper is by opening the front door and sticking in sheets of paper. Then they hang out the front. The paper tray is an option that no one has in stock. I am going to swap for a 2550N. It comes with the tray and is supposed to be networkable.

Bob

61 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome Color Laser Printer at an Awsome Price!, August 12, 2004

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B. Miller (NY, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 2550L Printer (Office Product)

If you're like me, then you were blinded by the idea of a nice color laser printer for less then $500! Sure, these days you could go black and white for less then $150, even as low as $99. Is the color worth it? In my opinion: YES!

This printer, of all the color lasers, is the sleekest and most compact. Right off the bat, you will try and try to open up the paper tray at the bottom of the device, only to realize that it doesn't open. So where does the paper go? Well, that's the main negative...a part of the front panel opens up and the paper just hangs there much like the back of a bubble jet printer. But in this case, it completely ruins the nice look of the machine, and opens up for dust to accumulate. But for an additional $150-$300, you can buy a 250-850 page tray and this problem will be solved. This is an annoying thing, but I guess it is the price you pay for the price you pay. If you want it cheap, there has to be comprimises.

Output is AMAZING! Text is kickass, graphics are unbelievable, and photos are better then expected from a color laser. THIS IS NOT A PHOTO PRINTER, so dont buy it expecting great photo prints. If you want Kodak prints, buy a photo printer. If you want lots of quick color printouts at low cost, buy the 2550L.

Otherwise, I have no complaints. This thing is fast, cheap, and output is superior. And for god sake it is only $499!!! For that price, it's almost like, you dont have the right to complain!

Color output is off, like pinks instead of purples and yellows instead of orange. Tinker with the controls and you can match the color on your screen.

Simply: Get this, it's sweet.

-Brad