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(9 customer reviews) 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
HP 4550 Color Laserjet is Best Printer out!!,
November 23, 2000 "m3man" (Terre Haute, IN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 4550 Printer (Office Product)
I printed a lot of photos with my old 895cse printer, and they looked great, but the ink could smear and it took forever. I recently bought this printer, and it is fantastic, clean and crisp prints... and full color in the same time it takes to print a text page, about 20 seconds. And you don't have to replace the cartridge every other week, so far it's been 3 months and I haven't changed the toner yet. I say if you can afford this now, it will pay off in the long run.
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Craftspeople Need the Best Tools,
February 19, 2001 Dan Poynter "Author-Publisher-Speaker" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 4550 Printer (Office Product)
The HP-4550 Color LaserJet Printer is a great tool.We live in a color world. Our television, magazines and newspapers are in full color. It only makes sense to be able to reproduce what we see on our computer screen in color. Black/White output is only a poor representation, not an accurate reproduction.Since many people are considering trading up from a LaserJet 4 as I did, I will compare the two. The 4550 is heavier. You will need two people carry it and to move it from its shipping carton to a table. The 4550 is larger. Check the measurements. Make sure you have room for it.The 4550 is noisier but the fan shuts off after a few minutes of nonuse and it goes into a sleep mode after 30 minutes (adjustable). The 4550 is slower. It is first-page-out rated at 26 seconds in b/w while the HP-4050 is rated at 13 seconds. The printer cable is rather short. You may need an extension. If you have a small office and require more speed, you may be better off with an...Read more
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A Color Laserjet that is Commercially Viable to Inkjet,
June 23, 2001 Todd M. Hess "jtson" (Chagrin Falls, OH United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 4550 Printer (Office Product)
I broke down and purchased an HP Color Laserjet 4550 in March (my yearly bonus paid out!). While it required my teenage son and myself to lug it into the house (it is rather lofty in size), setup was simple and the quality and durability of prints cannot even be compared to an inkjet printer.Prior to purchasing the 4550, I owned three color inkjet products and have never been satisfied with the final prints. Even if you could get the prints to look good right out of the printer, their durability (ink smears, color degradation, etc.) certainly suffered.How to justify a rather sizeable purchase? Save your money and don't buy the poor reliability from color ink jet printers not to even mention the cost of the cartridges (but note you will have to anticipate the costly replacement of the four toner cartridges used in the 4550 laserjet eventually). Also, purchase a nice card maker software package (I use Hallmark Card Studio 2) and some good laserjet photo paper, and you can...Read more
