Monday, December 27, 2004
HP Deskjet 5550 Printer Review
| HP Deskjet 5550 - InkJet Printer with five photo-printing presets MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price) for HP Deskjet 5550:$150.00 |  |
With its good design and some high-tech extras, HP Deskjet 5550 certainly looks as slick as the new inkjets on the block. HP Deskjet 5550 also lets you adjust five photo-printing presets: Smart Focus, Contrast Enhancement, Digital Flash, Sharpness, and Smoothing.
From the simple HP Deskjet 5550 driver interface, you can specify your basic settings, including paper type and print mode (Best, Normal, and Draft), or refine your print jobs with advanced poster printing, ink volume, and dry-time settings.
Detailed Specs:
- Print speed: Up to 17 ppm black, 12 ppm color
- Print resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi black, up to 4800 x 1200 dpi color
- Print technology: HP Photoret IV (Resolution Enhancement Technology) Color Layering Technology available with optional HP 58 photo cartridge (not included)
- Print method: Thermal inkjet printing
- Input capacity: Up to 100 sheets
- Ink cartridges: HP 56 black inkjet print cartridge (C6656AN), HP 57 tri-color inkjet print cartridge (C6657AN)
- Paper handling (standard): 100 sheet input tray
- Paper handling/output: 50 sheets, 30 transparencies
- Paper types: Paper (plain, photo, inkjet, banner), envelopes, ransparencies, labels, cards, HP premium media, iron-on transfers
- Interface: 1 USB, 1 IEEE1284 parallel, optional ethernet adapter
- System requirements: CD-ROM or Internet access, 40 MB of hard disk space; PC requirements -- Windows 95, 98, Me: Pentium 150 MHz, 32 MB RAM, Windows 2000 Professional, NT 4.0: Pentium 133 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP: Pentium 233 MHz, 128 MB RAM; Mac requirements -- Mac OS 8.6, 9.0 or above: 64 MB RAM, Mac OS X: 128 MB RAM
MSRP for HP Deskjet 5550:$150.00
HP Deskjet 5550 uses the below ink cartridges:
) OEM #: C6656 Color: Black Capacity: 19ml Yield: 450 pages |
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) OEM #: C6657 Color: Color Capacity: 17ml Yield: 391 pages |
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) OEM #: MC6656 Color: Black |
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OEM #: MC6657 Color: Cyan |
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) OEM #: C6658 Color: Photo Color Capacity: 17ml Yield: 125 pages |
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) OEM #: C6656/57/58 Color: Set |
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) OEM #: C6656/C6657 |
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) OEM #: C9319FN Color: Set |
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OEM #: C9319YAN Color: Black |
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) OEM #: C9320FN Color: Set |
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){kind=spacer} OEM #: C9320YAN Color: Color Yield: 782 |
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) OEM #: C9321FN Color: Set |
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) OEM #: hp56/hp57 Color: Set |
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) OEM #: C6656 Color: Black Capacity: 40ml |
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) OEM #: C6657 Color: Color Capacity: 75ml |
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) OEM #: C6658 Color: Photo Color Capacity: 75ml |
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) OEM #: C6656 Color: Black Capacity: 19ml Yield: 450 pages |
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) OEM #: C6657 Color: Color Capacity: 17ml Yield: 391 pages |
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) OEM #: C6658 Color: Photo Color Capacity: 17ml Yield: 125 pages |
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Reviews Summary:
The summary is based on testimonials of the HP Deskjet 5550 users and editors in various sources such as PC Magazine, Cnet, PCWorld etc.
For quick printing with HP Deskjet 5550 you needn't fiddling much with settings. Once you load up the paper, the printer's automatic sensor detects the paper's weight and texture, then adjusts its driver settings accordingly. This slick feature means you don't even have to adjust the drivers to do photo-quality printing on glossy paper.
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Related links for HP Deskjet 5550:
Canon MultiPass F50 ink cartridges at PrintCountry.com
Buy this printer at Amazon.com
HP's Related Page
Remanufactured ink cartridges
HP Deskjet 5550 Driver
