I'm wishing I had read a few of these reviews in advance of our purchase of the HP 2550 nine months ago. I'll simply reiterate what several reviews have already mentioned - reasonably priced machine ($499), BUT, my small organization doesn't do a huge amount of printing, and we now have to replace the imaging drum at $399 (Can). I would have appreciated "user-friendly" information (mind you, from both the big box that sold it to me and the manufacturer) that clearly indicated the 1 year warranty doesn't apply to the drum, and that with normal wear and tear, you'll replace the drum frequently (and that it's very expensive to replace). I would have appreciated knowing that there was a way I could have extended the drum usage by changing a relatively simple default setting (so it doesn't "eat" the colour thereby reducing the wear on the drum).Expensive lesson learned.
Плазмонавт-9MSKM
15.08.2005
2/10
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This printer was purchased to be shared among 4 co-workers. It was great until we "Needed" to replace the black cartridge after two months. A new HP cartridge was purchased and every thing worked fine for two weeks. Then the drum light came on. I thought it was a little soon for a new drum so I called HP support. They said that basically every time the black cartridge needs to be replaced the drum will also. That's $100 for the black and $200 for the drum. A drum was purchased and the printer seemed to work fine. Then the yellow cartridge went out. I thought this was very odd since color is not used very much. I did a little research on this printer and found out that you can replace the microchips on the drum and cartridges. I ordered them from e-bay. I installed them on the old drum unit and surprise, surprise it worked. Then installed one on the old black, and the old yellow, and you guessed it they still worked as well. They worked for two months until the black toner actually ran out and left streaks on the page.Print quality overall is good, but the shaddy cartridge replacement, and noise will have me looking for a new laser next year.
Спектр-5FUBY
14.07.2005
6/10
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I rate this printer at 3.5 stars.THIS IS NOT A PHOTO PRINTER!!! If you're planning on buying this printer to print beautiful glossy color photos, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!! Every color picture I print from this printer comes out matte, even with the glossiest photo paper. Get a real photo printer for your color photo printing.This printer comes with ONLY 64 MB of RAM. This means you'll be waiting forever for your color document to print out. I've had to wait 3 or more minutes most of the time for a color print out. If you want to add more RAM to speed-up the process, it will set you back an additional $250.00 for another 64 MB.This printer is LOUD!!!Basically, you get what you pay for.Oh, I do have some positive comments, too. You can't beat the price for a laser color printer (especially with all the rebates). It's great for someone with a home business who will be printing small quantities of flyers. From my experience with HP laser printers, they make a quality printer. It beats the Epson inkjet I used to have. The color ink cartridges in that printer always dried out in about 4-5 months.
Гравитон-2WHJC
02.03.2006
2/10
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What a piece of you-know-what. I really wish I would have done my research before buying this printer. The consumables are VERY expensive, and like the others have said - it's clunky and noisy. Anyone giving this printer more than two stars has to be out of their mind. What a waste of money!
Туманник-4TKKH
11.01.2006
2/10
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Has great output, but after 14 months (just out of warranty) and only 5500 color pages printed (and over $350 in consummables), this thing suddenly has broken -- the carousel is apparently a weak point, a common breakage, and it costs as much to fix as to buy a new one. Appalling. This thing replaced an old Apple laser printer that worked like a tank without any problems whatsoever for over a decade. This is incompetent design at its worst.
НаноРейдер-4PFHM
10.11.2005
2/10
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Wish I could give this printer zero stars. I have had the HP2550L for 15 months. It is not working at the moment because it needs a third imaging drum - at a cost of approximately $180.00 and two toner cartridges. I set it to print gray scale and it still used up the ink in the red and blue toner cartridges. I bought a new printer about eight months ago to do my black printing (an HP2420 - great little printer) and yesterday bought a new color printer - not an HP. It would have been cheaper to buy a new printer everytime I needed to replace the toner cartridges or imaging drum.
Астрономад-3QOFU
14.06.2005
2/10
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Buyer beware, the printer is priced great, the consumables are not. This printer uses toner like crazy. And it has some sort of feature that seems to estimate the amount of toner usage. When it estimates it is out of toner it will no longer let you print even though the toner cartridge is not empty. I recently had to replace a cartridge that was somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 full. What a scam!Print quality is poor at best. I have owned 8 computer printers and this one is the first that does not allow you to control the brightness and contrast of the print. What's up with that? And the printer tends to print dark and the colors do not match the originals at all.And where is the paper tray??? I guess this is an optional item. The paper feed bracket that comes with the printer extends way out in front of the machine and has a capacity of only about 75 sheets.I cannot recommend this printer and would definately not choose to purchase another like it. My old Minolta color laser printer was a much better printer, but unfortunately it died after 6 years of heavy usage.
Пульсар-8YNJW
09.04.2005
2/10
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The Laserjet 3700 is a tragic example of what is wrong with HP nowadays.The printer itself is fantastic. Fast, clean printing, and looks great.But the problems are fatal.1. First and foremost, the printer drivers do not support collating documents. So you must do it manually. Even though HP knows about the issue--it is on their support site--they have not updated the printer driver in over a year and a half. The workdaround--to use the 4600 printer driver--does not work at all.2. Color bleeds and is inconsistent.3. Replenishing the toner cost $900. Yes, $900. And now that HP is suing all the alternative sources for toner and using DCMA to force you to buy their products, you can expect to pay $900 each and every time this printer needs more toner. If you own this printer for 5 years, it brings the total cost of ownership to $6,000. And this assumes you only buy new toner once a year. Most people will need more.So this product perfectly captures why HP is screwed. Great technology, but horrific support and a price gauging business model.I have bought HP printers my whole life. But after seeing the lack of quality in the drivers and the outrageous lock-in strategy and prices, this one will be my last. I hate to say it, but next time I'm buying a Dell.
Пульсар-9WKAZ
13.10.2004
8/10
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It's October 2004 and I've had my 2550L for 3 months now. Overall I'm very satisfied with the product. I have it plugged into my USB 2.0 port and it prints quickly. Also the quality of the text and pictures are good. I selected it because of it's size, USB 2.0 compatible and price. It was one of the least expensive color laser printers on the market and one of the smallest. It really is quite amazing how HP has figured out how to put all four color cartridges in such a compact package.I print mostly black and white but wanted the option of color without the smearing ink of an ink jet printer. (I also don't like ink jets because you have to clean the heads and replace the cartridges too often.) This printer prints black and white faster and color a little slower and that was just right for my needs.I've owned Epson, Brother, and Panasonic printers before. This is my first HP and I really do notice a difference in the quality of the build. I would definitely buy a HP printer again.Why 4 stars instead of 5? Well this model doesn't come with the paper tray that mounts to the bottom. I didn't think it would bother me but it did. So I wound up buying the paper tray seperate. I should have bought one of the other 2550s that included it to start with because it was tough to locate the paper tray option and buy it on its own. It also cost me more all together vs buying a higher end 2550 that came with it already.One thing that I didn't read in the other reviews that I would have liked to have known is that the printer cycles periodically. It intially scared my wife and I in the middle of the night because we heard noises in our home that we had never heard before. It was the printer cycling. While it is relatively noisy I don't think it would have stopped me from buying it, but I would have liked to have known in advance.
Вояджер-2VAMY
03.08.2005
2/10
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Purchased this printer at a very good price then realised why!The printer cartridges cost ?240. I print 95% Black and white images, but the special chips on each of the cartridges count down from 2000 to 0 for each print wether you print one word letters or full size photos. I have printed about 1500 pictures and its telling me to replace the black cartridge, even though the prints are still perfect. I have not used any colour yet but each print counts this as usage for all the colour carts as well. The colour ones are still 100% full but its telling me they are only 25% full. You HAVE to replace them when they are full wether you like it or not because the printer wont work. I have been told you can buy the chips on their own to fool the printer but these cost ?9 each. do not buy a chipped cartridge printer!
Гиперион-7KMRA
28.11.2005
2/10
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I live close to h/p in silicone valley. I would really get a kick out of driving down and walking into the main office and smashing this pos on their floor. Eats toner/ loud as hell/james all the time, try to print on legal size paper.... forget it.I guess people live and learn. I learned to buy from Japnease companies. At leist there stuff works... shame on you H/P
Синтрон-3EOPM
20.09.2005
2/10
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this printer is horrible. while the color on the pictures come out alright (though not nearly as perfect as i would want it to be), it can't even feed cardstock or envelopes. it gets stuck each time!!! i have to open the cover, remove the cartridge just to get the paper out, before trying again and having the same thing happen all over (and over and over and over and over) again. the settings don't help a bit, even if there are so many choices for the type of paper you put on the tray. even vellum gets stuck!!! what printer does that?!?!?! don't buy it!!!
Сатурниан-0OXYM
30.09.2005
2/10
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If you use a Mac, I advise you not to purchase this printer. In spite of the supposed support for OS X, most of the features of this printer are not available, as HP has not bothered to make the toolbox available for the Mac. I found this out having wasted a lot of hours trying to adjust print quality settings and FINALLY getting sombody at HP to tell me I can't access most of them. Now, not only will I return the printer, I'll never buy another HP product. False advertising.
Аэронавт-1EOCE
13.09.2005
2/10
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As other reveiwers have noted, the smart chips inside the toner cartridges are anything but. They generally force you to toss perfectly good toner catridges and imaging drums away before they're even near empty.Our per page cost, not counting the paper itself, sky rocketed to around 6.5 cents a sheet! Turns out, it may be cheaper to buy a new printer than to restock this one.
Небулоид-3GQEM
12.08.2004
10/10
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If you're like me, then you were blinded by the idea of a nice color laser printer for less then $500! Sure, these days you could go black and white for less then $150, even as low as $99. Is the color worth it? In my opinion: YES!This printer, of all the color lasers, is the sleekest and most compact. Right off the bat, you will try and try to open up the paper tray at the bottom of the device, only to realize that it doesn't open. So where does the paper go? Well, that's the main negative...a part of the front panel opens up and the paper just hangs there much like the back of a bubble jet printer. But in this case, it completely ruins the nice look of the machine, and opens up for dust to accumulate. But for an additional $150-$300, you can buy a 250-850 page tray and this problem will be solved. This is an annoying thing, but I guess it is the price you pay for the price you pay. If you want it cheap, there has to be comprimises.Output is AMAZING! Text is kickass, graphics are unbelievable, and photos are better then expected from a color laser. THIS IS NOT A PHOTO PRINTER, so dont buy it expecting great photo prints. If you want Kodak prints, buy a photo printer. If you want lots of quick color printouts at low cost, buy the 2550L.Otherwise, I have no complaints. This thing is fast, cheap, and output is superior. And for god sake it is only $499!!! For that price, it's almost like, you dont have the right to complain!Color output is off, like pinks instead of purples and yellows instead of orange. Tinker with the controls and you can match the color on your screen.Simply: Get this, it's sweet.-Brad
Зета-Орион-1HBTX
21.03.2005
2/10
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This is a NOISY printer. It clicks, bangs and cycles all the drums on EVERY print!!!There is NO PAPER TRAY. This is an expensive extra add-on.The print quality is no bad but no great either.All in all, I would NOT recommend this printer. There are other printers in this price range (Like the OkiData) that are FAR superior. I bought HP thinking it would be great like the ones in the office. I now have both an HP 2550Ln and the Okidata C5150n. The Oki is a far superior product across the board.Think twice before buying this product for your home or small office. The noise alone will drive you insane.
Гравитон-6JNXX
13.07.2005
10/10
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I bought this printer Jan. 2005 from Bestbuy and I have to say that it is an excellent printer. The quality, resolution, and clarity is "excellent." You will be very impressed.
Гелиос-7GLCZ
09.05.2005
4/10
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There is no paper tray on the 2550L, and when I went to purchase a paper tray (an expensive accessory) directly from HP, they were "out of stock". Also, the printer oftern makes loud noises when performing internal maintenance (not good to suddenly wake up to in the middle of the night). I've sent the printer back and bought a printer from another company.
Гиперион-2COFQ
24.01.2005
4/10
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Seemed like an OK printer for a single user, until one day it displayed an e error message that even the techs at HP didn't know what it meant, so I went through a week of dragging the 70 pounds of it first to a local authorized dealer, who couldn't fix it, and then to UPS to mail it back for replacement. I can only hope it doens't happen again. Or, if it does that it is still under warranty.
Спектроник-4WAGR
06.10.2004
4/10
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I have had this printer for about 3 months now and have already had to buy a $175 drum and countless toner cartridges. And I don't print anywhere near the maximum output of 30,000 pages per month. I might do 2500 a month. Yes the printer is cheap and prints high quality, but it isn't worth all the extra costs associated with it. And it is very slow if any type of complex document is sent to the printer, VERY SLOW. To upgrade the memory from HP is $500. If I had it to do over I would not have chosen this printer.
Сатурниан-7FYSP
20.07.2004
8/10
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Хорошо
Great improvement over HP's 2500 and 3500 series. Print quality is excellent. Color output is banding free and vibrant, B & W is as good as it gets. Postscript, expandable memory and not being host based are all good things. Macintosh compatibility is excellent in OS X. Printer is very acceptable in terms of noise. Its fast enough for a single user who needs to get quick copy in under a minute. Doing the math, thanks to the high yield toner carts (6000 pgs), cost per page is highly competitive against just about everybody. Very nice build quality! What's not to like? Minor gripes include, USB is only 1.1 and not 2.0. Status display panel should be backlit. Duplex feature can't be added later. Pretty LARGE for a personal class printer.
НоваГость-3LQHQ
25.08.2004
4/10
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I bought one of these and packed it up to return tonight. There is no paper tray. The only way to feed paper is by opening the front door and sticking in sheets of paper. Then they hang out the front. The paper tray is an option that no one has in stock. I am going to swap for a 2550N. It comes with the tray and is supposed to be networkable.Bob
Фотон-3TRDL
24.10.2003
4/10
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I purchased the printer with a lot of excitement about owning my own color laser printer. As a small business owner who sends out proposals almost daily, it would have a significant increase in the presentaion of the proposals. What I didn't expect when I purchased this was that the print quality would be surpassed by my $150 inkjet printer. I printed out 5 different proposals on this. The quality was so poor I decided to print 2 more on my cheap Epson inkjet. The quality on the Epson far surpassed the HP. I had to pack this up and return it. I could not legitimze spending money on an inferior printer. Also, when you buy the 1500L instead of the 1500, you don't have an actual paper tray. You have to keep the box open and slide paper in sideways so it stick out the front at an angle. This is both unattractive and annoying on a desk. Overall, this is a surprisingly poor printer from a company I normally have some faith in. This printer got an excellent review on a trusted site, but they must have a different opinion of quality than I. One good thing; it does print very fast, it just prints in really poor quality.
ТехноНаблюдатель-6OCPK
10.06.2004
10/10
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Pros:- Easy to install. Expandable memory.- Print quality is excellent.- Fast and quiet for an economy color laser.- Prints excellent color photos much cheaper than inkjet.Cons:- Be ready for size shock, it's big.
Пандорец-7VTBB
01.11.2003
2/10
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this printer fails to perform as expes.ected. Its quality is not as good as my inkjet but for the price of this printer you'd expect more. HP has gone down the tub
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