The HP Colour LaserJet 5500 is a great laser printer that easily fulfils the needs of a small business or a home office that also requires speedy colour printing. This workgroup printer can create colour documents in speeds of up to 22 pages per minute and in a resolution of up to 600 dpi by 600 dpi. To create stunning colour documents, the HP 5500 toner printer uses HP ImageREt 2400 technology that will improve colour reproduction and create true-to-life colours.
Design
The HP 5500 has a simple design and is boxed in a white enclosure. This printer is heavy at a weight of a 60.01 kg and has dimensions of 57.65 cm in width, 70.35 cm in depth, and 64 cm in height. This makes its a bit bulky and needs a good amount of space to be situated on. It also has two media feeders that are separated into a 500 tray and a 100 sheet cassette. HP 5500 toner can also yield up to 13,000 pages and produces more pages than many other printers on the market.
Advantages
This printer can print on a variety of media which include glossy film, recycled paper, envelopes, labels, plain paper, glossy paper, and cards. In addition, with the use of a 400 MHz processor and 96 MB of RAM, it is possible to print a monthly duty cycle of up to 120,000 impressions. Memory expansion slots that are provided allow you to increase memory up to 416 MB and will improve printer productivity. This printer can also be installed on various Windows operating systems and Mac OS X. It has also been certified to work with Windows Vista. Changing a used HP 5500 toner for a new one is easy and will require no extra technical expertise.
Disadvantages
A major drawback is that it cannot be used for networking. In addition, this printer does not come equipped with a scanner or copier. However, the speed at which this printer can print in colour or black and white is superior to other machines and is sure to be a reliable printer that will last.
