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Product Age Average review date: Jun 8, 2006

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Crap Printer, Worse Support

By john satterfield (cnet.com) Read the full review

If you make the mistake of buying this printer, you will pay for it in tears.

None whatsoever

Burns through very expensive toner cartridges at an incredible rate. The browser-based Toolbox control panel has now stopped functioning and I have been unable to revive it by doing a clean uninstall/reinstall. Contacted HP support and their only sugges

Sep, 2011 2011-09-24   0.5

Extremely high price per page!

By HPGuruPDX (cnet.com) Read the full review

If you want performance without the high price that HP consumables require, consider the Lexmark. I am junking my HP 2500, which has quit working after six years of use, and thousands of dollars in toners and drums. Sure I'll have to buy toners online,...

Like most HP products, the 2550L is attractive, well built, and well supported by HP

The price per page is about 16 times that of a Lexmark C544N (30,000 pages per toner vs. 4,000), which can be bought online for as little as $275, as of this writing. The Lexmark offers 1200 dpi, versus 600 dpi for the HP, and 25 ppm

Mar, 2009 2009-03-17   0.5

"Extremely high price per page!"

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If you want performance without the high pric... 

Like most HP products, the 2550L is attractive, well built, and well supported by HP.

The price per page is about 16 times that of a Lexmark C544N (30,000 pages per toner vs. 4,000), which can be bought online for as little as $275, as of this writing. The Lexmark offers 1200 dpi, versus 600 dpi for the HP, and 25 ppm!

Mar, 2009 2009-03-17   0.5

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Manufacturer's Description

HP's most affordable color laser printer is designed to create high-impact color documents. It enables fast print speeds of up to 19 ppm in black and 4 ppm in color, with an easy-to-use, space-saving design. HP Color LaserJet 2550 series printer is 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 color documents to promote their services.

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 371 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the size. The print quality is also appreciated. There are some mixed reviews about the performance. Many are less positive about the value for money and paper handling.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Printers the Color Laser Printers is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 57/100 = Good quality.

May, 2012 2012-05-16 alaScore 56 2.8

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HP LaserJet 2550L Laser Printer (20 PPM, 600x600 DPI, Color, 64MB, PC/Mac)

By Paul Jasper (pcworld.com)

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Very compact model lacks integrated networking and compromises on paper handling. Supports PCL.

Nov, 2005 2005-11-02   2.5

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HP Color Laserjet 2550L Printer

By Paul Jasper (pcworld.com)

The HP Color LaserJet 2550L is so compact, you can hardly believe it's a color laser printer. The clever carousel design squeezes everything into a surprisingly small space.

Text quality was uninspiring. Most characters looked too heavy and larger letters appeared blotchy. Color images seemed a bit dark overall, but sharp

Nov, 2005 2005-11-02   3.6

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HP Color LaserJet 2550L

By Paul Jasper (pcworld.com)

Ultracompact personal color laser printer has a pleasantly low price but isn't a top performer.

Sleek and low-priced, the LaserJet 2550L seems promising for small offices, but its speed and print quality aren't stellar.

Jan, 2005 2005-01-12   3

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HP Color LaserJet 2550L

By Kristina Blachere (cnet.com)

Review: Priced at less than $500, the HP Color LaserJet 2550L is a real bargain. Although it prints slowly and boasts little in the way of initial connectivity or paper capacity, the HP Color LaserJet 2550L's output is impressive. Given that you can...

Affordable; very good print quality; no-nonsense design and interface; highly expandable

Slow color print speeds; base model has low paper capacity; no LCD on control panel

This color printer has a bare-bones configuration and slow color print speeds, but it is extremely affordable, offers great print quality, and can be upgraded as your printing needs change.

The boxy HP Color LaserJet 2550L looks like your average workgroup laser printer, with a curvy, two-tone gray casing; a 125-sheet paper-output tray on ... Expand full review Priced at less than $500, the HP Color LaserJet 2550L is a real bargain.

Jun, 2004 2004-06-02   3.5

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HP Color LaserJet 2550L

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The HP Color LaserJet 2550L isn't just the lowest-priced color laser on the planet (for the moment at least); it's the first color laser that costs the same as HP's least-expensive business ink jets. That alone makes the printer interesting....

Better output quality than most color lasers of any price. Paper tray options for up to 875 sheets

Slow. Relatively high monochrome cost per page

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HP CP1215 Color LaserJet Printer Review

By Josh Norem (computershopper.com)

The HP CP1215 is inexpensive for a color laser printer—and that's reflected in its lightweight feature set and somewhat slow print speeds. This printer is great for basic text and graphic duties, but not suited for big workloads or heavy photo printing.

Relatively small and light; inexpensive; easy setup

No built-in networking; manual duplexing; only one paper tray; slow print speeds

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Apr, 2008 2008-04-20   3.9

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Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 2550L color laser printer Review and Prices

By Consumer Guide (howstuffworks.com)

Once mainly the purview of graphics professionals, color laser printers like the Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 2550L have dropped into the range of mere mortals in the past year or two.

Jun, 2006 2006-06-28   4

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HP Color LaserJet 2550L Laser Printer Review

By John Chow (thetechzone.com)

If you're in the market for a low cost color laser printer then you'll want to take a look at the HP Color LaserJet 2550L. The HP 2550L is part of a new breed of low cost color laser printers that is making it easier to move up from inkjet printers.

Small footprint, Good print quality, Works with a wide range of printing media

Consumables cost more than the printer itself, Long spool up time

The 2550L has a fairly long spool up cycle. When making a test print, it took about 30 seconds to rev up and about 4 seconds to print. On multi-page jobs, it took up to a minute to cycle through its toner and imaging system before it started printing....

The printer is quite noisy when printing - which was one of the reason why we installed it in the closet. The long spool up time pretty much kills the rated printer speed of 20 page per minute for black and 4 page per minute for color. Once we added in...

Sep, 2005 2005-09-08   4

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HardwareCentral - HP Color LaserJet 2550L Review.

By Eric Grevstad (hardwarecentral.com)

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Jun, 2004 2004-06-15 No rating -0.1

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Color Laser Printers

By Bruce Fraser (macworld.com)

We were pleasantly surprised by the overall quality of this crop of printers, but the clear winner was the HP Color LaserJet 4600. It produced the best-looking output (and will likely do even better when the appropriate ICC profiles become available),...

The Minolta-QMS Magicolor 3100DN deserves an honorable mention as the least-expensive duplexing color laser printer currently available. It produced acceptable (though not spectacular) output and was reasonably speedy in all tests except the Photoshop...

Sep, 2002 2002-09-01 No rating -0.1

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 67 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from cnet.com. The user reviews were collected from Jul, 2004 to Sep, 2011. The average user rating from cnet.com is 54 out of 100.

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Crap Printer, Worse Support

If you make the mistake of buying this printer, you will pay for it in tears. None whatsoever Burns through very expensive toner cartridges at an inc

"Extremely high price per page!"

If you want performance without the high pric...  Like most HP products, the 2550L is attractive, well built, and well supported by HP. The price per

Extremely high price per page!

If you want performance without the high price that HP consumables require, consider the Lexmark. I am junking my HP 2500, which has quit working afte

HP Color LaserJet 2550L

If you want performance without the high price that HP consumables require, consider the Lexmark. I am junking my HP 2500, which has quit working afte

  43 Users positive 24 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from pcworld.com. The user reviews were collected from Jul, 2005 to Dec, 2006. The average user rating from pcworld.com is 44 out of 100.

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HP LaserJet 2550L Laser Printer (20 PPM, 600x600 DPI, Color, 64MB, PC/Mac)

I have had this printer for going on two years now and I have found it a great little printer for printing standard color printouts. I opted to get a

HP LaserJet 2550L Laser Printer (20 PPM, 600x600 DPI, Color, 64MB, PC/Mac)

Would not recommend. Purchase this brand new. Have had for over 2 years. Not very user friendly. One user really abused it! it's not working now. I wo

HP LaserJet 2550L Laser Printer (20 PPM, 600x600 DPI, Color, 64MB, PC/Mac)

A Small Printer?! This printer is huge!! I have been looking for a printer that can print in color on a regular basis, so inkjet is out, since the car

HP LaserJet 2550L Laser Printer (20 PPM, 600x600 DPI, Color, 64MB, PC/Mac)

When researching a year ago all I saw was "up to 20,000 pages" on the drum. I got just over 5k. Support said I "use too much color". HELLO, it's a co

  1 Users positive 4 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of the Color Laser Printers from shopzilla.com. This user review was collected in 2006-01-20, with a rating of 20 out of 100.

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HP 255oL

Black font Slow, breaks frequently, poor color quality, bulky, expensiv

  1 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 25 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from newegg.com. The user reviews were collected from Mar, 2005 to Feb, 2011. The average user rating from newegg.com is 90 out of 100.

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Nothing like Cheap Copies

Never have problems with original HP toner. Have almost destroyed printers with copies none

High Value Laser Printer

I upgraded from a Canon Inkjet printer. I was constantly running to the store to get cartridges at $22 each. The laser printer should be more economic

Good Printer

My Cons: * Inital Toner Settings * Annoying Cleaning mode, especially when using the custom paper tray. Other necessities: If you print big or complic

Bang for Buck

For the money, you cannot beat what HP offers in this product. It is stable and quick for a color laser. Don't expect it to perform the same as a $600

  24 Users positive 1 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 92 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from staples.com. The user reviews were collected from Sep, 2008 to Jan, 2012. The average user rating from staples.com is 54 out of 100.

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Works as Expected

HP products always work for me but this one was too expensive. Easy To Install Pricey

Standard printer component, long lived

I had no other choice except to replace the printer. Clean Replacement,Easy To Install,Lasted a long time,Sharp Tones & Colors Pricey

Great product

I use it a lot for reports and it last a long time Clean Replacement,Easy To Install,Last a long time

Short life overpriced

Very short life for the price (same as the toner cartridges). It's pretty much the same as selling you a new SUV that gets 8 mpg then raising the pric

  46 Users positive 46 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 73 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from amazon.com. The user reviews were collected from Jun, 2004 to Jan, 2012. The average user rating from amazon.com is 44 out of 100.

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Ok, here's the deal with this "laser jet" printer

I have had this printer HP 2550L for about 10 years now, when this model came out it cost $1200 wish was pricey for me, but I wanted use it for a home

WARNING! Don't buy! Didn't work!

WARNING! Don't buy! Didn't work! What a waste of time. It didn't work and Factory Depot won't take it back! Now I'm out $75 and will just buy a real o

Perfect printer for my at-home needs.

Perfect printer for my at-home needs. (I bought this printer in 2005 - and this is the review I wrote at the time on another site. I am trying to incl

Perfect printer for my at-home needs.

Perfect printer for my at-home needs. (I bought this printer in 2005 - and this is the review I wrote at the time on another site. I am trying to incl

  25 Users positive 48 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 22 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from epinions.com. The user reviews were collected from Aug, 2002 to Jun, 2007. The average user rating from epinions.com is 52 out of 100.

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DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE. DON'T SAY YOU WERE NOT WARNED.

I run a small company that badly needed a good quality and cost effective color laser printer. When we purchased the hp 2550L two and a half years ago

Don't buy this printer if you want to print in colour!

Print quality is great Extremely noisy. Big Brother page counts.The money is in forcing you to buy cartridges.

HP2550L Expensive Consumerbles Not any More!

Excellent Not any More

Cheap, but you get what you pay for.

Good image quality, cheap to buy. Very expensive toner cartridges, operational annoyances.Black and white also expensive.

  10 Users positive 12 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from cnet.co.uk. The user reviews were collected from Jul, 2005 to Sep, 2005. The average user rating from cnet.co.uk is 70 out of 100.

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Brilliant machine

Cheap to buy... Expensive to keep!

HP Color LaserJet 2550L

  3 Users positive

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from zdnet.co.uk. The user reviews were collected from Jan, 2006 to Apr, 2006. The average user rating from zdnet.co.uk is 55 out of 100.

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HP Color LaserJet 2550L

better option than rip-off inkjet

  1 Users positive 1 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 7 user reviews of the Color Laser Printers from cnet.com.au. The user reviews were collected from Jul, 2006 to Sep, 2006. The average user rating from cnet.com.au is 53 out of 100.

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"Good for amateurs and massive printing,"

I find it well, not too expensive, works nice with Canyon print server (so far toolbox won't connect thru it!) Relativeli small and quiet, works more

HP Color LaserJet 2550L

Relativeli small and quiet, works more-less without papers, having little troubles with weaker paper, but easy to clear paper jam, no harm Warming tim

slow and bad quality

This printer was a massive dissappointment. It has a very long warmup time before printing and when it does print, it doesn't do it well. 2400x2400'?

"slow and bad quality"

This printer was a massive dissappointment. It has a very long warmup time before printing and when it does print, it doesn't do it well. 2400x2400??

  4 Users positive 3 Users negative

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Color Laser Printers

Color Laser Printers: product specifications

Brand

Hewlett-Packard (See all Hewlett-Packard Printers)

Dimensions & Weight
Depth
17.8in
Height
12.8in
Weight
47.8lbs/48.1lbs
Width
19in
Environmental Standards
ENERGY STAR Qualified
 Yes
EPA Energy Star Compliant
 Yes
Header
Compatibility
Mac / PC / Unix
Country Kits
Denmark/United Kingdom/United States
Localization
Danish/English
Manufacturer
Hewlett-Packard
Model
2550L
Packaged Quantity
1
Product Line
HP Color LaserJet
Miscellaneous
Microsoft Certification
Certified for Windows Vista
Refurbished
Remarketed
Vista Certification
Certified for Windows Vista
Modem
Type
 None
Networking
Type
 None
Printer
Connectivity Technology
Wired
Interface
Parallel / USB
Language Simulation
PCL 6 / PostScript 3
Max H-Resolution B/W
600dpi
Max H-Resolution Color
600dpi
Max Media Size (Standard)
A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in) / Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)/Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
Max Printing Speed (ppm)
19ppm/20ppm
Max Printing Speed Color (ppm)
4ppm
Max V-Resolution B/W
600dpi
Max V-Resolution Color
600dpi
Media Type
Bond paper / Cards / Envelopes / Glossy paper / Labels / Plain paper / Recycled paper / Transparencies/Cards / Envelopes / Glossy paper / Labels / Plain paper / Transparencies
Monthly Duty Cycle Range (Printer Class)
20,000 - 49,999 pages
Output Type
Color
PostScript Support
Standard
Technology
Laser
Total Media Capacity
125sheets
Type
Workgroup printer
RAM
Installed Size
64MB
Max Supported Size
192MB
Scanner
Type
 None
Service & Support
Type
1 year warranty
System Requirements
OS Required
Apple MacOS 9.1 / Apple MacOS X 10.1 or later / IBM OS/2 / Linux / Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 / UNIX/Apple MacOS 9.1 / Apple MacOS X 10.1 or later / Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 / Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Manufacturer's Description


HP's most affordable color laser printer is designed to create high-impact color documents. It enables fast print speeds of up to 19 ppm in black and 4 ppm in color, with an easy-to-use, space-saving design. HP Color LaserJet 2550 series printer is 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 color documents to promote their services.

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