HP 8550-mfp Datasheet

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Now everyone in your office can produce great-looking color documents.

With an HP Color LaserJet 8550 Series printer, anyone can produce professional-looking materials easily and inexpensively. Whether you’re printing brochures, spreadsheets, newsletters or postcards, HP Color LaserJet 8550 printers deliver the quality it takes to create a professional image— for you and your business.

HP Color LaserJet 8550 printers let you print on a wide variety of sizes and media—paper, transparencies, labels and envelopes. They can even print on both sides of the page. The new 200-MHz processor means

you’ll spend less time waiting for your output. And with a duty cycle of 60,000 pages per month, you can use them all you want.

Like all the members of HP’s color printer family, HP Color LaserJet 8550 Series printers provide a complete network printing solution that can grow with your business. They’re easy to install, manage and maintain. And they feature award-winning service and support you can’t get anywhere else.

Best of all, they provide the unsurpassed reliability and versatility that make HP printers virtually hassle-free.

Network 11- by 17-inch, duplex color laser printers.

Get professional results, fast.

• 600-dpi resolution with HP Image Resolution

Enhancement technology (HP ImageREt

2400) ensures outstanding print quality

no matter what you’re printing

• New Automatic Pantone

** Calibration

recognizes Pantone colors and automatically

matches them with the optimal color values

for your printer

• Automatic color calibration ensures

consistent color from the first print to

the last

• 6-page-per-minute (ppm) rated engine speed

for color and 24-ppm for black and white

means less time spent waiting for output

Rich feature set.

• Up to four trays—holding up to 3,100 pages

from 3.9 by 7.5 inches to 12 by 18.5 inches in

size—reduce time spent changing paper

• Support for a wide variety of media (from

16-pound bond to 80-pound cover) lets

you print just about anything

• MFP model adds the convenience of a

color copier

• Expandable to grow with your business

Easy to use and manage.

• Direct PDF printing makes it easy to

integrate PDF files into your business

workflow

• UltraPrecise toner cartridge and HP Toner

Gauge make supplies management quicker

and easier than ever

• Expanded Control Panel Help provides

detailed help, right at the printer

• HP JetDirect makes connecting these

printers to your network a snap, while

HP Web JetAdmin provides easy remote

installation, configuration and management

Affordable.

• Lowest cost of ownership for color printers

• Black-and-white cost per page comparable

to monochrome printers

• 60,000 page-per-month duty cycle means you

can use it all you want

C o l o r L a s e r J e t 8 5 5 0 S e r i e s

P r i n t e r s

HP LaserJet 8550 Series Printers

TCP/IP

• HP-UX v10.2, 11.x

• MPE-iX v5.5

• SunOS v4.1.3, 4.1.4

• Solaris v2.3, 2.4, 2.5x, 2.6

• IBM OS/2 Warp v3.0, 4.0

• IBM AIX v3.2.5 and later

• Microsoft Windows NT v3.51, 4.0

• Microsoft Windows 95/98, Microsoft Windows 2000

• Mac OS v7.6.x, 8.1 or greater

• Novell NDPS

• Ipd

DLC/LLC

• IBM OS/2 Warp v3.0, 4.0

• Microsoft Windows NT, 3.51, 4.0

• Artisoft LANtastic v7.0

• Microsoft Windows 2000

EtherTalk

• Mac OS 7.1 or greater (except J3112A Token Ring)

Macintosh

UNIX

NetWare

Connectivity Chart

Windows

OS/2

Warp

Versatile for general office color printing

32-MB RAM/200 MHz

Tray 1: 100-sheet multipurpose input tray supports B5, executive, letter, A4, legal, B4, 11 x 17, A3 and custom-sized media, as well as envelopes, labels and card stock

Tray 3: 500-sheet input tray supports letter, A4, legal, B4, 11 x 17 and A3 media

Auto-duplex unit,

3.2-GB EIO disk, HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) Internal Print Servers Installation

HP LaserJet 8550 HP LaserJet 8550N HP LaserJet 8550DN HP LaserJet 8550GN

HP LaserJet 8550MFP

Versatile for network-ready office color printing

64-MB RAM/200 MHz,

3.2-GB disk

HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) 10/100Base-TX Internal Print Server

Tray 1: as at left

Tray 2: 500-sheet input

tray supports letter, A4, legal, B4

Tray 3: as at left

Auto-duplex unit, HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) Internal Print Servers Installation

Versatile for network-ready

high-volume color printing

64-MB RAM/200 MHz,

3.2-GB disk

HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) 10/100Base-TX Internal Print Server

Tray 1: as at left

Tray 2: as at left

Tray 3: as at left

Tray 4: 2,000-sheet input

tray supports letter, A3, A4, legal, B4 and 11 x 17; autoduplex unit supports A3, A4, B4, A5, letter, legal, 11 x 17 and executive media

8-bin mailbox, 3,000-sheet stacker and stapler/stacker,

HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) Internal Print Servers

Versatile for network-ready

high-volume color printing

with a high-performance

internal RIP

128-MB RAM/300 MHz,

3.2-GB disk

HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) 10/100Base-TX Internal Print Server

Tray 1: as at left

Tray 2: as at left

Tray 3: as at left

Tray 4: as at left

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Tray 2: as at left

Tray 3: as at left

Tray 4: optional 1,000-sheet

side input tray supports letter, A4

8-bin mailbox, 3,000-sheet stacker and stapler/stacker,

HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) Internal Print Servers

Automatic document feeder, 1,000-sheet side input tray

HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) Internal Print Servers

How to choose the right HP Color LaserJet 8550 Series printer.

There are five models to choose from, each designed to meet the needs of a particular application. Ways in which the models differ from the base model are shown in red.

Application

Memory/ Microprocessor

Network Enhancements

Paper Handling

Optional Accessories

Versatile for network-ready

printing and convenient color copying

64-MB RAM/200 MHz,

3.2-GB disk

IPX/SPX

• Novell NetWare v3.11, 3.12, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0

• Novell NDS and NDPS

• Novell IntranetWare

• Microsoft®Windows®95/98

• Microsoft Windows NT

v3.51, 4.0

HP LaserJet 8550 Series Printers

Create 12- by 18.5-inch, professional-looking color documents.

Fast, Affordable Color

1. New 200-MHz processor and 64 MB of

standard memory reduce waiting time,

especially for complex documents

2. Automatic color calibration provides

professional results right out of the box

3. Direct PDF printing lets you print PDF

files without opening Adobe

Acrobat

or going through the printer driver

4. Job retention features— including

Private Printing, Proof-and-Hold and

Stored Jobs—increase confidentiality

while reducing waste and network traffic

5. Duplex calibration improves front-to-

back registration for more

professional-looking results

6. Three different CMYK print ink

standards to choose from make press

emulations easier than ever

7. Variable Data Printing “remembers”

recurring page elements to improve

print time and reduce network

bottlenecks

8. HP JetDirect makes connecting an

HP Color LaserJet 8550 Series printer to

your network as easy as plugging it in

To use the HP color cost calculator, or to

receive a free print sample, please visit:

www.hp.com\go\bizcolor

HP Color LaserJet 8550 Series Printers Accessories

Optional 8-bin mailbox offers three output modes: mailbox, job separation and stacking. (Available on DN and GN models only)

Optional auto-duplex unit saves paper and money by letting you print up to 11- by 17-inch images on both sides of a page automatically. (Standard on DN, GN and MFP models)

3.2-GB hard drive lets you create multiple original prints using a single network transmission and single format process. The hard drive also gives expanded storage of files, forms, fonts and signatures. (3.2-GB hard drive optional on base model, standard on N, DN, GN and MFP models)

Optional HP JetDirect 600N (EIO) Internal Print Servers connect printers to your network anywhere in the office and let you manage them remotely with HP Web JetAdmin printer management software. (10/100 Base-TX standard on N, DN, GN and MFP)

HP Color LaserJet 8550GN

UltraPrecise toner cartridges feature specially formulated spherical toner for uniform and accurately placed color particles. When used with HP Color LaserJet 8550 Series printers, these cartridges deliver the highest print quality for professional-looking output.

Optional 3,000-sheet stacker and stapler/stacker with multiposition stapling for up to 50-sheet documents separates, offsets and finishes jobs for you. (Available on DN and GN models only)

HP Color LaserJet 8550N, DN, GN and MFP models come with JetDirect 10/100 Base-TX print server and one available EIO slot and parallel connector.

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