HP 2550 Datasheet

HP’s most affordable colour laser printer is designed to create
high-impact colour documents. It enables fast print speeds of
up to 19 ppm in black and 4 ppm in colour, with an easy-to-use,
space-saving design.

HP Color LaserJet 2550
printer series

A great printer for professionals within small businesses, branch offices and small work teams or individuals within any size
office who need to create impressive, business-quality colour documents to promote their services.

Enjoy fast and high-impact colour laser printing at an exceptionally affordable price.

• Enjoy HP’s most affordable colour laser printer, which delivers a high performance of up to 4 ppm in colour and 19 ppm in black.

• HP PCL 6 and HP Postscript Level 3 Emulation enable cost-effective sharing and compatibility for a variety of operating systems.

• With Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) and 1284-B parallel ports standard on all models and built-in
HP Jetdirect networking

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, you can choose the connection that best suits your business needs.

Make a real impact with truly impressive, professional colour documents and business-quality photos.

• HP Imageret 2400 and chemically grown toner deliver impressive documents with business-quality photos.

• New HP-engineered fuser technology delivers superior quality with a wider colour gamut, brighter colours and darker blacks
for sharp text and graphics.

• Instant-on Technology enables a fast first page out with no warm-up time so that your documents print without delay.

• A 264 MHz processor and standard 64 MB RAM enable you to print complex print jobs easily.

Simple to use and maintain, this compact printer also saves valuable office space.

• With ready access through a convenient front-facing door you can replace supplies effortlessly.

• Manage and configure printer functions with the HP Toolbox which allows you to check, view and change printer settings
and view self-help information.

• HP Smart printing technology monitors supplies status, provides alert notifications and ordering information when supplies
run low.

• This printer’s small footprint makes it an easy fit for any workspace, even the desktop.

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Available on HP Color LaserJet 2550Ln & 2550n only

HP Color LaserJet 2550L

HP Color LaserJet 2550Ln

HP Color LaserJet 2550n

Technical specifications

Print speed Black: up to 19 ppm; colour: up to 4 ppm. Colour on A4 transparency: up to 2 ppm

First page out: black: 18 seconds; colour: 29 seconds
Instant-on Technology for virtually no warm-up time – from ready and power save mode

Processor 264 MHz, Motorola®CFV4e
Memory 64 MB, expandable up to 192 MB through one industry-standard 100-pin SDRAM DIMM slot using Memory Enhancement

technology (MEt)

Print technology 4-pass colour laser printing technology
Print quality 600 x 600 dpi with HP Imageret 2400
Printer languages HP PCL 6, HP Postscript Level 3 Emulation
Economical printing Manual duplexing, n-up printing (multiple pages per sheet)
Typefaces/fonts 80 TrueType internal scalable PCL 6, 80 TrueType internal scalable PostScript
Duty cycle Up to 30,000 pages per month
Print margins (A4) Top: 4.2 mm; left: 4.2 mm; right: 4.2 mm; bottom: 4.2 mm
Media handling Input Capacity Weight Size

Tray 1 125 sheets, 50 transparencies, 60 g/m

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to 177 g/m2(straight From 76 x 127 mm to 216 x 356 mm;

10 envelopes through paper path for special media) A4, A5, B5 (JIS/ISO)

Tray 2

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250 sheets 60 g/m2to 105 g/m

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A4, Letter, Legal, Executive, A5, B5 (JIS/ISO)

Tray 3

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500 sheets 60 g/m2to 105 g/m

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A4, Letter

Output: Sheets: up to 125; envelopes: up to 10; transparencies: up to 50
Duplex printing Manual (driver support provided)
Media types Paper, glossy media, transparencies, labels, envelopes and cardstock
Paper handling HP Color LaserJet 2550L/Ln printer: 125-sheet multipurpose tray

HP Color LaserJet 2550n printer: 125-sheet multipurpose tray, 250-sheet input tray 2
Interface and connectivity HP Color LaserJet 2550L printer: 1 Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) port, 1 IEEE 1284-B compliant

parallel port

HP Color LaserJet 2550Ln/n printer: 1 Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) port, 1 IEEE 1284-B compliant

parallel port, 1 built-in HP Jetdirect print server (10/100Base-TX, RJ45)

Optional connectivity: HP Jetdirect external print servers
Operating systems compatibility Windows

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98, Me, 2000, XP, NT 4.0 (driver only); Mac OS 9.1, OS X v.10.1 and higher
Optional: Linux, UNIX, OS/2
Latest drivers are available at http://www.hp.com/support/clj2550

Network operating systems compatibility3Microsoft®Windows®98, Me, 2000, XP, NT 4.0, Server 2003; Apple Mac OS 9.x, OS X

Compatible network protocols: TCP/IP (IP Direct Mode, LPD), Apple Rendezvous (mDNS); Telnet, SLP, IGMP, BOOTP/DHCP,
WINS, SNMP v1 and v2c, HTTP

Minimum system requirements Windows®: Microsoft®Windows 98, Me, 2000, NT 4.0: Pentium®166 MHz with 32 MB RAM; Microsoft Windows XP: 233 MHz

processor with 64 MB RAM; 150 MB free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, USB or Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0
specifications) or dedicated IEEE 1284-B compliant bi-directional parallel port
Mac OS 9.x and OS X: 150 MB free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, USB or Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications)
or dedicated IEEE 1284-B compliant bi-directional parallel port

Control panel Simplified front panel with Go, Cancel Job, Rotate Carousel buttons, and LEDs for supplies and printer status
Printer management HP Toolbox, HP Web Jetadmin, HP Printer Status and Alerts
Power requirements 220 to 240 VAC (± 10%), 50/60 Hz (± 3 Hz); 110 to 127 VAC (± 10%), 50/60 Hz (± 3 Hz)
Power consumption (standby/active/off)

HP Color LaserJet 2550L printer: 17 watts/368 watts/<1 watt; HP Color LaserJet 2550Ln printer: 18 watts/381 watts/<1 watt;
HP Color LaserJet 2550n printer: 19 watts/378 watts/<1 watt

Dimensions (w x d x h) (out of package) HP Color LaserJet 2550L/Ln printer: 482 x 452 x 325 mm; HP Color LaserJet 2550n printer: 482 x 452 x 376 mm
Weight (out of package) HP Color LaserJet 2550L printer: 21.7 kg; HP Color LaserJet 2550Ln printer: 21.8 kg; HP Color LaserJet 2550n printer: 24.2 kg
Operating environment Environmental ranges: Operating temperature: 15 to 32.5˚ C; recommended operating temperature: 20 to 27˚ C; operating humidity:

10 to 80% RH; recommended operating humidity: 20 to 70% RH; storage temperature: -20 to 40˚ C; storage humidity: 0 to 95% RH.
Noise level per ISO 9296: sound power: LwAd 6.6 B(A) printing, 0 B(A) standby; sound pressure: LpAm 52 dB(A) printing,
0 dB(A) standby

Product certifications Technical Regulations: Carries CE marking for EU & EFTA countries (Compliant to Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC / EMC Directive

89/336/EEC, Class 1 Laser/LED). For additional details, see Declaration of Conformity. Further compliances include USA FCC/UL,
Russia GOST, Poland B-Mark, Czech Republic (CSN *), Estonia (EEI *), Hungary (MEEI *), Lithuania (LS *), Slovakia (STN *),
Slovenia (SQI *), South Africa (SASB *) (* = IEC 60950, IEC 60825-1). Voluntary Certifications: compliant to GS requirements;
EPA Energy Star®compliant

Warranty One-year next business day on-site warranty and phone and web support (varies according to region)

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Standard with the HP Color LaserJet 2550n printer

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250-sheet tray and feeder unit (tray 2) required in order to install 500-sheet tray and feeder unit (tray 3)

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Applies to HP Color LaserJet 2550Ln/n printer only

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Based on 5% coverage

Ordering information

Q3702A HP Color LaserJet 2550L

printer, power cord, CD-ROM

(contains the user guide and printer

software), getting started guide,

imaging drum, 3 x colour print

cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow)

up to 2,000 pages

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, 1 x black

print cartridge up to 5,000 pages

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Q3703A HP Color LaserJet 2550Ln

printer includes same as

above plus: built-in

HP Jetdirect print server

Q3704A HP Color LaserJet 2550n

printer includes same as above
with 3 x colour print cartridges

(cyan, magenta, yellow) up to 4,000

pages

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instead of 2,000 pages4,

plus 250-sheet paper tray and

feeder unit (tray 2)

Accessories

Q3709A HP 250-sheet paper tray

and feeder unit (tray 2)

Q3710A2HP 500-sheet paper tray

and feeder unit (tray 3)

Memory
C7845A HP 32 MB SDRAM DIMM
Q1887A HP 64 MB SDRAM DIMM
C9121A HP 128 MB SDRAM DIMM

Cables

C2950A HP IEEE parallel cable

(B-type), 2 m

C2951A HP IEEE parallel cable

(B-type), 3 m

C6518A HP USB cable, 2 m

Supplies
Q3960A HP Color LaserJet smart

print cartridge, black
(up to 5,000 pages4)

Q3961A HP Color LaserJet smart

print cartridge, cyan

(up to 4,000 pages4)

Q3962A HP Color LaserJet smart

print cartridge, yellow

(up to 4,000 pages4)

Q3963A HP Color LaserJet smart

print cartridge, magenta

(up to 4,000 pages4)

Q3971A HP Color LaserJet smart

print cartridge, cyan

(up to 2,000 pages4)

Q3972A HP Color LaserJet smart

print cartridge, yellow

(up to 2,000 pages4)

Q3973A HP Color LaserJet smart

print cartridge, magenta

(up to 2,000 pages4)

Q3964A HP Color LaserJet smart

imaging drum (up to 20,000

black/5,000 colour pages)

Supplies listed above are compatible with

all HP Color LaserJet 2550 series printers

Service & support

U2893A/E HP Care Pack – next business

day on-site response, 3 years

U2894A/E HP Care Pack – same day

on-site response, 3 years

H2872A/E HP Installation & Network

Configuration for 1 network printer

http://www.hp.com

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