Wednesday, September 11, 2013

HP LaserJet 2550L

Where most companies opt for monochrome laser printers, others need colored printouts in order to meet their business requirements. If you are one of those in the need for color, then HP’s LaserJet 2550L is a reasonably-priced color laser jet that promises its buyers good value for money.

HP LaserJet 2550L doesn’t cost as much as other color laser printers, in fact HP boasts the fact that this printer of theirs costs as much as their least-expensive business inkjets. However, with a cost this low, something’s got to give. The printer’s speed is really slow when compared with other colored laser printers in the market. Whereas it may produce 19 monochrome pages per minute, the printer just produces up to 4 colored ones per minute.

Yet, if you’re willing to compromise on that aspect, then the quality of the output will put your mind at ease. The text printed was easily readable even after shrinking it all the way to 4 points. Plus, you can print up to 30000 pages a month, which is the printer’s monthly duty cycle. As for graphics and images, some flaws do not give their output the same high rating as text, and printouts of photos were even less impressive.

Moving on to the exterior of the HP LaserJet 2550L, the best thing about this printer is its ability to expand in order to enhance its functionalities. The first aspect you can improve is the speed in which the printer changes the document to be printed into an image format, thus increasing its overall speed. This is possible by installing another memory chip into the printer’s single memory expansion slot.
Another expansion which can be done is the addition of optional trays. By default, the printer comes with a 125-sheet tray, yet, for companies and users who need more, two optional trays can be included, each accommodating 250 sheets and 500 sheets respectively. Now all you need to do is fire up your printer and let it print away your documents without having to worry about the lack of paper. Ink is no problem either.

The HP LaserJet 2550L uses 4 toners: black, yellow, magenta and cyan. The black toner can last up to 5000 printouts, yet the other three can only produce 2000, still a good life-span for color toner.

A great all-rounder, the 2550L can provide all the color and black and white printing needs of a medium or large company.
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